Services
RD Consulting provides services for every step of your design process, whatever stage you are in.
Helping you to find a solution for your problem is what I love to do. See my key services below, but don’t hesitate to get in touch if I can help you with anything else in your design process.
Services
Please checkout the different services available for your company.
Product Development
There are a multitude of factors to consider within the following disciplines:
- Conceptual Design
- Structural Design
- Esthetic Design
- Detailed Design
- 3D & 2D CAD work
Consulting
Consulting is the foundation of my work, applying the acquired knowledge and directing it to the following areas:
- Choice of material
- Method of manufacturing
- Managing costs, to keep a competitive edge
- Optimizing material usage
- Selecting the best production facilities
Prototyping
3D printing is an integral part of product development. This allows us to verify design direction, handling, assembly functions and marketing presentations, etc. A diversity of print options are available, up to a full-scale working model.
- FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling)
- SLS (Selective Laser Sintering)
- SLA (Stereo Lithography Apparatus)
- MJF ( MultiJet Fusion)
- Vacuum casting (diverse materials, plastics & metals)
Analysis
During the development of a product, real-time analysis is an important step in keeping control of integrity of the total part and assembly of parts.
The following analyses are an integral or separate part of each project.
- FEM ( Finite Element Method)
- Moldflow ( Flow analysis for plastic parts)
- FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis)
- DFA (Design for Assembly)
- CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)