Airport check-in kiosks, self-service bag drop systems, gate & boarding kiosks, and self-service terminals — structural chassis, compliance per client guidance, and field serviceability engineered from day one in SolidWorks and CATIA V5. Based in Newmarket, Ontario, serving manufacturers, kiosk OEMs, and operators across Toronto, Mississauga, Markham, Vaughan, Brampton, Richmond Hill, Newmarket, the wider Greater Toronto Area, and clients throughout Canada and the United States.
Airport self-service infrastructure is among the most demanding mechanical design environments in the product world. A check-in kiosk, bag drop unit, or gate boarding terminal must process thousands of passengers daily, survive the physical stress of a public environment, meet compliance requirements across multiple regulatory frameworks, and be serviceable by an airport technician in under ten minutes — without a call to the design team.
Clay Lilac has deep familiarity with the airport kiosk ecosystem. We design structural chassis, enclosures, and integration hardware that fits into the CUSS and CUTE common-use platform environments deployed at airports worldwide — on your timeline, to your compliance requirements.
Every project is treated as a systems engineering challenge. Chassis structure, peripheral integration, thermal management, cable routing, and service access are all resolved in a single integrated 3D model before a drawing is issued.
Based in Newmarket, Ontario, we design airport kiosks and self-service terminals for kiosk OEMs, system integrators, and operators across the Greater Toronto Area — including Toronto, Mississauga, Markham, Vaughan, Brampton, Richmond Hill, Aurora, and Newmarket — as well as clients throughout Canada and the United States.
Six kiosk engineering disciplines delivered on your templates, into your vault, with full IP transfer.
Structural chassis and enclosure design for airport check-in kiosks — compatible with CUSS (Common Use Self-Service) and CUTE (Common Use Terminal Equipment) environments deployed at airports worldwide. Steel or aluminium frames, sheet metal skins, peripheral integration, and full DFM documentation.
Structural and mechanical design for self-service bag drop (SBD) systems — conveyor integration, bag scale mounting, passenger-facing enclosure, tag printer and scanner housing, and serviceability access. Designed for high-throughput airport environments where reliability and fast maintenance turnaround are non-negotiable.
Mechanical design for kiosk-mounted gate systems, self-boarding gates, and access control terminals at airport departure gates. Passport and boarding pass reader integration, biometric device housing, barrier mechanism support, and full structural chassis — designed for the congestion, throughput, and security demands of the airside environment.
All compliance requirements — ADA accessibility, IATA PSCRM standards, airport authority specifications, airline hardware certification requirements, CE marking, UL listing, or any other regulatory standard — are confirmed with the client at the brief stage and drive all design decisions. Nothing assumed; everything documented and agreed before modelling begins.
Airport kiosk downtime is measured in minutes, not hours. Field technician access to every serviceable component is verified in 3D — door swing, tool access envelopes, cable slack, and component swap sequences all checked against your service time targets. Designed for the constraints of a live airport terminal environment.
NDA before any brief is shared. Full IP transfer on completion. Drawings on your company templates, files into your SolidWorks PDM or ENOVIA vault. Stage completion or biweekly billing — agreed upfront. End the project anytime with prior notice.
* Prior notice period as agreed in the project contract.From deployment environment brief to production-ready documentation — a clear, fast sequence.
We capture the deployment environment (terminal, airside, landside, outdoor), component and peripheral list, compliance requirements per client guidance (ADA, IATA, airport authority specs), service access targets, and any airline or airport branding constraints. CUSS/CUTE platform compatibility confirmed where applicable. PDM structure and drawing templates agreed at this stage.
Structural chassis and external envelope modelled first. Component packaging layout resolved in 3D — display, peripherals, internal hardware, thermal strategy, and cable routing all positioned and checked for access before the external skin is finalised.
ADA compliance verified in 3D. Vandal resistance features reviewed against the specified threat level. Service access checked against time targets for every field-replaceable component. Thermal performance verified against duty cycle requirements.
Full drawing package on your templates — assembly drawings, detail parts, sheet metal flat patterns, weld drawings, BOM, and STEP files — all released through your PDM as a single traceable package. Installation and service manuals supported on request.
Industry-standard tools. Native files delivered directly into your vault.
Kiosk and SST engineering across demanding deployment environments and industries — for clients in Toronto, the GTA (Mississauga, Markham, Vaughan, Brampton, Newmarket), across Canada, and throughout the United States.
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