About
The engineer answers the phone.
Air Hydraulics & Mechanical Equipment, Inc. is owned and operated by Art Hughes, a mechanical engineer with a degree from Clemson University and a career spent on industrial air, hydraulic, and vacuum systems along the Gulf Coast.
Who you're working with
One name on the work.
Plenty of equipment companies have a sales desk, a service department, and an engineering consultant somewhere upstream. At AH&M those are the same person. When Art quotes a system, he's the one who will model it in SolidWorks, size it against your load, install it, and stand behind the commissioning numbers.
That range — from theoretical mechanical engineering through physical installation and testing — is unusual, and it's the point. Problems don't get lost in handoffs, and the person who made the design decision is the one who answers for it in the field.
Art Hughes
Owner & Mechanical Engineer
- Education
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University
- Based in
- Spanish Fort, AL — serving Mobile and Baldwin County, Alabama
- Focus
- Compressed air, hydraulic, and vacuum systems: design, installation, service, and field testing
- Tools
- SolidWorks 3D design · flat-plate orifice field testing · instrumented troubleshooting
The service promise
Zero returns.
AH&M has long operated under a simple standard it calls the Quality Service Promise: approach every job, regardless of scope, with the goal of zero returns — do it right the first time, so nobody has to come back for the same problem.
The second half of the promise is staying current. Industrial equipment, controls, and design tools keep moving; a shop that stops learning starts guessing. Continuing education — from engineering practice to the software on the design workstation — is part of the job.
Where we work
Both sides of the Bay.
Home base is Spanish Fort, on the Eastern Shore — minutes from the industrial corridors of Mobile across the Bay and the growing commercial base of Baldwin County. If your operation runs compressed air, hydraulics, or vacuum anywhere in Mobile and Baldwin County, Alabama, you're in the service area. For work beyond it, ask — the answer is usually a straightforward yes or no, not a runaround.
- Mobile County, AL
- Baldwin County, AL
- Mobile · Spanish Fort · Daphne · Fairhope · Loxley · Bay Minette · Foley · Theodore · Saraland — and the plants in between.
Want to talk to the engineer directly?
Call 251-239-5544 or send the details through the contact page — either way, it's Art on the other end.