Design Analysis

Design AnalysisWe offer three distinct design services: Design Substantiation, providing you with a performance assessment report and required modifications for finished designs, ensuring it gets over the final hurdles e.g. meets code; Design Optimisation, to significantly improve the performance of your design before you get to costly testing and prototype stages; Bespoke Design, creating a new tailor-made design to your specification. Design SubstantiationThe process of design substantiation is a thorough review of a system and its components, assessing safety and fitness for purpose. The scope of the substantiation will vary from project to project, as will the emphasis of the investigation. Certain plant must conform to standards such as pressure vessels or piping, and we are familiar with applying a wide range of customer specifications, UK and International standards and codes, (most common are ASME 31.3, PD5500, BS7608 and Eurocodes). Sometimes codes can be approached with a line by line hand-calculation, but sometime it is more appropriate and cost-effective to incorporate a Finite Element Analysis. Many designs have no relevant codes, in which case we use our experience of tried and tested best engineering practice. Our approach to substantiation is logical and matter of fact, but if a design is not quite up to scratch we are adept at providing suitable remedial measures to quickly find a solution. Even when a system is fit for purpose, we will very often make recommendations for design improvement in terms of reducing weight, cost, size, deformation and many other factors depending on the project. Communication is a key aspect of the substantiation process, it leads to a full understanding of the design intent. We like to keep constant contact during our substantiations to ensure you, and the end client get what they asked for. From nuclear safety case substantiations through to industrial food processors, DC White Consulting Engineers have the experience and expertise to critically assess and improve your design. Design OptimisationDesign optimisation is at the heart of what we do at DC White Consulting Engineers.We know that getting the design right is critical to:- Optimising product performance- Reducing costly testing and re-tooling- Lowering costs by reducing materials usage- Improving environmental impact- Increasing design-life - Reducing failure rateAn essential step in early-stage developmentBefore getting to the costly testing and prototype stages and certainly before starting full-scale production ensure your design is ready.Design changes and failures early in a product’s lifecycle can be costly, whilst failure post-launch can have a catastrophic impact on a fledgling product’s reputation in the market place. Using our Design Optimisation services takes all the anxiety out of developing your product and can give you the commercial edge. How we work- Designers come to us with a product design – either at concept stage or else fully detailed drawings. - We will analyse it to ensure that your product is the most economical to produce and we will look at ways to reduce the materials required without compromising safety or performance.- We will ensure your design is optimised to fully meet its objectives, taking into account a number of factors including temperature, self weight, imposed loads, seismic loads, etc...- We can ensure your design meets any pre-agreed design code, enabling you to start development with confidence.DC White Consulting Engineers have the skills and experience to take any design and advise you on what improvements could be made, or if a more fundamental re-think is required.Design optimisation = margin optimisation!For more information on Design Analysis please contact us

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