The RIAS Castor has now been tested to Australian Standards (AS 1961.8-2004), demonstrating impressive results. Testing was undertaken and documented by an independent engineering consultant, with tests designed to compare RIAS Castor with current trolley castors (no suspension) in the areas of driving performance, safety and durability.

Video footage demonstrates the significant difference between the RIAS Castor and a standard castor. The footage was taken on a custom made jig during durability testing to Australian Standards. The test jig has 6mm angled obstacles for the castor to negotiate and the weight applied is 44kg per castor. The RIAS castor was tested continuously for 26 hours (388km / 758,000 obstacles) with no deterioration observed in the mechanism. Unfortunately the engineer was forced to remove the standard castor from testing after 6 minutes for fear of failure of the component and / or test jig as a result of the bounce and flutter.

The RIAS Castor brochure and video are also available on the Applications page of this website.

The 2009 RIAS Technologies AGM saw the election of Jeff Brill as a Director of the Company, with the resolution passed unanimously by shareholders.

Jeff is the Managing Director of Engenium Pty Ltd, a company that provides engineering, procurement and construction management services to the resources and infrastructure sectors. He was involved in the start up of Engenium and has held the position of Managing Director since the company's inception in 2003. Prior to this, Jeff was a project engineer with Orbital Engine Group.

Jeff holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (1st Class Honours) and has extensive experience in project management within the mining and offshore oil and gas industries along with new product design and development in the automotive industry.

Jeff's appointment is consistent with the Board's strategy to source specialist engineering skills for the business.

RIAS Technologies recently featured in the West Australian's WestWeekender Innovation Special. The 'Bright Sparks' article focused on WA's growing innovation industry.

Read the full WestWeekender Article.

RIASORB®'s emerging role into the international UAV market was recently featured on the Aerospace & Defence (ASD) News website.

Full article: RIAS Damping Technology Improves COO and Efficiency for UAVs.