Design & Engineering

We offer design engineering, design for manufacture and analysis solutions that allow customers to achieve performance goals with optimal lowest weight and operational costs. Our extensive experience in the aerospace, defense, interiors, nuclear and rail industries allow us to provide a wide array of engineering and design capabilities to help reduce risk while facilitating tangible results and ensuring our customers success.

With over 40 years in the field of structural composite materials technology, our team has the specialized knowledge and international experience to engineer leading edge solutions for a wide range of projects that enhance structural performance at a minimum procurement cost.

Design

Aerospace Structures
Marine Structures
Land Systems/Structures

Analysis

Stress Analysis – Static, Fatigue, Dynamic
Requirements – Safety, Environmental
Acoustic Analysis – Sonar Domes
RF Analysis – Radomes – Air and Sea domains
Extended Engineering Analysis (use list below as an expandable list)

Testing

Material Qualification, strength and environmental – B Basis allowables
Part Testing and support
Production Testing. X ray, UT, HTT

Product Development

Design Control using ENOVIA PLM
Rapid Prototyping to produce representative parts for trials purposes
Low-cost design for manufacture
Quick response, quality customer care and value added service

Industry standard design tools used

CATIA V4, V5
SOLIDWORKS
NASTRAN/PATRAN, MARC

Engineering Capabilities

Documentation, compliance & customer acceptance of design
Complex design models
Lightning strike & electrical bonding
RF analysis
Vibration & endurance predictions
Fatigue predictions
Thermal expansion
Stiffness limits & sealing
Impact performance (Bird, Hail, BVID)
Adhesive bonding strength at elevated temperature
Manufacturing process & quality improvements - NPI
First Part Qualification, tear down
Weight control

We support qualification of parts via submission of comprehensive documentation and first part qualification. (i.e. not specifically reliant on customer specifications and methods of work.)

There is a high level of independence with our Engineering capability that is not OEM dependant

Recent Design & Build Projects

AerospaceDefense

US Military MLASS
BAE
- - Composite Structure
- - Concept Sonar Dome
UK MOD
- - Composite PA
Ultra Electronics
- - Marine Sensors
- - Cobham KC390 Probe Fairings

Case Studies

> VIEW CASE STUDY

Multi-Station Lightweight Armament Support System (MLASS)

Contact

Josiah Drewien
Chief Engineer, US

Email jdrewien@unitechcomposites.com

Peter Eckersall
VP/Managing Director, Tods Defence

Email p.eckersall@tods.co.uk