How We Design
Concepts
- Requirements Definition
- Brainstorming
- Technical Feasibility Analysis
- Benchmarking
- Concept Sketches
- Evaluation & Selection
- Liaison to Industrial Design & Marketing
Prototypes and Testing
- Models & Prototypes
- Liaison to Rapid Prototyping
- Vendor Management
- Test Plans and Test Management
Design
- 3-D Models & Layout Drawings
- Detail Drawings
- Tolerance Analysis
- Function Analysis
- Material Selection
- Process Selection
- Component Selection
- Trade-Off Analysis
- Motion & Dynamics Analysis
- Structural Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- Thermal FEA
- Vibration FEA
Manufacturability
- Design for Manufacture & Assembly
- Unit Manufacturing Cost Estimates
- Vendor Identification & Qualification
Documentation
- Bills of Materials
- Engineering Drawing Packages
- Exploded Views & Assembly Instructions
- Operator's, Maintenance & Service Manuals
- Procedures
- Technical Reports
- Technical Animation