In addition to our own inhouse development projects, we offer a consulting service structural analysis (and associated testing) for new product developments requiring finite element, modal, fracture and thermal analysis. The bulk of our experience has been dynamic environments such as the aerospace industry, with most of our heritage on Canada's space robot.
The technical software packages we use include: Nastran for Windows, Flagro, LMS CADA-PC, MATLAB, AutoCad LT, plus standard office products.
Contact Information:
Good Vibrations Engineering Ltd.
65 Carl Hall Road, Suite 220
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3K 2E1
Voice: (416)635-8928
Skype: sdraisey
Draisey's motto: build something useful
Email: sherry@gve.on.ca
Fun freebies:
1) 2-D robotics simulator software.
1st attached software is given out by GVE in educational demonstrations. Its purpose is to show students the role that rotational measurements play in products (such as robots) that are of interest to them. The software has two 'joints' (shoulder and elbow), for which children can insert 'joint angles' (by typing in value in the COMMAND column) and then see the configuration that 'the arm' will take. My children most enjoy 'erasing' the shuttle, so there is a 'repair' toolbar to recreate the image. The CAPTURE and RELEASE commands have not been implemented.
To acquire the srmssim software, click here
2) Demonstration of the potential of music as a robotic Force HMI tool
To acquire STEARSIM, click here
translation commands: W=up; A=left; S=right; Z=down;
rotation commands: Q= counter clockwise; E= clockwise
P> stop commands: T= stop translation; R=stop rotation; B=stop all
3) There's a 3rd one on our areologist page - its to control a Martian flying saucer
PEOPLE
Sherry Draisey, P.Eng,
M.E.Sc
Sherry is by now, an experienced aerospace engineer. She graduated as a Civil Engineer, from UWO. But prior to that, she worked for 3 years as a pension clerk at London Life Insurance company. That stint as a clerk allowed her unusual administrative tolerance and capabilities - by engineering standards. She worked for a few years at Sparton Electronics and a few months at DeHavilland Aircraft (they wouldn’t give her enough work to do, so she left). Then she worked for 11 mostly glorious years at Spar Aerospace. She learned a lot about vibrations engineering, working on the shuttle arm - trying to make sure its components could stand the rigours of many shuttle launches and landings. The years there were mostly glorious for a couple of reasons - one of course was the team. And if there’s anything Sherry loves, it’s a team. Then of course there was the Canadian pride issue. It takes a lot to make Canadians proud - but we did it! There were quite a few other things that made being there fun. The Olympus solar array project was everything a dynamics engineer could ask for. And then as an added bonus, she got to work with DFL researchers on the development of modal analysis in their lab. That linked her with mre of the best in the world. Again, she got to be part of a pretty impressive team. Then came the Canadian Space Station Program. She was structures manager for that, so she saw the design stages of that through to CDR. It was in the later stages that the team thing didn’t seem to be working so well for her anymore, and she left, at the same time as her husband Mayes - to go our on their own.
company twitter name: goodvibseng
my twitter name: sdraisey