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Company
Overview
Engineair Pty
Ltd, established on 9 September 2000, with the objective to
perform research and development on an innovative air motor
design, invented and first tried by Di Pietro in 1997. In
the first 2 years the company focused on developing prototype
models to test the concept and understand the performance
characteristics. During this period additional prototypes
were tested, showing improving performance, power to weight
ratio and air consumption. The current development status
shows performance and efficiency to be superior over state
of the art air motor technology.
Based on these
results the company is now entering commercialisation of its
technology.
Engineair operates
from modern dedicated facilities in Brooklyn, close to Melbourne
City. Facilities with an area of 1100 sqm office and workshop
area include state of the art test and performance measurement
systems.
History
Angelo Di Pietro,
(1950, Avellino, Italy) qualified as Congegniatore Meccanico
in Avellino moved to Stuttgart, Germany to work on the Wankel
rotary engine at the Mercedes Benz research laboratories 1969
and 1970. In 1971 he migrated to Australia where he established
a construction engineering company.
From his early
experience with Wankel rotary engines, Angelo became interested
in developing a more efficient engine than the traditional
reciprocating internal combustion engine, and he has worked
on various alternative concepts intermittently over the last
30 years. In 1999 he made a major design breakthrough.
Recognising the
potential of his invention Di Pietro decided to fully focus
on the development of the new motor concept. The principle
worked with the first prototype and, although not built to
fine engineering tolerances, its performance far exceeded
expectations.
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