Instant Resources. Rapid Results.
Would you like to complete difficult engineering tasks with the flick of a switch? Tier 1 Engineering allows you the flexibility to offload projects and focus on your core competencies. Offload work is performed at our design office and we assume responsibility for the entire project.
Our project teams deliver the know-how that only comes from blending experience with a thorough understanding of the latest technologies and emerging engineering trends. We provide expertise in the following areas:
Collaborative Solutions. Onsite Support.
Using an Internet-based collaborative design environment, Tier 1 professionals can provide remote access to essential data and information, ensuring design consistency for your projects. You can also opt for an experienced, on-site liaison to integrate your specific processes with our team. Simply put, by partnering with Tier 1, you not only get an immediate response to your needs, you safeguard your time and investment.
Business Benefits.
From conceptual design through production and sustainment, you can depend on Tier 1 to deliver cost-effective, quality solutions that benefit your company, your co-workers and your bottom line. Here are just a few of the ways in which your company will benefit from partnering with
Tier 1:
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Free Yourself to Focus on Core Competencies — when you offload to Tier 1, you can turn your attentions to the daily operations of your business, improving and expanding your company’s core competencies.
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Cost Savings — Tier 1's offload engineering services enable you to reduce the costs associated with resource management, labor and space.
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Time-to-Market — Bringing in new talent without having to deal with the cumbersome process of “on-boarding” lets you take advantage of skills and expertise quickly. That means faster start-up, development and scalability for new operations.
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Flexibility — Offloading allows you greater flexibility in maintaining and adjusting staffing levels.
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Risk Management — By spreading your risk among different providers, you also reduce your total risk.
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Develop Internal Staff — When you offload the engineering to Tier 1, you bring in new ideas and enthusiasm which helps stimulate the same in your current staff.
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Access to World-Class Capabilities — Offloading gives you access to world-class capabilities — an infrastructure catered to meet both immediate and longer term needs.
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Our Capabilities
Tier 1 has an extensive range to technical capabilities to meet the most complex engineering design challenges:
Composite Engineering
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Thermoset and thermoplastic material systems
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Design of composite parts and tooling
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Laminate analysis — failure modes, layup optimization
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Testing and certification of composite materials and processes
CAD Modeling / Layout Design
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Components and mechanisms
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Tooling and ground support equipment design
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Trade studies to evaluate cost, weight and technical risks
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Form-Fit-Function evaluation
Classical Structural Analysis
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Static hand calculations
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Aircraft repair and aging aircraft design
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Life Analysis - Fatigue, Crack Growth, and Damage Tolerance
Finite Element Analysis
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Statics - Geometric and Material Nonlinearity, Contact Properties, Composites
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Dynamics – Modal, Harmonic, Transient, PSD Random Vibration
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Thermal analysis – Steady state and transient
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Buckling – Linear and non-linear
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Shape Optimization
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Crash simulation
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Testing Services
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Planning and design to certify materials, processes and components.
Technical Media
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Test instructions/reports
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Certification reports/analysis
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Service bulletins/temporary revisions
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Illustrated parts catalogs
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Overhaul and operation manuals
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Component/Aircraft maintenance manuals
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Training and Safety manuals
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Structural repair, wiring diagram and tooling manuals
Software Competencies
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CATIA V4, V5
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NASTRAN
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PATRAN
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LS/DYNA
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ABAQUS
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ANSYS
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HYPERWORKS
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MATLAB / SIMULINK
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NASGRO / FLAGRO
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