SCITEK Consultants Ltd

SCITEK Consultants Ltd is an engineering consultancy in the United Kingdom. It designs and builds custom test rigs. A test rig is a machine built to test a product or process under set conditions. The company was founded in October 1997 by Dr. Marios Christodoulou.

SCITEK offers research and development services to clients in sectors such as aerospace, defense, power generation and automotive. Design and manufacture of research rigs is the core of its work. The company says no two projects are the same. It says each one is an innovation of its own kind.

The founder started the business when equipment makers were cutting research done in house. They wanted to hire out that work. The company says it filled a gap between university research and fast, applied industry work. It also acts as a link between academic partners and industry.

The company lists three service areas. The first is test rig design and manufacture. The second is control systems and instrumentation, including PLC automation, safety related controls, high speed data acquisition and in house electrical design. The third is engineering design and simulation, with skill in flow measurement and flow modelling such as CFD and laser Doppler anemometry.

SCITEK runs test facilities in house, including a gas turbine engine test facility. Its products include a fully instrumented mini gas turbine test rig for education, research, development and production testing. It also sells a system that measures the cone angle of sprays and seeding systems for flow measurement. The company has made custom seeders for large wind tunnels and tow tanks.

Past projects include emissions testing, fuel and spinning rigs and a neutron radiography machine. The company also offers test services for renewables and future fuels, and mentions synthetic kerosene tests. It says low carbon power is a growing priority for its customers.

The premises on Victory Road hold offices, a large warehouse and a workshop for building rigs. The SCITEK website has pages on services, products and sectors, and it has a contact form and an email address for enquiries.