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ED HAVE MOVED TO A NEW PREMISES IN LOANHEAD

Please note: as of July 2024, Edinburgh Designs are now in a new premises in Loanhead.

The new building is part of the Lothian School of Technology, the new venture that was masterminded by the late Stephen Salter. ED’s new facility will allow us to expand our operations and work alongside likeminded engineers.

Edinburgh Designs Ltd,
3 Edgefield Road Ind Est,
Loanhead,
EH20 9TB
0131 662 4748

To find us, come down the right hand side of the building to the brick office that sticks out the side of the main building.

Edinburgh Designs transitions to Employee Owned

Edinburgh Designs is pleased to announce that it is now owned by the employees through an Employment Ownership Trust. Passing the company on to our employees will ensure continuity of support for the wave machines we have installed around the world.

The company will continue to be run as before with Matthew and Douglas supporting the transfer of responsibility, making sure that our unique capability for design and build is continued.

Khalifa University Center for Robotics and Autonomous Systems Wave Tank with 32×1.8m flap paddles

The Khalifa University Center for Robotics and Autonomous Systems was established in 2018 to conduct pioneering research in robotics relevant to industry and society.

Edinburgh Designs and Alghanem Trading & Contracting Ltd have built a complex Robotics Environment Tank with cross flow, waves and instrumentation gantry.

The tank was completed in late 2021 and features 32×1.8m paddles in a double ended arrangement. 12 flow ducts provide flow across the width of the tank. The tank is 8m wide x 18m long x 3m deep.

For more information and to follow the latest research being conducted in the facility see: https://www.ku.ac.ae/kucars

For more information on Alghanem Trading & Contracting Ltd see: http://www.alghanemgroup.com/

Ecole Centrale de Nantes Wide Tank with 48 x 2.8m flap paddles Full Upgrade

The Ecole Centrale de Nantes Wide Tank was originally commissioned in 2001.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YcXrY9XKEWg%3Fstart%3D14

The tank is 30m wide x 4.6m deep x 46m long and features 48 x 2.8m Hinge Depth Force Feedback Absorbing Paddles and an ED desiged parabolic beach.

In 2022, we comprehensively upgraded the system. The upgrade included: The Latest Njord Software New electrical cabinets, drive amplifiers, control cards, force transducers, limit switches and motors New mechanical consumable parts (belts, bearings, gusset, rubber parts etc.)