MEDATECH offers a wide range of design services, including mechanical system, hydraulic system, electrical system, control system, power transmission and structural design services. Our combined experienceand exposure to a variety of industries allows us to tackle design challenges with an open minded approach.
Our design team is experienced in a variety of industries including construction, mining, rail, military equipment, transportation and heavy load transportation products. We also hold extensive knowledge across a variety of CAD systems, ensuring that our clients receivethe most efficient information transfer available today.
Whether you are looking to problem solve, have a concept developed, or simply have an idea, the MEDATECH team can provide the results you need.
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20th anniversary
A dynamic team From Rob’s house, MEDATech moved to a tiny unit on Hurontario Street next to where the Wild Stand is today. From there, we hopped over to 25 Sanford Fleming, where we partitioned off and occupied a quarter of the building. By the time we moved to 35 Sanford Fleming in 2009, MEDATech … Read more
Building High-Voltage Power Distribution Units
HV PDUs for heavy-duty battery-electric vehicles As you might imagine, every electric vehicle comes with a panel that handles power distribution. Current from the battery is distributed through fuses to all of the high-voltage loads—traction drive, power steering and brake resistors, for example. Building HV PDU panels for OEMs When our customers want a panel … Read more
MEDATech teams up with Queen’s Engineering
When you have a puzzle to solve, it is sometimes helpful to define the task and then provide ‘guardrails’ rather than prescribe a methodology for solving it. The reason? Different approaches to problem-solving yield different results.
RodBot – The Hydraulic Robotic Pipe Handler
MEDATech Borterra’s RodBot™ is a robotic drill-rod handler that boosts workplace safety. Designed specifically for loading and unloading drill rods and casing, RodBot cuts manual rod handling by 95% and reduces the number of people needed on a drill rig, in most cases, to a single operator. Created by MEDATech’s Borterra drilling division, the hydraulic, … Read more
Robotics in Drilling: Safety & Production
According to Mining-technology.com, industrial robotics sector revenues are forecast to grow from $14.6 billion in 2020 to $352.1 billion by 2030. That’s an increase of 37.5%, year over year. What’s driving robotics adoption? Safety, productivity and sustainability, with safety firmly in the lead in industries where hazards abound, such as mining and drilling. Patrick Salvador, … Read more
Hometown proud!
Some nice hometown media attention spotlighting MEDATech AltDrive powertrains and the team that built our latest! Learn how we build and who put our latest battery-electric heavy hauler together
World first: a precision water pump for DTH drilling
MEDATech Borterra WaterBox™ water hammer drill pump digital controls deliver precise pressure and flowrate The MEDATech Borterra WaterBox™ is a self-contained diesel- or electric-powered unit that pumps water at the exact flow rates that DTH water-hammer drills require. We built it to solve a specific problem. The WS6000, a drill with two drilling technologies that … Read more
Counting on Canada
Canada’s mining technology and services specialists, especially those based in historic mining hubs like Sudbury and North Bay, continue to play an important role in mines both domestically and around the world. Learn more about today’s most significant Canadian mining tech stories, including ours. Learn how MEDATech is working in partnership with ABB and AWS … Read more
Teck to pilot AltDrive on-highway truck at Highland Valley Copper operations
Teck Resources and MEDATech just announced the planned pilot of a fully electric on-highway truck to haul copper concentrate, marking the first use of a battery-electric truck to do so, worldwide. The truck will ply a route from Teck’s Highland Valley Copper Operations (HVC) in south central British Columbia (B.C.) to a rail loading facility … Read more
Announcing a rugged, space-saving battery thermal management unit (BTMU) for industrial electric vehicles
Equipping big, off-road vehicles with batteries is expensive. The lithium-ion cells required for a single battery-electric haul truck could run as high as USD $1,000,000. There are 2 ways to get top performance and make them last years longer: follow a set charge/discharge schedule, and to keep them modulating optimally at a given ambient temperature. … Read more