Production engineering
Window closure system
17 window closures for a castle in Belgium — redesigned from a labour-intensive system into a faster, precision-driven solution with laser-cut circular parts and a custom gear rack.
Client
Castle in Belgium
Year
2025
Role
CAD, laser cutting coordination, gear design, production
Tools
SolidWorks · Laser cutting · Gear design · Welding · Glazing
Process
How it came together
Step 01
Redesign
The castle already had its windows — our job was to design and build the closure systems that fit onto them. The original system was very labour-intensive to produce, so I redesigned the mechanism from scratch to speed up fabrication and improve reliability while matching the existing window geometry.
Step 02
SolidWorks & gear rack
I drew the entire system in SolidWorks, including a custom gear rack with the right toothing so the mechanism moved exactly 34 mm per actuation. Every circular component was modelled to spec and sent to our laser cutting partner for precision cutting.
Step 03
Fabrication
Laser-cut circular parts arrived ready to fit. The closure mechanisms were assembled and checked against the CAD, with the gear rack and moving components tested for the 34 mm stroke before installation.
Step 04
Installation
All 17 closure systems were coded and shipped to the castle site, where installers fitted each unit onto its matching existing window.