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Engineering & Design

The rising product development cost and shrinking profit margins have led the whole industry to rethink their strategy for introducing new product lines and sustaining the existing portfolio.

We, at Agile, have successfully strived to get our customers, a cutting edge above their competitors by providing them Innovative solutions and collaborating their processes.

Our engagements with our customers have helped them to innovate, adapt lean technologies and penetrate the market ahead of others with solutions,  which have satisfied the end customer.

Our capability to provide end to end product lifecycle support, encompasses concept design, detailed engineering, product analysis, manufacturing support, testing & prototyping and value engineering, to implement collaborative product Engineering, thus making us a unique one stop solution catering to all engineering services needs.

Agile, through its unique value propositions, has developed domain specific offerings for industrial equipment and machinery, automotive, aerospace and consumer products.

Conceptualization

Agile's Product Design is a team of creativity fuelled, innovation driven, practically oriented and high-energy designers and engineers. Our expertise in design thinking, design research, concept generation, 3D visualization and Engineering power the product design practice. We have successfully created and continue to create comprehensive design solutions, with a clear focus on user needs.

Our Competencies are

  • Feasibility Studies
  • Styling & Ergonomics
  • Concept Generation
  • Packaging Study.


Detailed Engineering

Agile team is abreast and adept with the latest CAD tools such as Catia, ProE, Unigraphics,  SolidWorks and AutoCad, permitting us to offer comprehensive CAD design solutions like

  • Detailed design of components & assemblies
  • Structural detailing
  • Drawing creation
  • GD&T and Tolerance Stack-Up
  • Value Engineering


Engineering Analysis

Through FEA, we determine and address critical design issues, such as fatigue life, strength and material selection. We use the latest tools and methodologies to optimize product design in terms of cost and weight reduction, life prediction, system performance evaluation and failure investigation. Some of our competencies are:

  • Meshing / FEA  pre-processing support;
  • Thermal and Stress Analysis;
  • Implicit/Explicit Dynamic Analysis;
  • Fatigue and durability analysis;
  • Kinematics.


Manufacturing Solutions

With complete design engineering capabilities, from product and process design through initial production, we deliver cost-effective and manufacturable  solutions. Our competencies  are:

  • Tool design;
  • Jigs & Fixture design;
  • Prototyping;
  • NC manufacturing.


Engineering Change Management

We, at Agile, understand the criticality of maintaining and reusing engineering data. Through our vast experience in handling these requirements, we have evolved as the preferred provider for engineering change management. Our team is well equipped with all the latest technology know-how like laser scanning, white light scanning, CMM, STL  and strong process knowledge of six sigma  to create better products. Our competencies are:

  • Tear down & Reverse engineering;
  • Value Engineering;
  • Migration Services;
  • Legacy Data Conversion.

 

Software Competencies

Our software competences include:

 

CAD/Design

• CATIA V5
• CATIA V4
• UG NX
• SolidWorks
• Inventor
• Pro/E
• I-deas

CAM

• CATIA V5
• UG NX
• EdgeCAM
• Vericut
• TopSolid

FE Modeling

• HyperMesh
• ANSA
• PATRAN
• ANSYS
• ABAQUS/CAE

FE Analysis

• ABAQUS
• NASTRAN
• OptiStruct
• ANSYS
• RADIOSS
• LS-DYNA

Aerospace

With civil and defense aircraft needs increasing exponentially in several emerging markets, myriad opportunities are presenting themselves for global aerospace businesses in terms of newer programs. The whole ecosystem is facing complex issues in terms of design & development costs, systems integration, technology, risk mitigation, and so on.

 

The aerospace & defense product design and development team at IDS has rich experience in handling complex programs and offers a range of services that can address issues at various stages. The value we offer in terms of domain & sub-domain expertise, offshore and onsite mix, scalability, turnaround times, and quality has been well proven and appreciated by our customers over the years.

 

The aircraft systems supported include:

  • Engines (Rotating parts, static parts, and accessories)
  • Primary Structures
  • Secondary Structures
  • Cabin Interiors (Crew cabinets, entertainment cabinets, vanities, galleys, and wardrobes)
  • Ground Support Equipment
  • Wiring Harness

 

Automotive

At Agile, we have a reputed team that has proven experience working with several International Automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and their Tier-1 suppliers. We are highly accomplished in following best practices in design and engineering processes required in competitive and professional environments.

 

Instrumental to the development of mutually beneficial engagements is the availability of in-house experts in several key domains. At IDS, our emphasis is on the following Product Lines:

 

Interiors:

  • Cockpits - dashboards, Instrument panels, consoles
  • Overheads
  • Door panels
  • Hard trims
  • Carpets

 

Exteriors:

  • Front and rear end fascia
  • Sealing systems
  • Exterior trims
  • Plastic body panels
  • Roof systems
  • Exterior mirror systems

 

Seating systems:

  • Seating components
  • Complete seat assemblies including frames
  • Adjustment mechanisms
  • Runners
  • Headrests
  • Armrests

 

Body Engineering:

  • BIW Structure
  • Reinforcements
  • Frames and chassis sub frames
  • Suspension links & arms

 

Closures:

  • Doors
  • Window systems
  • Power closure systems
  • Latching systems
  • Handle assemblies
  • Driver controls

 

Occupant safety systems:

  • Side and Curtain Airbags
  • Frontal Airbags
  • Seat belt systems
  • Steering wheels
  • Inflators

 

Braking systems:

  • Disk Brakes: Rotor, caliper, and caliper support
  • Drum Brakes: Backing plate and brake drum

 

Wire Harnessing

 

Machinery

Our current team of designers and engineers has delivered a number of engineering design projects from conception all the way to manufacturing drawings while working closely with clients in the machinery industry to assess their needs and specifications.

 

Our team can add value to our customer’s engineering designs with our proficiency in the selection of machine elements, basic engineering, material selection, and validation using Finite Element Analysis. The underlying theme in all this is always Value Analysis/Value Engineering – this is ingrained in our psyche to the point that we look for VA/VE opportunities right from the concept stage till the pre-production stage.

 

We specialize in catering to customers in the following machinery manufacturing industries:

 

Special purpose machinery:

  • Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing
  1. Leaf blowers and tillers, for personal and commercial use
  2. Power Cranes, Excavation Loaders & Dozers, Construction Tractors, Off Highway Trucks & Trailers, Mixers, Pavers, & Vibratory Compactors bulldozers and backhoes, used in the construction of roads and buildings
  3. Drills, grinders and borers, used for both surface and underground mining
  4. Oil and gas field drilling machinery and derricks, used for extracting these resources
  • Industrial machinery manufacturing
  • Commercial and service machinery manufacturing
  1. Commercial versions of household appliances—such as laundry equipment used in laundromats, coffee makers, and microwave ovens, vacuum cleaners
  2. Automatic vending machines, non-electronic office machinery like typewriters and mail sorters, non-digital cameras, photocopiers, and machinery used to make optical lenses
  • Packaging & processing machinery:
  1. Machinery used in the manufacture of personal care products, food & beverages, pharmaceutical products, and other similar products

 

General purpose machinery:

  • Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturing
  1. Climate-control machinery for residential and commercial buildings
  2. Air purification equipment
  3. Commercial refrigeration equipment, used primarily for food storage
  • Metalworking machinery manufacturing
  1. Specialized drills, grinders, molds, presses, and rollers needed to form metal, as well as the accessories used by these machines
  • Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing
  • Other general purpose machinery manufacturing
  1. Pumps, compressors, welding and soldering equipment, and packaging machinery
  2. Material handling equipment, such as industrial trucks and tractors, overhead cranes and hoists, conveyors
  3. Hydraulic equipment—used in manufacturing and other industries
  4. Scales and balances, power-driven hand tools, and elevators, escalators, and moving walkways

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