Multi-Discipline Engineering  /  Port Elizabeth, South Africa

We solve engineering problems.

Most engineering problems don't come labelled — that is what we are here for. SyncHub Automation does it all under one roof.

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What We Do

Mechanical Design & Fabrication

Custom CAD design and in-house fabrication from concept to commissioned assembly.

Electrical Design & Installation

Full electrical scope from circuit design to on-site installation and commissioning.

PLC Automation

Siemens S7-1200/1500 (TIA Portal) and CODESYS. HMI, SCADA, OPC UA.

Embedded Systems

Custom PCB design, firmware development, and production-ready IoT hardware.

3D Printing & Prototyping

FDM additive manufacturing for prototyping, tooling, and low-volume production.

Project Management

Single point of accountability from scoping and design through to commissioning.

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Sound Familiar?

Nobody calls us asking for a mechatronic engineer. They call us asking things like this. Tap any question to see what's usually behind it.

A Real Example: A Good Whack vs. a Diagnosis

A client's dual-piston liquid filling machine kept losing prime and dosing inaccurately. It had already been "repaired". Here's the difference between how it's usually handled and how we handled it.

The Usual Route — Send it to a machine shop

Machine arrives with a symptom: "it's leaking and dosing short". Worn seals are found and replaced like-for-like. Machine looks fixed. Back in production, the same failure returns within weeks. Repeat — each round costs money, downtime and product.

Result: the symptom was treated. The cause was never found.

The SyncHub Automation Route — Diagnose first, then fix once

Strip-down and root cause analysis, not just a visual once-over. Finding one: the seals were the wrong type — they drew air in on the return stroke. Finding two: the client's cleaning chemical was attacking the polymer bores, swelling them out of tolerance. Redesign: chemically compatible materials specified (316L stainless and EPDM), seals engineered for the actual duty cycle, then rebuilt.

Result: the failure mode is gone, because the design flaw is gone.

The lesson: the client thought they needed a repair. What they needed was a design phase before the repair. Nobody expects them to know that. Knowing that is what they pay us for.

How We Work

Every problem gets the same discipline, whatever the discipline.

01

Diagnose

We start with your symptom and work back to the root cause. On site or in our workshop. No quote for a fix until we know what's actually broken.

02

Design

The fix is engineered, not improvised. Materials, loads, chemistry, controls and safety are checked against how the equipment is really used.

03

Build

Fabrication, wiring, PCBs, programming and assembly done in-house by the same team that did the design. Nothing gets lost in a handover.

04

Support

Commissioning, documentation, training and on-site callouts. We stand behind the work because we understood the problem before we touched it.

Work That Speaks for Itself

SA's First Cement 3D Printer

Multi-discipline design and build on a machine nobody had made in this country before.

Airport PLC Systems

Control systems for South African airports, including runway lighting infrastructure.

Automotive Production

Gauging systems, conveyor retrofits and line support for Ford, Volkswagen and tier suppliers.

Medical Devices

Engineering contribution to the Salutaris ventilator programme.

Trusted By

Trusted on projects for Ford, Volkswagen, South African airports and SA's first cement 3D printer.

8+
Industries Served
8
Disciplines In-House
Ford & VW
OEM Clients
PE
Based, National Reach
Ford VW Siemens Benteler Jendamark PE Airport NMU Borbet

Describe the problem. We'll work out the rest.

Send us the symptom in plain language. A photo, a voice note, a one-line email. Within one working day an engineer, not a salesperson, will come back to you with what we'd look at first.

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