Services Offered

Consulting

• Benchmarking
• Project planning
• Production optimization

Design

• Support during the design phase
• Animation and design visualization
• Image processing
• Surface back-feed
• Material recommendations

Concepts

• Casting optimization
• Weight reduction
• Product description
• Construction space inspection

Design engineering

• Production-oriented component design
• Process, design and system FMEA
• Tolerance analysis
• Preparation of drawings
• 3D model generation in various CAD systems (ProEngineer, CATIA) V4 and V5

Calculation

• Strength (FEM) (ProMechanica)
  and CATIA V5
• Acoustics by partners
• Crash (resistant) design

Simulation

• Process simulation (mold filling and solidification simulation) (MAGMA Soft)
• Production simulation
• Assembly/Disassembly simulation

Prototypes

• Conventional
• Low-pressure sand casting
• Rapid prototyping (with partners)
• Rapid tooling (with partners)
• Component testing
• Static tests
• Fatigue durability testing

Production tooling

• In-house engineering
• Various slide gate concepts
• Production using in-house tool-making capacities and services/goods
  purchased outside