The effective design of Investment Castings requires a specialized expertise. To provide our customers with that expertise O’Fallon Casting has established a Concurrent Engineering Service. Concurrent Engineering is most effective in the early stages of design process to assure the ‘first time best design” and to avoid any designed-in costs. Concurrent Engineering with O’Fallon Casting creates an opportunity to:
- Reduce part count by combining multiple parts
- Optimize datum placement and datum point locations
- Provide adequate gating surfaces
- Review drawing notes and requirements
- Achievable tolerances
- Plan adequate machine stock allowances
Concurrent Engineering will also provide O’Fallon Casting with information that will allow it to propose appropriate tooling that addresses the needs of the part configurations as well as the volume and longevity of the program. All of the Sales Engineers at O’Fallon Casting are “real” engineers that are versed in the elements of good casting design. We believe that through Concurrent Engineering O’Fallon Casting can contribute to the affordability, manufacturability and reliability of customer designed products.
For more on our Concurrent Engineering Services, see the brochure below:
