Practical engineering solutions that keep critical assets operating
Hamilton By Design Co. provides pump rebuilding, 3D scanning, mechanical engineering, precision machining and operational data analysis for water and wastewater facilities.
From diagnosing poor pump performance to reverse-engineering an obsolete component, we provide practical support across the complete asset-maintenance cycle.
Discuss your plant or equipment requirements
Our Capabilities
Pump Rebuilds and Repairs
We inspect, repair and rebuild pumps and associated mechanical components used in water and wastewater applications.
Our services can include:
- Pump disassembly and inspection
- Condition assessment and fault identification
- Shaft, sleeve, bush and wear-component replacement
- Bearing and mechanical-seal replacement
- Impeller inspection and repair
- Machining and component reclamation
- Corrosion and wear assessment
- Dimensional and tolerance checks
- Reassembly and alignment
- Post-rebuild documentation
Where replacement components are obsolete or unavailable, Hamilton By Design can manufacture suitable parts from drawings, measurements or existing samples.
3D Scanning and Reverse Engineering
Our 3D scanning capability captures the geometry of existing equipment and components accurately and efficiently.
This can assist with:
- Reverse engineering obsolete components
- Capturing complex component geometry
- Producing digital models from physical parts
- Dimensional inspection
- Wear and deformation analysis
- Comparing manufactured parts with design models
- Capturing existing plant layouts
- Checking equipment clearances
- Planning modifications before installation
- Developing manufacturing drawings
3D scanning is particularly valuable where original drawings are missing, incomplete or no longer representative of the installed equipment.
Mechanical Engineering
Hamilton By Design develops practical mechanical solutions for plant maintenance, equipment upgrades and operational problems.
Our mechanical-engineering services can include:
- Mechanical design and drafting
- Equipment and component assessment
- Pumping-system reviews
- Design of shafts, adaptors, brackets and supports
- Equipment-base and mounting design
- Design verification and tolerance review
- Failure investigation
- Material selection
- Maintainability improvements
- Modification of existing equipment
- Manufacturing drawings and technical documentation
Our focus is on solutions that can be manufactured, installed and maintained in real operating environments.
Volume and Flow Data Analytics
Plant data can help identify declining performance, process restrictions and unnecessary energy use before they lead to equipment failure or service interruption.
Hamilton By Design can examine volume and flow data to support:
- Pump-performance assessment
- Flow-rate and throughput analysis
- Pump duty-point review
- Comparison of actual and expected performance
- Identification of flow restrictions
- Detection of changing operating conditions
- Trend analysis
- Capacity and utilisation reviews
- Maintenance planning
- Before-and-after performance comparisons
- Technical reporting and recommendations
Where available, flow, pressure, operating hours, power consumption, reservoir levels and pump-status data can be combined to develop a clearer picture of system performance.
Integrated Pump Performance Assessment
A pump problem is not always caused by the pump alone. Poor performance can also result from system restrictions, unsuitable operating conditions, wear, incorrect clearances or a mismatch between the pump and its required duty.
Hamilton By Design can combine:
- Operational-data analysis
- Pump and system assessment
- Mechanical inspection
- 3D scanning and dimensional verification
- Engineering review
- Machining and component manufacture
- Pump rebuilding and reassembly
- Post-repair performance comparison
This integrated approach helps identify the underlying problem rather than simply replacing parts.
Machining and Component Manufacture
Our workshop capability supports pump rebuilds, plant maintenance and engineering projects.
Typical work includes:
- Pump shafts and sleeves
- Bushes and wear components
- Bearing housings
- Impeller-related components
- Flanges and adaptors
- Spacers and couplings
- Equipment mounts
- Pipe supports and brackets
- Obsolete replacement parts
- One-off and short-run components
- Modification and reclamation of existing parts
Components can be manufactured from client drawings, engineering models, existing samples or 3D scan data.
Supporting Water and Wastewater Assets
Our services are suited to:
- Drinking-water treatment plants
- Sewage and wastewater treatment plants
- Pumping stations
- Transfer and booster-pump systems
- Recycled-water facilities
- Reservoir infrastructure
- Dams and raw-water systems
- Filtration and chemical-dosing installations
- Council and contractor maintenance operations
Why Hamilton By Design?
One Point of Responsibility
Scanning, engineering, machining and pump rebuilding can be coordinated through one provider, reducing handovers between separate suppliers.
Local Central Coast Capability
Local workshop capability can reduce transport delays and improve responsiveness during planned maintenance and breakdowns.
Support for Ageing Assets
We can assist where drawings are missing, original manufacturers no longer provide support or replacement components have excessive lead times.
Evidence-Based Decisions
Mechanical inspection and operational-data analysis provide a stronger basis for repair, modification and replacement decisions.
Practical Engineering
Our solutions are developed with manufacturing, installation, operation and future maintenance in mind.
Discuss Your Equipment or System
Send us a drawing, component photograph, 3D model or operational-data sample.
We can review the problem and determine whether the appropriate next step is a component inspection, 3D scan, pump assessment, engineering review or analysis of the available flow and volume data.