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Production Engineering Services

Services, benchmarking, and cost reduction programs

Concept design, design support, design validation and an array of PLM solutions

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We provide a wide range of services from concept design, design support, design validation and an array of PLM solutions. We have made significant investments in IT platforms that run PLM suites for our customers and we have a large team of engineers working globally on various projects using various software and tools.

Our mechanical engineers are cross-trained to execute programs from rule-based engineering data processing and to a full vehicle teardown.

Service offerings

Car dashboard wireframe outline
Plastic components and modules
Car 3D model exploded view
Sheet metal components and fabrication
Gears outline
Casting, forging and machining
Nuts and bolts
Other metals & non-metals
Connectors
Hydraulic and tubes
Automotive engine outline drawing
Auto components

Explore Services

Concept engineering

  • Component design
  • Product concept design

Product Realization

  • Jigs and Fixtures
  • Master model maintenance
  • Prototyping

Design support

  • Design for Manufacturability and Assembly
  • Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
  • Modeling and detailing
  • Product packaging
  • BOM Release

Sustenance Engineering

  • Reverse engineering
  • Value engineering
  • Change Management
  • Quality and reliability support
  • Cost reduction

Validation & Optimization

  • FE meshing
  • Linear and non-linear analysis
  • Static and dynamic tests
  • Virtual crash and drop tests
  • CFD
  • Field data collection
  • Mechanical characteristics benchmarking

PLM Solutions

  • Data migration
  • Pre and post PLM data migration activities
  • PLM Data Maintenance
  • Training on PLM systems
  • Siemens Teamcenter support

Highly evolved expertise in hydraulics, sheet metals & fabrication, CAB area design and validation for automotive, bus & coach, off-highway equipments, plastics, air registers, interiors, seatings, vehicle integration, and PLM functions.

CAE, CFD analysis and simulation

Spanning world leading electric vehicles, SUVs, pick-up trucks, and off-highway equipment.

Pre-processing

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Simulation design

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Post processing

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Reporting and analysis

Meshing

  • Shell Meshing
  • Hexahedral mesh and tetrahedral mesh

Analysis

  • Linear static analysis
  • Dynamic analysis
  • Nonlinear analysis (Implicit & Explicit)
  • Fatigue and durability tests
  • Transmission analysis
  • Thermal analysis

Full vehicle teardown and analysis using CAD

Cost reduction ideas across the manufacturing value chain viewed from the perspective of Mechanical, electrical, and industrial engineering standpoint.

Pre-processors – Hypermesh, KISSsys
Solvers – Radioss, Optistruct, Abaqus, KISSsoft, Nastran, STAR-CCM+
Post-processors – HyperView, HyperGraph

Car streamline model

Video: CAE studies in benchmarking

Steve Kensett, Former Chief Body Architect, General Motors

Standards and regulations referred

  • ASME
  • EPA
  • OSHA (ROPS)
  • FMVSS
  • ECE
  • IPXX
  • The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
  • Euro NCAP standards
  • SAE regulations
  • TS-16949
  • ISO 9001.

Software and tools

  • Autodesk®
  • AutoCAD
  • CATIA
  • NX
  • Pro ENGINEER®
  • ABAQUS
  • HyperWorks®
  • ANSYS®
  • Costimator
  • Teamcenter
  • Vis Mock-Up
  • Pro-PDM
  • Designer central
  • MSC Nastran®
  • Pro/MECHANICA®
  • SolidWorks
  • Solid Edge
  • Adams
  • HyperMesh
  • KISSsoft
  • KISSsys

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We are a technology-driven global engineering solutions company addressing challenges relative to benchmarking, product development, cost optimization, manufacturing, and aftermarket for major automotive OEMs, off-highway, commercial vehicle manufacturers, and their suppliers. Our award-winning technologies combined with highly evolved processes enable our customers to gain actionable insights that accelerate R&D programs, fuel growth decisions, cut costs, and improve efficiencies.