Harold Walsh: Creative Works.
5. Unicla
E-drive Compressor
High performance, IoT Compressor While working as an industrial designer at Shapelabs in 2018, I worked with the Unicla and SuperCool teams to design a wide variety of automotive products in heavy vehicle and cold-chain transport applications for companies such as Unidan Engineering and Euroscan.
One such product I have highlighted here, was the Unicla E-drive compressor, which was a vehicle compressor that included a CAN bus, ethernet, bluetooth, USB and analogue/digital data connectivity.
This project required working with threaded fasteners, connectors, injection moulded, machined and cast parts, embedded electronics, complex geometries and assemblies with low tolerance and desired fluid-dynamic and thermo-dynamic properties. The product development required working with client and multiple manufacturers within agreed upon timelines. I utilised CAD, FEA, and visual rendering packages.
You can read more about this product here:
https://www.supercool.com.au/products/unicla/edrive/