Expertise, when and where you need it.

Experienced and versatile, PDS Engineering's core-group of engineers' experience range includes aircraft, automotive, aerospace and industrial design of new products. Their technical skills encompass abilities to produce sound original concepts, develop complete engineering and advanced tooling design for optimum manufacturing efficiency.

We are capable of supporting any of your tooling/engineering needs. We have a compliment of over 35 designers in three offices with a vast array of experience, from major assembly tooling and handling equipment to detail fabrication tools for advanced composites, sheet metal and machining. We welcome the opportunity to provide quotes on any of your design packages.

Customers: Boeing, Cessna Textron Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, GKN, Machinist Inc., Composite Structures, Composites Atlantic, Aviation Partners/Boeing, API and Boeing Defense and Space.

Engineering: Structures, Tooling and Test Equipment Design, Expert Reverse Engineering and Advanced Surfacing Techniques FEM Analysis, partnered tooling fabrication and fabrication project management. NASTRAN and PATRAN analysis.

Tooling: All types: Bond Jigs, Mandrels, RTMD’s, Compression Molds, Master Models, Mill Fixtures, Inspection Fixtures, Machine Tools, Work Platforms, Assembly and Fabrication Jigs, Handling Equipment, Automated and Manually operated Locating and Alignment Fixtures and Test Equipment.

Material: Aluminum, Steel (& CRES), Invar, Titanium, Pre PREG and infused Composites, i.e. Graphite, Carbon, FRP, etc.

Software: CATIA V4 and V5, ( DSE and QSR) Unigraphics NX, AutoCad NASTRAN, ALGOR

Parallel capabilities include:

• Expert Reverse Engineering
• Advanced Surfacing Techniques
• Stress/FEA Analysis
• Registered Professional Engineers and DER representatives.
• Composite Structures Analysis and Design.
• Conventional, and Computer/Laser Controlled Tooling and Large Equipment Design.
• Master Dimensions.
• Manufacturing Planning.
• Fabrication Project Management.
• Ground Support and Test Equipment Design and Packaging.
• Aircraft Modification and Flight Structures Design.
• Finite Element, Structural, Strength and Stress Analysis.
• Industrial Design, Product Development and Human Factors Engineering.
• Aircraft Interior Design and Surface Digital Definition.
• Airplane-on-Ground Special Tools and Repair Kits.
• Design/Fab.
• Capabilities through dependable specialized manufacturing team partners.
• NC Programming and Post Processing.
• Computer Aided Solid Modeling Design and Board.
• Competitive Drafting-only Rates. Work done to exacting MIL or ANSI Standards.

PDS Engineering uses the most current computer tools to produce both its engineering product, administer workflow and communicate with other PDS offices and customers.

Systems

• O/S's: IBM AIX RS-6000, MS-W95-W98 & WXP
• CAD/CAM: CATIA V4 & V5, UG V14-UGNX, AUTOCAD
• N/C: CATIA, UG, NCL, VERICUT, Intercim G-Post FEM: COSMOS, ALGOR, STAAD, Nastran
• Internet: T-1 Frame Relay, FTP.

PDS also developed its own Project Tracking program that provides real-time status of all projects in work to assist management dynamics and provide accurate reports to customers.