Our mechanical engineering activity completely covers the stages of study, calculation, design, control of the manufactured project, and any further modifications and optimisation so that the customer's requirements can be completely satisfied. We guarantee continuous improvement of the project even after its realisation and during its lifetime. Our task does not end in the technical office, but it ends when the machine is decommissioned.

 

When very sophisticated tools, like 3D software and FEM / DEM software, are used for designing, a machine or a component acquires very specific features that can obviously meet difficulties during manufacturing and can lead to mistakes in production and consequently defects and failures.

 

The first phase of the project ends in our offices where we produce the scaled model with professional 3D printers, thus materially verifying the result of our job.

 

Once the first part of the design is sent to the workshop where it gets realised, while for most engineering firms the job ends, for us the second phase starts, which is the most important for the customer. Thanks to our latest generation measurement tools combined with software for metrology and reverse engineering we can check that the manufactured component really corresponds to the designed one; by using 3D scanner and UT thickness meter (both certified measurement tools) we are able to virtually recreate the component; thanks to our metrology software we compare the initial 3D model, as designed at the beginning of the project, with the manufactured model, as scanned by us; in such a way, we can verify that the theoretical dimensions, the dimensional tolerances and the geometrical ones have actually been respected. After this first geometric check, we verify that the used material has the characteristics indicated in the calculation report; this test is made with non-destructive RX metal analyser and digital hardness meter that allows us to compare the chemical analysis with the mechanical characteristics.

We use our ultrasound flaw detector to inspect welds and materials so that we can determine if the component class can is respected or if we need to modify the component avoid lowering its class.

Then, we detect that the hardness and roughness of the surfaces correspond to those indicated by the designer.

 

When all the inspections on components are done, we can check the assembled machine by detecting that noise and vibrations respect the design technical specification and the project itself. Then, with our thermal imaging camera we check for overheating due to mechanical phenomena or overheating of liquids or electrical cables due to the Joule effect. These measurements will be an addition to the project calculation report so that the customer can have a thorough image of the manufactured machine.

 

Summarizing, we offer a three-phase engineering process:

1. We issue all the documents to be sent to the workshop for manufacturing – we call it OFFICE PHASE

2. We check that the project is well manufactured and that the machine corresponds to the customer’s needs – we call it WORKSHOP PHASE

3. We make a design review to accompany the machine life so that the machine supports the production according to the customer’s needs – we call it PLANT PHASE.

 

When the customer finally decommissions the machine, our project will end.

 

That’s IDECO Group!