DEW Engineering Land Mine Probe

The Challenge:
The challenge was to design a rugged, ergonomic, water proof hand-held military land mine probe.

Accomplishments:
• careful materials selection makes the unit usable in extreme temperature ranges
• the resulting product is water submersible up to 1m deep
• gas assist injection molded handle keeps the part count down and increases ruggedness
• thorough in-progress prototyping was performed to evaluate the design
• the unit meets stringent drop, impact and temperature standards requirements

Responsibilities:
Human factors analysis, industrial design, plastic part engineering, 3D CAD modeling, mold fill analysis, prototyping and validation, and vendor liaison.