SERVICES

The PTC has developed the following service offerings:

Product Design, Development, and Enhancement

• Conceptual and industrial design
• 3D solids modeling: Pro/ENGINEER^©, SolidWorks^©
• Design for manufacturability and assembly
• Metal-to-plastic conversion
• Structural and finite element analysis: ANSYS^©, Cosmos^©
• Rapid prototyping: SLA, SLS, LOM, FDM
• Project management, from conception to production

Plastic Materials Application and Testing

• Selection and application engineering
• Materials characterization
• Selective testing and analysis

Tooling (Molds and Dies)

• Tooling development management
• Rapid tooling: aluminum, urethane casting, spray metal, epoxy
• Initial process development

Process Improvement and Optimization

• Process simulation and analysis: MoldFlow^©, PolyFlow^©
• Process enhancement - design of experiments, Decoupled^© molding
• New tool sampling
• Prototype and pre-production runs
• Process controls - data acquisition/integration, RJG
• Select equipment specification

Training and Workshops (On and Off Site)

• Designing Plastic Injection Molds
• Design of Experiments for Injection Molding
• Injection Molding Fundamentals
• Introductory 3D Solid Modeling
• Plastic Product Design
• Injection Mold Filling Analysis
• Injection Molding Troubleshooting
• Mold Maintenance Principles

Management and Business Support

• Offered through PTC strategic partners

What is My Investment?

The PTC will enter into fee-based projects only as projects are of business value to our clients. To that end, we work with you to define project objective(s), statement of work, and deliverables. We then prepare a proposal clearly specifying the associated project fees and payment terms. Our proposals are typically priced on either a fixed or not-to-exceed fee basis. For indeterminate project work, we quote on a time and material basis and submit time-based invoices.