EST. 1974 · BIRMINGHAM, AL (205) 942-8265 Toll free · (800) 441-5080
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Service · DESIGN-ENGINEERING

Design & Engineering

From sketch to spec sheet — we draw your machine before we build it.

Design & Engineering at Edwards Equipment, Birmingham, Alabama
SECTION 01 / OVERVIEW

The shop floor, in detail.

Bring us a problem and we'll bring back a drawing. Our in-house design and engineering team works in SolidWorks and AutoCAD, supports DXF / STEP / IGES exchange, and handles reverse engineering when the only spec is the part on your floor.

  • Capabilities Standard / On request
  • 01 SolidWorks and AutoCAD modeling
  • 02 Reverse engineering with calipers, CMM and 3D scan
  • 03 FEA stress analysis on critical members
  • 04 Drafting to ASME Y14.5 GD&T standards
  • 05 Prototype review with your engineering team
SECTION 02 / PROCESS

How a job moves through this cell.

  1. 01

    Working session — define the problem and constraints

  2. 02

    Concept sketches — fast, dirty, and cheap to discard

  3. 03

    Detailed model and toleranced print

  4. 04

    Prototype, review, revise — then release for production

Quote your job

Tell us what you need design & engineering for.

From a one-piece prototype to a multi-year production program — same shop floor, same quote process. Most orders turn around in about a week, because nothing gets sent out the back door.