I Design Solutions, Inc.
IDSI is a mechanical engineering consulting service focused on developing products for many industries. The core of our business transforms concepts into real products using the latest in 3D modeling CAD tools. We help our clients through all stages of the product development cycle and are committed to meeting delivery schedules in todays competitive marketplace.Services
We offer a variety of services in the field of product development. Our services range from initial design, clean up and repair of existing data files and 2d to 3d conversion to prototype fabrication, preparing patent literature and performing the manufacturing processes necessary to bring your product to market. We can take your idea from concept art to finished production engineering, providing 3D CAD services for complete product engineering and design for the consumer product market. Have your concept designed, built, tested and manufactured through Cadmodels.biz. Contact us today![Read More]
Tooling
We want to be your first choice for high-quality tooling and precision parts at affordable prices. Our company works primarily with clients based in the United States and offers both domestic and overseas sources for all of our services. This allows us to support the various manufacturing needs of our clients on a global scale. We can deliver tools and parts directly to your manufacturing site no matter where they are. Our tooling division offers cost-effective tooling solutions for liquid plastic injection molds, die-cast molds, and stamping dies (progressive and stage-dies). Our typical lead-times are some of the shortest in the business. ATM's manufacturing division provides liquid injection-molded, diecast, and stamped-metal parts in medium- to high-volumes. We can use your existing tools as well as new tools we have built for you. At ATM we pride ourselves on meeting our client's expectations of schedule, quality, and cost.[Read More]
Silicone Prototypes
Silicone rubber is a unique synthetic elastomer that is made from a cross-linked polymer which is reinforced with silica. Some if characteristics include: stability at both high and low temperatures, no taste or smell, translucent and hence easy to color, wide hardness range, chemically resistant, weather resistant, high level of sealing performance, electrical properties and resistant to compression. There are four main molding methods: liquid injection molding, compression molding, transfer molding and extruding (or "extrusion" / "extrusion molding") (Dow Corning, 2007). In order to provide a silicone rubber composition that does not foam or have an unpleasant odor during its cure, it has been found that the silicone rubber composition must include a polydorganosiloxane gum, microparticulate silica, bis(ortho-methylbenzoyl)peroxide, and bis(para-methylbenzoyl)peroxide (Patent Storm, 1999). This has a high cure rate and provides silicone rubber extrusion moldings that post-cure and are either free of bubbles or contain bubbles to limited extent. The silicone rubber composition includes: 100 weight parts of a silicone rubber base compound and 0.1 to 10 weight parts of organoperoxides (Patent Storm, 1999).[Read More]
Rapid Manufacturing
Since the earliest days of rapid prototyping, experts have envisioned the application of the technology in the manufacturing process, and the focus of this vision has been on the initial cost and time savings that are realized when tooling is eliminated. However, the relative impact pales in comparison to the wide ranging advantages that exist when rapid manufacturing is implemented. Rapid Manufacturing (RM) is the name given to the production of series or end-use component parts made using additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM) processes. ALM processes take three dimensional Computer aided Design (3D-CAD) data and directly print or grow parts in a variety of materials. Although RM remains in its infancy, with up-take restricted almost exclusively to large scale OEM's and technology focused research firms, the technology has been cited as leading towards a second industrial revolution for the digital age, where it could have a significant impact on business, society, the economy and the environment.[Read More]
Die Casting
Any form of casting is a labor intensive process that requires a specific skill set. all processes from temperature building, quantity and quality of the liquid to be injected, form and shape of the mold, to the coolness technique of the output products all require specific skill sets. Without an accomplished team, it become very difficult for die casting manufactures to delivery quality products. Die casting is a similar process in which molten metal is put under high pressure into the cavities of steel molds. The molds are called dies. The dies also come in different shapes and varieties in properties. Die casting process is heavily used in the automotive industry to create different body parts[Read More]
Stage and Progressive Stamping
Stamping dies are tooling devices which are used for cutting and forming metal into desired shapes as well as in cutting and forming desired shapes into metal. Dies are generally two mating components which are necessary in order for sheet metal to be pressed or stamped. Although there various types of dies in the market today, they can all be classified into two simple categories: cutting and forming. In recent years, however, dies which can do both cutting and forming are being used more and more often. There are many types of commonly used dies in the market today. Two of the most well known classifications of dies being used are stage stamping and progressive stamping dies.[Read More]
Tooling Decisions
One important factor is the material that the tooling is being made of. In today's tooling market, the cost difference between steel and aluminum tooling is fairly negligible. A number of years ago, aluminum tools where made quicker but today that is not the case. Due to advances in tool machining industry, today steel tooling can be machined a lot quicker. Speaking in general terms, if aluminum tooling for a specific application can be machined in 14 days that same tool made of steel can be machined in 16 days. Prototype tooling is typically made of aluminum but for tooling being used over a somewhat longer cycle, steel tooling is the way to go. One advantage that aluminum tooling has over steel tooling is that aluminum draws out heat quicker. The drawback of aluminum is that it is soft and aluminum tooling can be damaged if the part, for example, doesn't fully eject. Steel is simply much more durable.[Read More]