Mission Capable

SFE supports all engineering life cycle stages from concept proposal through late product/process enhancement.  We will support as many or few of these stages as required to address your needs. Whether starting at the conceptual development phase or implementing changes to an existing steady state production effort, SFE will step up and provide a sound solution.

Our frequent work on “first of a kind” product development activities draws from a well equipped arsenal of specialized capabilities:

• Mechanical Design/Analysis/Simulation Process

  • design intent based modeling in parallel with hand/FEM analysis methods

  • structural / thermal / fluid flow simulation

  • design conformance to ASME/AISC/ISO//21 CFR Part 820.30/MIL/DoD/DOE/Eurocode stds

  • drawing conformance to ASME Y14.100 practices and Y14.5 standards

  • design dossier/structural analysis document preparation

• Design for Manufacturing & Assembly (DFMA)

  • design based optimization of fabrication, tooling, and assembly processes

  • adaptation to conventional and/or hybrid (additive and subtractive) fabrication

  • non-value added feature/function identification & elimination

• Design/Product Level Failure Analysis & Risk Mitigation

  • failure mode, effects (FMEA) and criticality (FMECA) analyses

  • ISO 31000/13485/14971 risk management conformance

• Process Development

  • design/setup/capability measurement / limit setting

  • conformance to explicit work in process (WIP) limited (lean pull) production

  • operational & performance qualifications / re-validation / commissioning

  • 21 CFR Part 820.75 / Mil-STD / DoD / DOE Compliance

  • standardized work instruction preparation

• Tool Design/Analysis/Fabrication

  • composite/metallic fabrication and assembly operations

  • large aerospace assembly structures to medical device micro-scale tools

  • ground support equipment (GSE)

  • lifting/rigging/transport/specialized test fixtures

  • AWS / ASME / Eurocode compliant welded structure design

  • structural welded and bolted joint connections sizing

• Equipment Design/Fabrication/Integration/Test/Retrofitting

  • assembly line and specialty process types

  • concurrent process/equipment development

  • prospective/retro/concurrent validation/IQ-OQ-PQ sequences

• Proposal & Request for Proposal Development & Preparation

  • statement of work/work breakdown structure/schedule creation

  • technical writing and illustration support