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Arctic Engineering

From PLC and instrumentation on the plant floor through to cloud-hosted platforms, APIs and customer-facing applications.

Our Expertise

Arctic Engineering is a Cape Town-based engineering and software operation. We specialise in advanced mechatronic and automation solutions tailored to industrial needs, spanning concept development, system integration, software design and on-site implementation. Every project is engineered for performance, reliability and innovation.

We offer full-cycle software development across embedded systems, automation platforms and cloud integrations — including production web and mobile applications, REST APIs, database design and AI-assisted document and vision processing. Our solutions help manufacturers and operators streamline operations and stay competitive in rapidly evolving industries.

We work directly with end clients or as a subcontracted technical partner to other engineering and software firms. Partner with us to bring intelligent automation to life — from plant-level control to production-grade machine design.

Core Capabilities

Automation & Controls

  • PLC programming in Structured Text and Ladder — Omron, Siemens, Mitsubishi, Delta
  • Machine and process line control, sequencing, safety interlocks and alarm handling
  • HMI and SCADA development, operator interface design
  • Control panel design, wiring, VFD configuration and installation
  • Vision and sensor-based detection systems
  • Industrial data acquisition, MQTT telemetry and time-series historians
  • Commissioning support, site installers, remote licensing and support tooling

Software & Platforms

  • Full-stack web and mobile applications — Next.js, React, Ionic, Vite, TypeScript, PHP
  • REST API design, integration and third-party API consumption
  • OAuth2 and Keycloak, payment gateways, logistics and data providers
  • Database design and management — PostgreSQL, Supabase, Prisma, MySQL
  • Cloud infrastructure and deployment — Railway, Vercel, Fly.io, AWS S3, dedicated Linux servers
  • AI and ML integration — computer vision, OCR, document extraction, LLM-driven automation
  • Workflow automation with n8n, scheduled jobs, alerting and reporting

Engineering Services

  • Technical proposals, scoping documents and system specifications
  • Platform readiness audits and production hardening
  • Compliance-aware builds — POPIA, ISO 13485 and SAHPRA-aware traceability
  • Project management, costing assessments and line productivity studies
  • Documentation, handover packs and licensing agreements

Project Showcases

Testing full system process flow and implementation of a cross applicator for hot cross buns, built entirely with Omron hardware.

Custom automation solution deployed in Angola: an automated transverse arm with an integrated printer head for date stamping whiskey sachets during high-volume production.

Automated Tank System

Automated 75,000-litre tank system using pneumatic valves and pumps for precise fluid transfer during filling and emptying processes.

Recent Work

A selection of projects delivered over the past twelve months, across controls, monitoring and platform engineering.

Emulsion Firelighter Production Line

A full IEC 61131-3 Structured Text program for an Omron NX1P2 PLC controlling an emulsion-based firelighter production line, covering sequencing, safety interlocks and alarm handling. Delivered as a subcontracted technical partner.

Omron NX1P2Structured TextIEC 61131-3

SmartHoop — Goal Detection System

A camera-based basketball goal detection system built for professional deployment. Scope covered the detection pipeline, a fixed-window operator display, packaged NUC installers for four separate units, and a remote licence disable system for commercial control.

Computer visionEdge deploymentLicensing

Cratonic Insight — Mine Cooling Monitoring

A monitoring platform for underground mine cooling systems, built on MQTT telemetry feeding a TimescaleDB time-series backend with a Vite and TypeScript dashboard front end. Full technical pitch and specification produced with Arctic Engineering as channel partner.

MQTTTimescaleDBTypeScript

Imagin8 / eValue8 — Vehicle Valuation Platform

A production vehicle data and valuation platform on a dedicated server, serving both B2C and B2B customers. Covers the PHP API layer, Ionic and React front ends, third-party data integrations over OAuth2 and Keycloak for residual values, maintenance costs and tyre pricing, payment gateway integration, and WAF and DNS infrastructure.

PHP APIIonic / ReactOAuth2

DiscDecode — Document Extraction API

An AI-powered document extraction API built on Flask and PostgreSQL and deployed on Railway. Extracts structured data from vehicle licence discs and drivers' licences, including custom VIN OCR post-processing with character expansion and confidence scoring. Now consumed in production by multiple downstream platforms.

FlaskPostgreSQLOCR

VaultView — Facility Management Platform

A vehicle storage facility management platform for a luxury storage operator, built on Vite, TypeScript, Tailwind and Supabase. Separate development, UAT and production environments with CI/CD through GitHub Actions and Vercel, plus integrated OCR scanning for vehicle intake.

SupabaseVercel CI/CDTailwind

Multi-Sensor Research Platform

An open-source alternative to commercial biometric research suites, using Lab Streaming Layer for synchronised acquisition, HDF5 session storage and NeuroKit2 for physiological signal processing. Includes an automated area-of-interest detection and labelling tool for eye-tracking research, with export to common research formats.

LSLHDF5OpenCVFastAPI

Warehouse Management — Medical Devices

A SAHPRA-aware, ISO 13485-compliant warehouse management system for a medical device distributor, covering loaner kit management, consignment stock visibility and UDI traceability. Structured as a six-phase delivery programme.

ISO 13485SAHPRAUDI traceability

Contact Us

Rigard Venter Profile

For more information, please contact:

Rigard Venter

📞 +27 79 607 0298

📧 rigard@arcticengineering.co.za

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