Caulfield Advanced · Strabane, Co. Tyrone

Product
Development

From initial concept through to a manufacturable, market-ready product — CAD, design for manufacture, and end-to-end project support.

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The Approach

Concept to Manufacturable Design

Taking an idea from concept to a product that can be reliably manufactured and sold requires more than CAD skills. It requires an understanding of materials and processes, design for manufacture principles, tolerance analysis, supplier capabilities and cost engineering. That's what chartered engineering brings to product development.

Whether you're starting from a sketch, a reference product, or an existing design that needs improvement, I work through the full development cycle — from initial feasibility and concept exploration through detailed design, drawing release and production support.

Where physical objects need to be reverse engineered — legacy parts, competitor products, worn tooling — 3D scanning provides accurate geometry capture to feed back into the CAD process without starting from scratch.

Deliverables

3D parametric CAD models (STEP, IGES, native)
2D engineering drawings with GD&T
DXF files for CNC and laser cutting
STL files for 3D printing
CAM toolpath programming
Bill of materials and specification sheets
Design for manufacture (DFM) reports
Flat-pack and kit-form assembly design
Reverse engineered CAD from scan data
Product development roadmaps

The Full Journey

Idea to Market

Product development rarely ends at the design stage. We can support the full journey from concept through to launch.

Capability Areas

Design & Engineering

CAD & Design

Parametric CAD

Fully parametric 3D models built for manufacturability. Models are structured so they can be updated as requirements change — not locked into one configuration. Suitable for CNC machining, injection moulding, sheet metal, additive manufacture and joinery applications.

Reverse Engineering

3D Scanning

Capture accurate geometry from physical parts where drawings don't exist. Ideal for legacy components, complex organic forms, worn tooling and competitor analysis. The scan data is processed into clean, manufacturable CAD models ready for modification or reproduction.

DFM

Design for Manufacture

A design that looks good on screen may be expensive or impossible to manufacture in practice. DFM analysis catches these issues early — reviewing tolerances, material choices, process constraints and assembly sequences before they become costly problems on the shop floor.

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