Paul Howe

CAD Modelling Experience


Products / Tooling Descriptions
Die tooling:
Gravity fed and pressure dies, producing manifolds, cylinder heads, brackets and various component housings.

Vacuum tooling:
Carbon fibre panelling (automotive and aero), packaging tools and carpet tooling, formula one body panelling (autoclave tooling)

Patterns:
Various tooling to suit different moulding processes, both prototype and high volume patterns in various materials i.e. metal, wood and composites.

Plastic injection tools:
Instrument back panel, prototype inlet manifold, rear light lens, air venting, bumper moulding, and seat foams.

Blow mould tooling:
Various automotive air / plenum ducting and piping.

Carbon moulds:
Automotive panel moulds made from ureol and other composite materials.

Press tooling:
Automotive panelling in metal and composite materials, for prototype and production vehicles.
Aircraft skins and stiffening panels in metal and composite materials, for prototype and production projects.

Fixtures:        
Checking fixtures automotive and aerospace components
Drill fixtures automotive and aerospace components
Weld fixtures automotive and aerospace components
Routing fixtures automotive and aerospace components
Combination checking fixtures
Environmental checking fixtures
Carbon Proof cubes to prove cad data and vehicle build.

Jigs:                  
Various component assembly jigs for the automotive and aerospace industries.

3D Models:   
Various components (i.e. window regulators, water pump, door latch, brake cylinder, ops rops fops frames for excavators, truck bin, trailers, cylinderheads, manifolds, interior bucks, clinic / concept cars, iron and car seating).

2D Drafting:    
Single items and assemblies for a wide variety of components, such as those listed in 3D Models.

Automotive Ecubes:            
Model styling stacks / Interior / exterior model styling stacks / ecubes constructed from solid aluminium billet and composite materials

Data:                
Data backup on CD and 4/8mm dat tapes
Data conversion iges, vda, stl,step, wnc files etc
Data validation and repair
Data transfer via e-mail, ftp, directories, networks etc

CAE:                
2, 3 and 5 axis CNC cutter path generation using CADDS5 and WorkNC.

CAD SYSTEMS:
      
Cadds5-cadds4x versions 6 to 10:
Nurbs 3D surface design, CVNC 2d 3d & 5d, assembly design.

Catia V4 versions 4.2.2 & 4.2.4:
Catia administration, catia 2D drafting, catia 3D solid modelling, catia kinematics, catia surf1 and surf2 modelling, catia vpm, catia data management (iges, stl, vda, point data, dxm, step and exp files).

Pro-Engineer versions 2000I 2000i2:
3D solids, 3D surfaces & 2D Drafting

Autocad 2000 - 2008:
3D solids, 3D surfaces & 2D drafting

Alibre Design:
3D solids, 3D surfaces & 2D drafting

Concepts Unlimited:
3D solids, 3D surfaces & 2D drafting

Documentation Unix:  
Solaris 8-10, Sun star office, open office, text editor and shell scripting.

Microsoft (PC):                
Word, Excel, Project and Powerpoint.

Ref:
www.npltech.co.uk
www.brose.de
www.visioneering.ltd.uk
www.cadcamprojects.co.uk (Company has stopped trading)
www.contechs.co.uk
www.presspatterns.co.uk (Company has stopped trading)