Engineering Services – Frequently Asked Questions

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Engineering and Design Services

General

Are you just a services company?

No, Fairchild Industries will work with you from design to development through distribution to your dock.

Do you make production parts?

Yes, we design, test and manufacture production parts.

What CAD software package do you have?

SolidWorks which is owned by Dassault Systemes and works seamlessly with Catia.

What simulation software package do you have?

Fairchild has invested in an industry leading software package, SIMULIA Abacus.

What types of parts can you design?

Fairchild specializes in rubber and plastic part design including automotive rubber parts, molded rubber & plastic parts as well as extruded rubber and plastic parts. Some of our most common applications include:

  • Sealing systems
  • Weatherstrip
  • Formed hoses
  • Hose assemblies
Do you design blowmolded parts?

Yes

Do you design thermoforming (vacuum forming) parts?

Yes.

About Prints and Models

What kinds of files can you handle for file conversion?

Fairchild’s Engineering Department can work with just about any type of file you send over.

Materials

What materials do you use?

Check out our material guides here: Rubber or Plastic.

What are your capabilities as it pertains to metal parts?

Today we create a small amount of metal parts, mostly with metal as part of assemblies. We can also reverse engineer plastic parts out of metal parts.

3D printing

How quickly can you prototype rubber parts?

The timetable for prototyping a part depends on whether a design file is accessible or needs to be created. Actually printing a prototype takes hours at a time.

What types of materials do you use to 3D print?

For Polyjet printing, we use a light-curing material that comes in many colors based on our partners’ needs. For FDM we print ABS plastic as well as other materials if notified by our partner.

Simulation/Validation/Testing

What sort of FEA tests do you offer?
  • Compressions Load Deflection (CLD)
  • Leak Detection Analysis
  • Retention/Insertion Analysis
  • Vibration Analysis
  • Fatigue/Cycle Testing
  • Acoustic Analysis