Alef Engineering designs machines, products and automation systems in Nairobi, manages their fabrication and installation, and builds hardware of its own.
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You don't need an engineering department to build good equipment. You need an engineer who draws it properly and stays on the job until it runs.
Machines, equipment, enclosures and assemblies, delivered as 3D models and manufacturing drawings that a workshop can quote and build from without guesswork.
Drawing set
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Bring your own design and we manage production, or let us design it and run the whole job: sourcing, workshop coordination, testing and installation, with one point of contact.
From approval to site
Practical courses in CAD, engineering drawings, design for manufacture and project planning, for in-house teams and graduate engineers. Much of the learning happens in reviews of real drawings.
Drawing review
Alef builds hardware of its own as well as for clients. These are three of our current designs, each a full CAD model.
A desk cradle that holds a USB fingerprint scanner at 15° to the person using it. The front wall drops away for the finger, the cable leaves through the back, and a locking bar with security screws keeps the scanner on the counter.
A two-finger gripper for pick-and-place cells. One motor drives both jaws through a pinion and two racks, so the jaws always close on the centre line.
A sealed housing for telemetry electronics on water and irrigation sites, with a gasketed lid on four captive screws, two M16 cable glands and wall-mount tabs.
Every part specified, sourced and checked before it reaches site.
A design is only finished when someone can buy and build it. Each one we hand over comes with the drawings, the parts list and the materials spelled out.
| Item | Part | Material | Qty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weld-neck flangeASTM A105 | ASTM A105 | 2 |
| 2 | Spiral-wound gasket316 / graphite | 316 / graphite | 1 |
| 3 | Stud bolt M20 × 130ASTM A193 B7 | ASTM A193 B7 | 6 |
| 4 | Heavy hex nut M20ASTM A194 2H | ASTM A194 2H | 12 |
We turn requirements into concepts, 3D models and manufacturing drawings that a workshop can quote and build from.
Start here with an idea or a problem.
A sketch, photos, drawings or a few lines on the problem, with quantities and where it will be installed.
We reply within two working days with what we need to know and a quote for the first stage.
You see the model and drawings at each review and sign off before anything is made.
We manage fabrication and installation and hand over drawings and manuals to your team.
Hire an engineer for the project instead of the year. We take one-off designs, changes to equipment you already run, and small production runs.
Extra design capacity when your team is fully booked, specialist mechatronics and controls work, or a project manager to run fabrication with your vendors.
Clayton is a mechanical engineer trained at the Technical University of Kenya. He has designed equipment and assemblies in SolidWorks at Proteq Automation, and built control circuits and Fusion 360 enclosures for smart water meters and dispensers at Ubuntu WaterHub Africa.
Time in technical sales at Tata Kenya taught him how equipment is bought, run and supported after handover. He started Alef to design that equipment properly, and to build hardware of its own.
Send a sketch, drawings or a short description of the problem. We reply within two working days with questions or a quote.
info@alefengineering.com