Design
Our team is capable of modeling nearly any static or dynamic situation, by combining engineering theory, product knowledge, and state of the art software packages.
ATI’s CAD and analysis personnel offer mechanical and electrical systems design, stress analysis, deflection, fatigue prediction, modal analysis, and computational fluid dynamics (fluid and air flow modeling), design for manufacturability, and material selection services.
Our engineers evaluate product functionality, structural integrity, wear resistance, and manufacturability. The depth of our professional engineering experience and software capabilities enables our engineers to adapt to unique project requirements.
Our product engineering group’s extensive experience in manufacturing processes includes plastic injection molding, thermoforming, plastic and aluminum extrusion, machining, metal stamping, metal casting, drawing, four-slide and other manufacturing processes.
Areas of Expertise Include:
- Mechanical and electrical systems design using any of the major CAD packages
- Manufacturability
- Material and process selection
- Design review
- Benchmarking
Analysis
ATI offers stress, deflection, fatigue prediction, modal analysis, and computational fluid dynamics (fluid and air flow modeling).
In addition to these fundamental analyses, ATI also offers detailed analysis of gearboxes and gear trains using SMT MASTA software.
Areas of Analysis Expertise Include:
- Finite element stress analysis (FEA)
- Deflection analysis
- Fatigue prediction
- Modal analysis
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Manufacturability
- FEA for structural & thermal analysis
ATI’s analysts are senior, experienced product engineers. They are capable of modeling nearly any static or dynamic situation, by combining engineering theory, product knowledge, and state of the art software packages.
Integration
ATI is expert at integrating technologies, components, and systems into larger systems or vehicles. Our engineers and designers utilize our design and analysis tools along with their knowledge of vehicle systems and field performance requirements to help our customers integrate their concepts.
Optimization
ATI utilizes the HEEDS optimization package to set up and conduct complex analyses that employ multiple FEA and CAD software packages. The search algorithm specific to HEEDS enables ATI’s engineers to intelligently conduct broad, efficient searches for optimized designs.
These designs are based on variables and responses generated by the team at ATI. ATI arrives at an optimized solution by exploring design combinations comprised of the design geometry, attributes, and characteristics.
By utilizing engineering tools, the design combinations tie together with HEEDS to search the design space. HEEDS automates the evaluation process and executes the analysis numerous times, each time adjusting design variables until an optimum solution is obtained.