Congratulations to our 2024 Applidyne Engineering Design Internship winner: Osman Hassan! We are extremely proud to be awarding Osman with this opportunity and look forward to working with him. “I’m an engineering student majoring in Mechatronics at the University of Wollongong, who has a strong...

Engineers solve problems right? All over the globe cyclists ride as much as 100km just so they can have a lycra and coffee session with their mates. That’s a problem. Spotting this, our engineers identified a solution – surely if bikes could ride themselves, they could be off riding whilst their...

The Applidyne Engineering Design Internship is open to all Australian and New Zealand University students. It is an opportunity for students in the penultimate year in a Bachelor of Engineering degree in any mechanical or electrical stream to apply their studies in real life scenarios while being...

Team Applidyne enters the world of art, with a 700kg harmonic bell designed by Anton Hasell and built to Applidyne FEA tuned architecture. Technical Director, Paul van de Loo, is pictured accompanying bell designer Anton Hasell and Lawrence English to The Art Gallery of South Australia for the...

The next-gen green hydrogen tech we helped develop for SPARC Hydrogen, in conjunction with University of Adelaide and Flinders University, has recently showcased a successful completion of first-phase prototype on-sun testing at The CSIRO Energy Centre....

The Tow Guardian System we developed for our client Red Automotive Technologies, has beat out some seriously tough competition and gone on to win the Caravan Camping Sales 2023 Best New Safety Feature Award! Our team couldn't be more thrilled with this recognition and are excitedly working with...

For Christmas this year, Team Applidyne hit the Bend to battle it out for the title of fastest engineer - bragging rights included. Ryan ended up taking the win, going on to post the second fastest time on the track for the month! A great day was had by all, with everyone looking forward to a well...

The feral animal grooming trap that we developed for Thylation was demonstrated to the Federal Environment Minister last week.  With its new edge AI camera technology Felixer is unbeatable at discriminating targets from non-targets and is performing well in the field.

The Applidyne crew headed out to celebrate! After 30 years we’re still doing the same thing – working on the juiciest hardcore tech R&D, product and systems design we can get our hands on. Hard to believe all of this started in 1993! Thanks to Applidynians past and present we’ve got a track...

We're nearly half-way to the deadline to apply for the 2023/2024 Applidyne engineering design internship. Reminder to all penultimate electrical and mechanical stream engineering students apply to ensure the opportunity to take part in our test. Applications close mid-July 2023. For application...

The Applidyne Engineering Design Internship is open to all Australian and New Zealand University students. It is an opportunity for students in the penultimate year in a Bachelor of Engineering degree in any mechanical or electrical stream to apply their studies in real life scenarios while being...

Our mission is to provide our clients with innovative engineering solutions to a high standard. To ensure that happens we have a comprehensive Quality Management System (QMS) to guide everything that we do. From time to time that includes low-volume production of products that we have designed....

Thank you to all our clients and suppliers who have continued to support us throughout this year.  Our offices will be closing at end of business, December 23rd, 2022 and we look forward to returning on January 9th, 2023. We look forward to working with you in the new year!

It was great to celebrate commencement of shipments of the version 3.2 Felixer feral animal grooming trap to our client Thylation. The Felixer has revolutionised the control of feral cats and foxes in endangered animal conservation programs. Applidyne have now further developed the sensing system...

We had to update the AI firmware on our client Thylation's Felixers undergoing trials on Kangaroo Island, so what better way to get there than by air? It’s an island after all. Our engineer and pilot Millicent Russell did a quick daytrip. The new AI camera and lidar sensing system is proving to be...

We’re pleased to report that Paul survived his mountain bike ride fundraiser for Operation Flinders. The pic shows the crew on the last day, and everyone is still smiling! Operation Flinders https://operationflinders.org.au/ take disadvantaged youth on 8-day treks through the Flinders. Over the...

The Applidyne Engineering Design Internship is open to all Australian and New Zealand University students. It is an opportunity for students in the penultimate year in a Bachelor of Engineering degree in either the Mechanical, Mechatronic, Aerospace, Automotive or other mechanical stream to apply...

We have been working on an exciting project for our sister company Red Automotive Technologies. Red has just broken cover with a few clues about what it is. All you caravanners out there, Red would like you to fill in their survey. They’re looking for your opinion about caravan towing safety....

We got to show off our latest development, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system, at a recent careers night at St Ignatius College. The AI system improves the targeting accuracy of the Felixer grooming trap that we developed for our client, Thylation. The students seemed to be fascinated and...

Thank you to all our clients and suppliers who have continued to support us throughout this year.  Our offices will be closed from the 24th of December 2021 to the 9th of January 2022. We look forward to working with you in the new year!

Applidyne would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our clients and suppliers for their support during this rather turbulent 2020.Our offices will be closed from the 25th of December 2020 to the 11th of January 2021.We look forward to seeing you in the new year!

Applidyne would like to thank our clients and suppliers for their support during 2019. Our offices will be closed from 25 December 2019 to 13 January 2020.

This year’s Applidyne Mechanical Engineering Design Internship has been jointly awarded to David Parker and Michael Duke. David is a University of Adelaide student in his penultimate year of a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering. Originally minerals processing plant operator at an open...

Last chance for students wanting to apply for the 2019 Applidyne Engineering Design Internship, applications close Sunday 30 June 2019. For application forms please visit our careers page.

Congratulations to Applidyne’s 2018 Internship winner Alexander Dearman who recently received two awards at the UniSA 2018 Engineering Prizes and Awards Ceremony. Alexander was presented with the Engineers Australia Award - Subject Prize in Mechanical Engineering (SA) by...

Applidyne designed Felixers have been used in successful trials on Kangaroo Island by Natural Resources KI as part of the NRKI Feral Cat Eradication Program.The Felixer Grooming Traps, have been used extensively in northern South Australia and the Northern Territory, work by...

Applidyne sponsored Adelaide Uni Formula SAE team were recently pictured in 'The Advertiser.' The article which was primarily about the bid to move sales of Australian vehicles away from petrol cars to electric vehicles was an opportunity to show of the Adelaide Uni team's...

Applidyne would like to thank our clients and suppliers for their support during 2018.Our offices will be closed from 21 December to 7 January 2019.

Applidyne staff recently attended the launch of the 2018 Adelaide University Motorsport FSAE car. The aim of the FSAE is to design and manufacture a formula-style, open-wheeled vehicle to successfully perform in the Formula SAE Australasia competition. The competition gives students real world...

The 2018 Applidyne Engineering Design Internship winner has been announced. This year’s Applidyne Mechanical Engineering Design Internship has been awarded to Alexander Dearman. Alexander is a University of South Australia student in his penultimate year of a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering....

Last chance for students wanting to apply for the 2018 Applidyne Engineering Design Scholarship, applications close Friday 6 July. For application forms please visit our careers page.

Mechanical Engineer - CAD Designer Closing Date: 2018-08-31 If you’re a gun at CAD and can wield a spanner then this is the job for you! Specialist design engineering company Product design and R&D focus Fast-paced commercially focussed working environment Opportunities to invent, innovate and...

The first batch of generation 3 prototype Felixer traps has been deployed in the APY lands in NW Australia, protecting a threatened colony of Warru (Black Footed Rock Wallaby) from cats and foxes. Our Technical Director, Paul van de Loo, accompanied our client and assisted in training the local...

It is with great pleasure that we announce our relocation to more comfortable and spacious premises. Our new location is 104 Coglin Street, Brompton SA 5007. However, our phone number remains the same at (08) 8234 8211 and our primary email address remains the same at admin@applidyne.com.au. Since...

Due to a number of new and exciting projects Applidyne are currently recruiting Mechanical Design Engineers. For further information on joining our team of talented engineers please refer to the Careers page of our website.

We were lucky enough to be invited by Holden to do a site tour this morning! Thanks to Dave, Jed, Toni and the whole Holden team for their time it was a fascinating tour. Anyone that gets the chance to see the Holden's factory at work should. It's just incredibly disappointing to think this part...

The 2017 Applidyne Engineering Design Scholarship winner has been announced. This year’s Applidyne Mechanical Engineering Design Scholarship has been awarded to Andrew Smulders. Andrew is an University of Adelaide student in his penultimate year of a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering. Andrew...

Applications for the 2017 Applidyne Engineering Design Scholarship are now being taken. University of Auckland Graduate Kade Turner was invited to talk with University of Adelaide students about his experiences at Applidyne as the 2014 Applidyne Engineering Scholarship winner. Kade told students...

Applidyne joined local industry leaders at the Adelaide University Engineering Industry Night on Thursday 11 May. Applidyne staff were invited to attended the Industry Night to talk to students about Applidyne's Engineering Design Scholarship and Graduate employment Programs. Staff were kept busy...

Applidyne client Humanihut Pty Ltd has been featured in 'The Sydney Morning Herald' with their unique pop-up accommodation. Having secured an IVP from the SA state government Humanihut approached Applidyne to create concept designs to meet their requirements. Some time down the track and Humanihut...

Applidyne's latest recruit Max Bardwell has officially graduated. Max pictured below with UniSA Chancellor, Mr Jim McDowell, was presented with his Bachelor of Engineering (Mech) in a ceremony held at  the Adelaide Convention Centre on 28 March. Max joined the team at Applidyne in mid February...

We wish all of our clients and suppliers a very happy and safe Christmas, and look forward to another prosperous New Year. From all at Applidyne Please note that our office will be unattended from 5pm on Friday 23 December 2016 and will reopen on Monday 9 January 2017.  

Ecological Horizons and the ‘Cat grooming trap’ developed with Applidyne has again made the news over the weekend. The well publicised traps developed for Ecological Horizons by Applidyne engineers have now been deployed in south-west Queensland to help protect the last known colony of the...

The 2016 Applidyne Engineering Design Scholarship is about to be launched and this year applications will be open to all University students in Australia and New Zealand in their penultimate year of studying Engineering in. Stay tuned for more details on our website after the official launch....

Are you interested is seeing the men and women who will shape the world’s technical, social and commercial future? Visit Ingenuity 2015. Continuing with our history of recognising bright new talent Applidyne will be joining other industry leaders at the Convention Centre as an industry judge of...

Applidyne Director Paul van de Loo has appeared on Adelaide Channel Nine News demonstrating one of Applidyne’s more recent projects, the Ecological Horizons ‘Cat grooming trap’ to the Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt and Threatened Species Commissioner Gregory Andrews. Feral cats are the...

The 2015 Applidyne Engineering Design Scholarship winner has been announced. This year’s Applidyne Mechanical Engineering Design Scholarship has been awarded to Declan Williams. Declan is a University of Western Sydney student in his penultimate year of a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering. Declan...

Our new spin-off automotive venture was mentioned in the media today. We were fronting a Senate enquiry on the future of the Australian car industry and the Advertiser were there to cover it. I don’t think I said that Australian manufacturing is an IP free zone, rather that some of our automotive...

Applications for the Applidyne Engineering Design Scholarship are now being accepted following the official launch at the University of Adelaide. Former Monash University student Steve Prokopiev launched the 2016 Applidyne Engineering Design Scholarship at the Adelaide University Engineering...

Applidyne in partnership with client Envirovision has been selected as one of six finalists in the the 2015 Excellence in Innovation Awards. The Envirovision Enviroview Energy Monitor has been named as a finalist in this year's awards. Applidyne is one of six finalists named in the Innovative...

Applidyne joined local industry leaders at the Adelaide University Engineering Industry Night on Wednesday 15 May. Applidyne staff were invited to attended the Industry Night to talk to students about Applidyne's Engineering Design Scholarship and Graduate employment Programs. Staff were kept busy...

South Australian company Ecological Horizons has been awarded an Innovation Grant  of $50,000 to engage the services of Applidyne. The grant will be used to to develop a grooming trap for managing feral cats. Feral Cats have been a hot topic in recent months with the CSIRO estimating cat numbers...

Are you an Engineering undergraduate interested in learning about career opportunites at Applidyne? Don’t miss the 2016 Flinders University Careers Expo! Join Applidyne staff on the Monday 21 March (5.30pm - 7.30pm) at Flinders University - Student Hub to learn more about the graduate...

Students who have applied for this year's scholarship and have sat the first scholarship test have now been notified if they have successfully been shortlisted for the second stage of the recruitment process. The second round of tests will be completed over the coming week. The winner will be...

For those glued to live senate broadcasts you will by now know that we have an exciting new spin-off venture underway. Senator Ricky Muir did an excellent job of outlining our new venture which can be viewed on YouTube. We’re designing and building a new electric car in Australia. An off-road...

Ecological Horizon's cat grooming trap developed with the assistance of Applidyne mechanical and electronics engineers is set to be trialled at the site of the only known location in Australia of the elusive night parrot. The rare bird thought for many years to be extinct was recently captured on...

So what have the staff at Applidyne been working on? Read Applidyne's July 2014 News Bulletin for the latest updates on our Projects and Staff.

The 2014 Applidyne Engineering Design Scholarship winner has been announced. This year’s Applidyne Mechanical Engineering Design Scholarship has been awarded to Kade Turner. Kade is a University of Auckland student in his penultimate year of a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering. Kade pictured...

What happens when Applidyne engineers decide to tinker with the traditional Christmas tree lights?...You end up with a LEDmas Tree. The engineers at Applidyne have developed this prototype LEDmas tree on a whim and have had some great fun developing the concept and animations. With stunning...

Our clients often use our services to develop new products and concepts and in turn new intellectual property or IP. On completion of each project any IP developed is signed over to our client, which often leads many of our clients to ask: What is the best way to protect this intellectual...

Applidyne client Dalie Guitar stands is now profiling it's range of unique personalised guitar stands on Facebook. The guitar stands are the first of Dalie's products to be released and has been developed with the assistance of Applidyne's engineers and industrial designers. A number of other new...

Applidyne has successfully tendered to become a member of the SEA 1000 Future Submarine Program Integrated Project Team (IPT). The IPT will develop two costed, scheduled and technically balanced submarine concept designs for the replacement of the Collins Class submarine to meet the 2009 White...

Applidyne client StaminaLift International has been announced as one of the 2012 Winners of the Safe Work SA Awards, StaminaLift one the 'Best Solution to an Identified Workplace Health and Safety Issue' with the Applidyne assisted hospital bed mover. Applidyne congratulates StaminaLift...

Technical Director Paul van de Loo was a guest speaker at an the South Australian Government Manufacturing Works Strategy launch. The function held on Thursday 25 October by AusIndustry was aimed at launching the Innovative Voucher Program designed to support Manufacturers who innovate. The...

Applidyne Director, Paul van de Loo can be seen in SA Business Journal found in The Advertiser, 16 October 2012. The article details a new initiative of the SA State Government, the Innovation Voucher Program. The new program is designed to encourage SME to engage the services of research...

One of our newest staff members Nick Schulze has been profiled in an article in issue 6 of Element 14 'Connect' magazine in the 'Ultimate Roadtest Challenge'. Nick a Mechatronic Engineer entered the Element 14 competition just before joining Applidyne in July winning the latest 'Ultimate Roadtest...

The top performers of the 2012 Applidyne Engineering Design Scholarship test have now been short listed with the second stage of the selection process, interviews, about to be begin. Students from nine Universities across Australia and New Zealand applied for this year's scholarship. Results of...

Applidyne Director, Paul van de Loo is set to appear at the DSTO Land Warfare Conference (LWC) 2012 to be held in Melbourne from 29 October to 2 November 2012. Mr van de Loo is expected to make a formal presentation at the LWC as part of Defence SA's bit to entice more military business to South...

Congratulations to the Applidyne, MineLab and Cobalt Niche staff involved in the multi-award winning MineLab F3 compact mine Detector winners the 2012 Australian International Design Awards. The Awards presented at Sydney's City Recital Hall Angel Place on Friday 20 July saw the...

Applidyne's nomination as a finalist in the 2012 Australian International Design Awards has made headlines in the SA Business Journal on the Adelaide Now website. The article profiling the seven remaining entries from South Australian companies boasts the MineLab F3 Mine Detector, which was...

Congratulations to Applidyne and KwikZIP Pty Ltd for qualifying for the Design Award trademark on the KwiKZIP HD series centralisers. The KwikZIP HD series Centralisers was recently listed as a finalist in the Australian International Design Awards, Heavy Machinery category and was profiled in BRW...

BRW Magazine as part of it's coverage of the 2012 Australian International Design Awards has profiled Applidyne client, KwikZIP and its HD series Centralizer in a short pictorial of the awards. The centralizer designed with the assistance of Applidyne engineers is one of the finalists in this...

Applications for the 2016 Applidyne Engineering Design Scholarship are now being taken. University of Auckland Graduate Kade Turner was invited to talk with University of Adelaide students about his experiences at Applidyne as the 2014 Applidyne Engineering Scholarship winner. Kade told students...

The 2012 Applidyne Engineering Design Scholarship is about to be launched and this year will be open to all University students in Australia and New Zealand in their penultimate year of studying Engineering in. Stay tuned for more details on our website after the official launch. Students...

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Applidyne in partnership with its clients has a record three entries in the 2012 Australian International Design Awards. The awards which are run by Good Design Australia is one of the longest standing and most prestigious design awards in the world. Applidyne's 2012 entries include: Business and...

Applidyne's Fluid control device and system has been featured in 'Water' Journal of the Australian Water Association. The article featured in November's edition of Water discusses the difficulties of providing secure, reliable reticulated potable water supply in rural and regional council areas...

What is a Registered Service Provider? Under the new R&D Tax Credit Scheme which commenced on the 1 July 2011 Registered Research Agency (RRA) have been replaced by Registered Service Providers (RSP). A RSP is an organisation approved by the Industry Research and Development Board and  is...

The 2011 Applidyne Engineering Design Scholarship winner has been announced. This year’s Applidyne Engineering Design Scholarship has been awarded to Stefan van Workum. Stefan is a University of Canterbury student in his penultimate year of a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering.  As Stefan is...

Applidyne were awarded the TIA Excellence in Innovation Award at the Technology Industry Association Awards dinner on Friday 21 October 2011.  This was awarded jointly to Applidyne and Minelab Electronics for the F3 Compact Mine Detector.  This class leading product was developed by Applidyne and...

Applidyne have developed an innovative new SCADA  type system for data acquisition and control for Cogen Microsystems heat engine test cell.  This was developed to provide greater versatility and more reliable high speed data channels than products such as Labview. For more details click here . If...

University of Adelaide Student and 2010 Applidyne Engineering Design Scholarship winner Matthew Higgins was pictured in Saturday’s edition of the ‘The Advertiser’ in a profile on Humanitarian Engineering. The Advertiser’s article profiled Matthew and his fellow student Tomas West who are working...

The Award is conferred to recognise the achievement and contribution of a young mechanical engineer, technologist or associate to the profession of Mechanical Engineering; specifically the level to which the nominee has enhanced the public image of mechanical engineering and/or their contribution...

Applidyne client StaminaLift International has announced that they will be exhibiting their products, including the hospital bed movers Applidyne assisted with, on the global stage at Medica Trade Fair in Dusseldorf. For more information on StaminaLift's exhibit at the fair to be held from 17-20...

PRESS RELEASE  Wages breakout imminent?  Is this the death blow for manufacturing?  The engineering skills shortage appears to be worsening, and to retain and attract experienced design engineers leading design firm Applidyne Australia has had to boost salaries.  Managing Director Paul van de Loo...

What is a Registered Research Agency? A Registered Research Agency (RRA) is an organisation approved by the Industry Research and Development Board that is capable of performing contracted Research and Development (R&D), in one or more classes of research activity, on behalf of eligible...

The 2010 Applidyne Electonics Engineering Design Scholarship will not be awarded this year due to no applicants fullfiling the minimum scholarship requirements. Students who will be in their penultimate year of study next year are encourage to apply for the 2011 Scholarship when the 2011 Applidyne...

Applidyne Managing Director Paul van de Loo joined fellow members of TIA  (Technology Industry Association) in attending the 2009 TIA Christmas Party. Mr van de Loo seen in the picture located bottom left (click here to view) joined over 100 TIA members in celebrating the festive season at the...

Our highly innovative joinery connector design developed for Rapidjoint Pty Ltd has been awarded a prestigious Design Mark in the Australian International Design Awards.  The Rapidjoint Joinery Connector range has already met with market success in Australia and Germany, with other markets poised...

Applidyne has invested in Solidworks to provide a broarder foundation for our CAD suite. We can now offer both Pro-engineer and Solidworks

Applications are open for the 2010 Applidyne Engineering Design Scholarship and 2010 Applidyne Electronics Engineering Design Scholarship. For more details visit our careers section.

Applidyne employee Aaron Arnold recently celebrated 10 years of service to the company. At the recently held Applidyne Christmas Party attended by all staff and their families, Aaron (pictured with Managing Director Paul van de Loo) was presented with a small gift of appreciation and a certificate...

The Award is conferred to recognise the achievement and contribution of a young mechanical engineer, technologist or associate to the profession of Mechanical Engineering; specifically the level to which the nominee has enhanced the public image of mechanical engineering and/or their contribution...

The tests and interviews are over - and the 2008 winner of this prestigious scholarship has been announced. The winner is Brett Linke, a third year Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Adelaide. During the selection process he exhibited a passion for engineering design (and cars -...

Applidyne today announced the winner of its inaugural Engineering Design Scholarship.  The winner was third year engineering student at the University of Adelaide, Nicholas Schultz.  Nicholas won the scholarship in a closely fought race which involved sitting a test and interviewing with...

Applidyne would like to thank everybody who attended the new office opening Our new office was formally opened by a representative of our very first client, the Australian Submarine Corporation, at a ceremony on 23 March. Peter Chaplin (now at Pacific Marine Batteries - an ASC supplier) cut the...

Applidyne, is very pleased to announce that Gilbert Han, Senior Electronics Engineer, has joined the ranks. Gilbert joined Applidyne within weeks of emigrating from Korea with his wife and children. He left a 20 year career with LG for "a life with more space, fresh air and better schooling...