Extra CAD capacity and design for manufacture for a specialist machine builder
A builder of specialist industrial equipment needed extra CAD capacity to design elements of a machine, so that a number of components could be shared and retrofitted to machines already built.
- Sector
- Industrial equipment
- Work
- 3D CAD, machine design, extra engineering capacity
- Delivered
- Models and drawings for a set of common components
Illustration drawn by F-CAD® to show the kind of work. No client design is shown.
Results
- Experienced CAD engineers working alongside the in-house team, without adding headcount
- Common components designed to fit existing builds as well as new ones
- Models and drawings handed over ready for manufacture and retrofit
Client testimonial
“F-CAD continue to provide excellent design and engineering support across our projects, from new machine development to design for manufacture using their six stage process. Their technical expertise and collaborative approach make them an integral part of our mechanical engineering team.”
Overview
The brief
The client designs and builds specialist industrial equipment, each machine made to suit its application. Its team brought F-CAD® in for extra CAD capacity to keep its design work moving.
Shared parts for new and existing machines
The brief was to design elements of a machine so that a number of components could be shared, and retrofitted to machines already built. Every part had to suit more than one build and fit alongside the existing design without disruption.
Value added
How we added value
- Part of the team
- Our engineers worked to the client’s design standards and alongside its own engineers, so the extra capacity felt like more of the same team.
- Designed for commonality
- Each element was designed so the same components suit more than one machine, cutting the number of variants to make and stock.
- Retrofit in mind from the start
- Interfaces were checked against existing builds, so the new components fit machines already built as well as new ones.
- Ready for manufacture
- Detailed 3D models and drawings, checked and handed over ready to make. The designs are the client’s.
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