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Track record and capability statement.
H7 Engineering is a product-engineering firm founded by Daniel Hernandez, mechanical engineer and former Head of Structural Validation at Turbulent (Belgium). H7 turns one-off machines and hand-built products into product lines that cost less to build: design-to-cost for fabrication, parametric product families, structural validation, and CE and ISO documentation.
- Hydropower machines designed and validated, 5–160 kW, 7+ countries
- 20+
- Lower rotor cost, efficiency within 6% of the cast design
- ~80%
- Lighter turbine structure, same structural margin
- ~32%
- Lower cost across a standardized truck-scale range
- ~50%
Roles.
Product-line roadmaps, parametric product families, design-to-cost and validation for equipment makers and product brands, including a live product-line engagement for a motorsport parts brand.
Vortex-turbine maker. Mechanical engineer, then Head of Structural Validation for the last four years: structural sign-off before fabrication, all manufacturing drawings and machine manuals used for CE certification, a turbine structure made ~32% lighter, and a cast impeller redesigned in sheet metal for ~80% lower rotor cost. Mentored a junior engineer. On site in Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and Chile.
A standardized truck-scale range: one design family, strength validated per size, ~50% lower cost across the range; ISO 9001 support.
Led the design department and helped the company meet ISO 9001.
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, followed by a professional career in mechanical engineering.
Selected projects.
Vortex turbine (Turbulent), with work on site.
Vortex turbine (Turbulent).
Water plant installation (Turbulent).
Vortex turbine (Turbulent).
Fish-friendly turbine technology approved by the UK government (Turbulent).
Humanitarian community hydro projects.
Truck-scale range (Dynamictech).
Off-road accessory lines redesigned for sheet metal.
Product-line roadmap for a motorsport parts brand (ongoing).
Suppliers and fabrication shops managed in Europe, the US and China.
Capabilities.
Castings and machined parts to sheet metal; fewer parts and welds; jigs and fixtures.
Parametric parents, variant tables, design automation and release checks.
Hand calculations and FEA: static, fatigue, buckling, modal. Sign-off before fabrication.
Manufacturing drawings, machine manuals and files for CE marking and ISO 9001.
Market-gap research, coverage grids, a fixed price per family and dated roadmaps.
SolidWorks, SolidWorks Simulation, Fusion, ANSYS, Onshape, Inventor, AutoCAD, Python, Excel/VBA, CloudCompare, and Claude-based design and research workflows.
Company facts.
Drafters, mechanical engineers and simulation engineers on client projects, led and signed off by Daniel Hernandez.
Spain, working worldwide.
English, Spanish.
daniel@h7engineering.com, h7engineering.com