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Our unique synergy - between FAI Design and Engineering and the manufacturers - helps you achieve your goals of cost reduction, rapid design cycles, and improved quality. We leverage and balance our experience in materials and manufacturing techniques with engineering analysis and mechanical design.

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View a sampling of our past design successes.

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Casting conversion can improve designs and lower costs.

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Capabilities & Services

• Product Development
  Concept development through production designs
  Reverse Engineering
  
  
• Product Redesign
  Cost Reduction
  Weight Reduction
  Manufacturing process conversion
                  -(fabrication, casting, stamping)
  Process optimization
  Strength-to-weight optimization
  Machining stock reduction
  
  
• Solid Modeling
  Pro/Engineer, Solidworks, Unigraphics, IGES, STEP
  
  
• Engineering Drawings
  Casting print development
  Tolerancing and GD&T
  
  
• Analysis
  Stress and Deflection Analysis
  Thermal Analysis
  Vibration Analysis
  Design optimization and validation
  
  
• Rapid Prototyping
  Stereolithography (SLA)
  Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM)
  Wax Printing
  Solid Printing
  Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
  
  
• Rapid Tooling
  Limited run prototyping
  Limited production tooling
  
  
• Testing
  Destructive and non-destructive testing
  Environmental simulation