Engineering and DFM Expertise

At RDS Machine, our comprehensive machining services are backed by advanced programming capabilities and expertise in design collaboration for manufacturability. We’ve provided engineering collaboration and GD&T guidance in the most demanding high-precision aerospace and defense projects. Focusing on lean in-house production solutions, our engineering team is highly effective in supporting design for manufacturability at all stages in the value stream.

From rapid prototyping projects to full-scale manufacturing runs, RDS Machine provides the engineering expertise to optimize your product designs for manufacturability and streamline your overall project.

Collaborative Design Optimization for Your Machined Products

Our collaborative design for manufacturability (DFM) process involves working closely with customers to optimize part designs for easier, more efficient, and cost-effective production. We help our customers ensure their product designs and geometries facilitate good machinability by designing more accessible features where possible, specifying achievable tolerances, and minimizing any unnecessary complexity.

Helping customers design their products for manufacturability allows RDS Machine to reduce production time and costs while maintaining the highest quality standards possible.

Design to Unit Production Cost (DTUPC)

A leading American aerospace and defense industry manufacturer, RDS Machine offers expertise in collaborating on designing products to unit production cost. Essentially, DTUPC gives a baseline for the market’s expected end product price. For government contracts, these price targets must be met. The product’s DTUPC is established before manufacturing, providing RDS and our customers with a guideline to collaboratively optimize design and material selection to meet your required pricing targets.