Design Engineering

Detailed design engineering plays a critical role in balancing the functional product requirements with simultaneous manufacturing, cost, and time constraints. SECG combines its broad design capabilities and experience with its advanced in-house analysis capabilities to deliver functional designs that are manufacturable, cost-conscious, and minimize the product development turn-around time.

SECG provides design engineering services by experienced engineers from a broad spectrum of industries. Working closely with the client ensures a good understanding of the product specifications and functional requirements. Integrating the manufacturing team and/or the prospective outside suppliers into the design process helps ensure that manufacturability and production efficiency are high, which keep lead times and costs low. See our general brochure for more information.

Design Services

MACHINERY AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
WELDMENTS AND MACHININGS
SHEET METAL AND STAMPINGS
LARGE SCALE ASSEMBLIES
MOBILE EQUIPMENT PACKAGING AND SKID DESIGN
FORGINGS AND CASTINGS (INVESTMENT, SAND, DIE)
INJECTION MOLDED COMPONENTS
HEAT TRANSFER AND COOLING SYSTEM DESIGN
CODE COMPLIANCE (ASME, OSHA, AWS, DOT, ETC.)

REVERSE-ENGINEERING
HYDRAULIC SYSTEM DESIGN
DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING
PUMP DESIGN (PLUNGER, VANE, ETC.)
COST REDUCTION DESIGN
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION AND ANALYSIS
PRESS FITS AND SHRINK FITS
BEARINGS (JOURNAL, ROLLER, BALL)
MATERIAL SPECIFICATION

Advanced 3D CAD Modeling

SECG has extensive experience and capabilities with 3D CAD part and large assembly generation. From advanced component design involving complicated multi-cavity draft or swept surfacing to large scale assemblies comprised of thousands of parts, SECG has the vertical skill set and abilities to tackle the most challenging designs. SECG concurrently utilizes top industry software packages such as PTC Creo, Autodesk Inventor, and DS SolidWorks ensuring that the CAD tool used matches the needs of the client. Whether working with client legacy data or developing a new design, SECG works with our clients to make sure that SECG’s work product can be easily absorbed back into the client’s production CAD environment. However, CAD model creation alone is not enough. The CAD data must be properly managed to guarantee integrity and revision control. SECG employs the corresponding native product data management (PDM) systems from the top industry software providers to enable teams of engineers and designers to simultaneously work on client designs while maintaining data integrity, revision control, and design life cycle management.

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CAD PACKAGES

SECG actively utilizes SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor, and PTC Creo as its CAD design tools for client specific projects to ensure maximum compatibility with existing client data.

Software and talent alone will not get the job done. SECG commits heavily to its infrastructure and hardware ensuring that each of the highly skilled engineers and designers have both the software and hardware required to get the job done as efficiently as possible. From custom designed workstation hardware to a network and server structure built for engineering by engineers, SECG’s commitment to engineering infrastructure gives SECG a unique set of tools to tackle design challenges others cannot.

Material Selection, Design Sizing, and Optimization

A CAD model is not a design until the material and geometry meet the functional requirements of the product. Whether the project calls for a readily available material that can be acquired next-day or the requirements demand something more exotic, SECG has the expertise to choose the material that can take any design to the next level. However, even the most precisely selected material could be wasted on a poor design. Knowing when to add, relocate, or even remove features from a design allows SECG to maximize material effectiveness, and only SECG’s experience and in-house analysis capabilities can make sure the design is excellently optimized.

Design for Manufacturing

Design for manufacture, or manufacturability, concerns the cost and difficulty of making the product. The costs associated with manufacturing a product include both the fabrication costs and the assembly costs. Fabrication costs drive decisions such as having a fully machined component or a cast component with a few machined surfaces, while assembly costs drive decisions associated with tolerancing, fixtures, and Design for Assembly (DFA) features such as chamfers and snap fits. SECG’s engineers have a firm understanding of a variety of manufacturing methods. By addressing the manufacturing design requirements upfront, associated manufacturing costs and lead times can be minimized for any product.