CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
- Design Feasibility
- Design Requirements
- Front-End Engineering Design
- Layout Design
COMPOSITE DESIGN
- Layup & Ply optimization; Sandwich paneling; Core & Acoustic Structures
- Creation of manufacturing data
- Produceabilty studies
- Creation of manufacturing documentation for factory floor instruction
DETAIL/ ASSEMBLY/ INSTALLATION DRAWINGS
- Geometrical Dimensioning & Tolerancing; ASME, ANSI, ISO, etc.
- Breaking out detail parts and sub-assemblies from the layout design
- 3D annotation
- Bill of Materials (BOM)
- 2D Layout and Drawing creation
METALS COMPOSITES AND PLASTICS DESIGN
- Conventional, vacuum, hydraulic, and pneumatic fixtures
- Fiber-placement tools
- Flat patterns
- Shrink, Spring-back, and thermal conductivity variables
- Stretch forming and Hydraulic Press; Material Handling
- Virtek LaserEdge – Mounts, Tools, Stations, Work Packages, etc.
REVERSE ENGINEERING
- Hybrid modeling 2D and 3D scan formats
- Point cloud to geometry
- Surface optimization
- 3D construction from probing
TOOLING DESIGN AND BUILD
- Soft & hard composite tooling
- Mill, Lathe, and Drill Fixtures
- Routing and Trim Fixtures
- Assembly Tooling
- Ground Support Equipment
DESIGN FOR ADDITIVE (DFAM)
- Explore Entire Workflow
- Suitability Studies
- Maximize ROI
- Additive Modalities
- Material Selection
- Design Strategies
- Topology Optimization
- Part Consolidation
- Inspection Techniques
- Future Trends