Research. Design. Validate. Under one roof.
Illyra JSL is a tool development company. We take a specific, repeated task in one trade and work from documented jobsite evidence toward a tested, buildable tool.
Jobsite research
Ride-alongs, time studies, task selectionWe spend time on real jobs, time each step, and pick the one that still costs a crew a person, an hour or a callback.
Mechanical design
CAD, load and failure-mode analysisEvery concept is modeled for the loads it will see on site, and for the ways it could slip, bend or mark a finished surface.
Simulation
Interactive models before metalWe build working digital models to test geometry, ranges and set-up before anything is cut.
Prototyping
Fast, iterative buildsOnce a problem is validated, prototypes are built quickly so a design can change between one round of feedback and the next.
Bench testing & validation
Overload, slip, drop and surface testsPrototypes are bench-tested before anyone uses them on a job. Results will be published as tested, never rounded up.
Field trials
Trials with working prosOnce a prototype exists, working pros try it on their own jobs and tell us what's wrong. If it doesn't save real time, it doesn't ship.
From ride-along to production.
Each stage has one job: kill weak ideas early and make strong ones cheap to build. If a tool doesn't save real time on a paying job, it doesn't ship.
- 01Jobsite
Observe
Time the job on site. Find the step that wastes a person, an hour or a wall.
- 02Design
Engineer
Model loads and failure modes before cutting metal.
- 03Bench
Build & test
Prototype the validated concept. Overload, slip, drop and surface-marking tests on the bench.
- 04Field
Trial
Working pros use it on real jobs and tell us what's wrong.
- 05Production
Produce
Production partners are chosen only once a design has earned it.