Get "Attached" with Amerequip Engineering. Amerequip's specialized and advanced engineering practices result in high performance attachments for your tractor and skid steer applications.

Amerequip engineers are supported by a strong Specifications Department, along with a fully capable prototype shop and testing facility. Amerequip's engineers work with some of the latest computer aided design and analysis software on the market.

• SolidDesigner
• Pro/Engineer
• Pro/Mechanica
• MSC.visualNastran Motion
• AutoCAD

Continue reading to find out more about Amerequip Engineering's advantages:

• Design Experience
• Custom Designs for the OEM Market
• Computer Aided Engineering
• Prototype and Testing Facilities

Design Experience
Amerequip’s experience in Design Engineering includes a long history of developing various attachments for compact utility tractors, larger agricultural tractors, and skid steer loaders. Current and past designs include backhoes, front-end loaders,front blades, rear blades, box scrapers, rakes, trenchers, stump cutters and snow blowers to name a few.

Some recent design innovations by Amerequip Engineering include:

• New series of backhoes designed for the compact utility tractor market.

• A unique and patented mounting system that enables the user to mount a backhoe or other attachment in less than 60 seconds.

• Heavy-duty backhoe with an extendable dipper for skid steer loaders. The extendable dipper allows for more reach and deeper digging depth without a larger backhoe.

• "Inside Cab" controls for backhoes on skid steer loaders. The skid steer operator can dig with the backhoe from inside the skid steer cab. No switching seats is necessary. Repositioning while digging is quick and easy.

• Developed a specialized backhoe for the mini-skid steer market.

Custom Designs for the OEM Market
Amerequip can adapt its current designs to meet our Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) customer’s needs and is fully capable of developing new products to our OEM customer’s specifications. We are well aware of the sensitive nature of some projects and work hard to maintain a high level of trust and confidence.

Amerequip Engineering is well versed in communicating with the OEM customer’s design personnel. Our Specifications Department prides itself with maintaining the design modifications via our change control process. Our engineers are ready, willing and able to work closely with the OEM customer in all aspects of the design and manufacturing phases.

Computer Aided Engineering

The two different 3D solid modeling software packages we use are SolidDesigner and Pro/Engineer. Both packages feature real-world simulation and analysis, advanced surfacing, determination of weights, volumes, and component interference checking.

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) capabilities of Pro/Mechanica are utilized in our continuing effort to shorten product development time and produce a more reliable product for the consumer. Our engineers also have at their disposal the dynamic analysis software MSC.visualNastran Motion.

Amerequip can import and export CAD data in a wide variety of formats including IGES, STEP, and in the ever-popular formats of DXF and DWG from AutoCAD.

Prototype and Testing Facilities
Often before a new design is created in metal, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is run on a computer model of the design to help eliminate the higher stress areas. A full size and completely functional prototype model is then built in the engineering shop facility for testing. When necessary, the prototype model is stress coated and strain gauged (by an outside source) to verify the FEA computer analysis.

The prototype model is routinely subject to a reliability test with a set number of hours of actual operation on our 35-acre test site.