Engineering Support

Engineers at Dotson

Engineering

  • 50 years of combined experience in casting / tooling design at your disposal
  • 30 successful casting conversions in past two years
  • 7 award winning designs including 2010 Casting of
    the Year
  • Special experience in managing large packages of transfer tooling (200-500 patterns)
  • Dedicated engineering team ready to assist you with new designs, conversions and transfer tooling

CAD capabilities

  • Able to import various CAD files (.prt, IGES, step, .sldprt)
  • Detailed tooling design using SolidWorks 3D modeling
  • Experienced in reverse engineering / laser scanning to generate blue prints and create 3D casting models
  • Use of solidification modeling to ensure casting integrity

Product Launch

  • Streamlined quoting process with one day turn-around
  • Detailed, process-driven new job start up system resulting in accurate / rapid tooling development
  • Less than 4 week lead-time for samples from new tooling
  • Furnished PPAP and ISIR documentation with ability to perform capability studies, destructive and non destructive testing