Design Drives Process > Process Drives Cost
We Optimize Design and Process to Increase Quality and Reduce Investment.
MFG provides valuable design services to help customers optimize composite designs and ultimately, save time and money. As a leading expert in the composite industry, we know first-hand that every composite design has its own unique set of characteristics and features.
Our design team is available to help clients identify unfavorable design features and optimize product design prior to production. Our creative design work can significantly increase quality and savings over the life of a program, and helps customers avoid unexpected, costly changes.
Working with the MFG’s design and research teams in the early development process allows thorough evaluation for Design for Manufacturing & Assembly (DFMA) through the entire process flow: design, materials, tooling, molding, process, finite element analysis, manufacturing and quality.
We work collaboratively to evaluate designs and propose optimized solutions for ease and leaner manufacturing process flow.
Meet Our Design Team
John Fernandes
Sr. Vice President
Sarah McClelland, PE
Structural Analysis Engineer
Roy Dickinson
Sr. Design Engineer
Felix Holloway
Design Engineer
Joel Wagstaff
Design Engineer
Our Core Capabilities
With decades of diversified design experience, we have extensive experience with heavy truck, automotive, wind energy, solar, electrification, military, commercial and proprietary products.
We offer critical design support services for new customer development programs to help you with: feasibility & cost savings, conversion studies of metallic part/assemblies to composites, design for six sigma (DFSS) principals and GD&T, and tooling/mold design concepts for cost and process optimization.
CAD Systems, NX, CATIA & SOLIDWORKS
Composite Design – Advanced Surfacing & Solid Modeling
FEA Stress – FEMAP/Nastran & ANSYS Software
- Analysis types: static, dynamic (including modal), thermal
- Material types: isotropic, orthotropic, layered composites
- Geometry prep: removal of trivial features, converting solids to shells and/or beams where applicable
Design for Manufacture and Assembly for Composites (DFMA)
Design study check list includes: Die-line’s, radii, draft angles, ribs, assembly split lines, shear edges, molded in features, thickness transitions, Class A IMC flow, mating components, GD&T-tolerance requirements, bond assembly sequencing, part nest ability studies for shipping, tooling impact on revisions, secondary processing flow optimization.
SMC Mold Flow and Predicted Modeling Analysis
Mold Flow and Predicting Flow early on during the development process to optimize part processing and mechanical properties.
Get in Touch
If you would like to discuss your next project, contact John Fernandes by phone at 503.730.6847, by email at JFernandes@moldedfiberglass.com, or fill out the form below.