I (Scott) started Muniac, LLC. in December of 2014 to assist small manufacturing businesses with designing, prototyping and developing solutions that improve their productivity either in house or by adding value to the products they manufacture.  The Projects Page presents examples of the range of projects I've worked on with customers.  I've been doing this type of work in one form or another for 40 years.  Creative and/or innovative problem solving might best describe it.  My shop is 30' x 30' and includes a variety of tools, equipment and an electronics bench for prototyping PCBs including microprocessor based solutions.  I'm not setup for large fabrication or high volume production runs.  My specialty being one off solutions or piece production not exceeding 100 parts.  Please view the Machine & Tool List page to get an idea of the equipment I have in my shop.  Laser, plasma and water jet cut parts are outsourced.

Automatic wire stripping machine.

Automation plays a major role in maintaining high productivity and accuracy.  It also can help improve the quality of the work place by reducing burdens on workers and allow them to complete work faster.  And/or making a job simpler to perform.  The wire stripping machine at left automatically removed insulation from the end of wires.  This avoided using manual stripping tools which are slow and uncomfortable to the hand when thousands of stripping operations need to be performed.  In some cases it's cost effective to design and build dedicated machines to perform tasks.  Such would be the case if a machine or tool isn't available or prohibitively expensive.  Automation can be purely pneumatic, mechanical or microprocessor based.  More complex machines may involve a blend of all of the above.