Designing Stronger, More Cost-Effective Products
You gain the greatest advantages when you work closely with Dickten Masch Plastics from concept through distribution.
That’s because our big-picture approach, engineering knowhow and diverse manufacturing experience make us uniquely capable of identifying and carrying out improvements throughout your value stream. Leveraging design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA) methodologies, we examine not just the part, but the end-use application—uncovering ways to reduce cycle times, consolidate the supply chain, eliminate steps and achieve other goals.
The technical team at Dickten Masch Plastics also deploys an array of computer-based technologies for greater productivity and precision in product design, including:
- Fully equipped CAD workstations
- Design software such as Solid Works®, Pro Engineer®, AutoCAD and Solid Edge
- FARO Portable CMM with Control Station for reverse engineering and dimensional data verification
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA), supported by modeling tools including Pro/Mechanica®
- Moldflow® Warp Analysis (Plastics Insight 6.1), performed by Silver- and Bronze-certified specialists
Whatever your application, thermoplastics, thermoset or assemblies, our team’s diverse experience, wide-ranging capabilities, business acumen and fierce commitment help you capture every opportunity to make your product as robust, high quality and cost effective as possible.
