A selection of more than 11 years’ worth of product and machine development prowess.
We have brought significant value to clients developing products that range from innovative tactical equipment to specialty electronics.Our clients are manufacturing products all over the world, including the US, China, Malaysia, India, and Mexico. We can help you determine how and where your product should be manufactured.
As part of a full product development effort, SGW Designworks used Virtual Reality Prototyping to show the configuration, shape, and ergonomics in full scale for Aero Specialties’ new JetGo 900 ground power units, which incorporate a diesel hybrid power system. Its leadership bought into the design approach and engineering commenced.
SGW Designworks also developed multiple possible exterior shapes for JetGo 900. The new Tier 4 diesel engine is physically larger and runs hotter than the outgoing model. Defining a beautiful shape that allowed for sufficient cooling and airflow was one of many challenges ovecome in the project, but roughly fourteen months after the start of project, production units were ready for sale. JetGo 900 is now launched, and is generating revenue for Aero Specialties.
A New Design for the Market Leader Aero Specialties is a leader in the Ground Support Equipment (GSE) market. Their products are used in the operation of airports and air bases world wide. Their existing lineup of JetGo ground power units includes a diesel hybrid...
The Strong-Wall Wood Shear Wall is a structural wall product by Simpson Strong-Tie used in the construction of homes and other structures. SGW Designworks provides development support for the manufacturing processes used by Simpson Strong-Tie at their factory in...
SGW Designworks was hired by a client to conduct production troubleshooting and finite element analysis for a rifle suppressor line that was encountering failures during testing. Our team performed extensive engineering analysis on the client’s design and identified...
Our team was approached by Bayer Crop Science to provide Optimized Design Services for a piece of custom research equipment to enable Bayer scientists to more easily accomplish tests of product. The device was an improved vacuum suction system used to plant large...
When Internal Engineers Are Already Busy Critical Systems produces gas control systems for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Their business has enjoyed steady growth in recent years. When they recognized that they needed to develop a anew enclosure design as...
SGW Designworks started with the client’s existing aesthetic vision and created a fully functional enclosure compatible with multiple enterprise Trimble handheld units. Client electronics were developed in parallel, with fast iteration cycles prior to full DFM and...
SGW Designworks has been engaged by a vertically integrated heavy industrial business with global reach to develop software and automated testing tools for vehicle operating systems. Our work with the transportation industry is heavily focused on firmware development...
AN UPDATED INTERFACE FOR SAFETY Preco Electronics produces vehicle-mounted radar warning systems for commercial vehicles and heavy equipment. Their PreView products provide blind spot monitoring in a commercial-grade package. The systems consist of radar sensors that...
A NEW PRODUCT FOR A MARKET LEADER Cradlpoint is a world leader in enterprise routing and networking products. Over the years their products have earned a reputation for durability, reliability, and innovative design. When they set out to design a new WiFi access point...
Product Prototypes for Trade Shows - Fast AERO Specialties produces support equipment for ramp operations at airports. They had identified an opportunity to market a system that helps aircraft tractor operators reduce the likelihood of overloading landing gear during...
A Product Concept in need of Optimization: Axial Precision identified a niche in the market for a super high precision rifle system, for the high end hunter. The concept was based on a ubiquitous and proven rifle action platform, but incorporated specific proprietary...
A New Product For a Leader In The Market GIR has a history of innovation. They have introduced a number of kitchen utensils that set the standard for quality and functionality. In addition to their existing product line, they identified an opportunity to develop and...
The Improved Bolt System project focused on the development of new bolt design that improves reliability in AR-15 carbine rifles by reducing the likelihood jams from bolt lug/extension lug strikes. The project included intensive finite element analysis, material...
Equipment Development and Engineering GenZ Technology is a company that builds farm implements and produces next-generation agriculture equipment for spraying strawberry fields and vineyards. Their innovative sprayer systems takes a decade's old process and make it...
When the Product Must be Strong but Lightweight The client engaged SGW Designworks with a bold vision for improved drive systems in a specific industrial application. Low production cost and light weight were critical to the commercial success of the concept, as was...
SGW Designworks was hired to redesign and provide product optimization services for Reaper weapons stabilization system, the Primary focus was on internal tension systems, durability, prototype development, and preparation for manufacturing. At the start of the...
A Bold Vision For the Future of Weight Training Black Box VR came to SGW Designworks with a bold vision: to change the way people work out by offering a VR based weight training system. The Black Box team had vast experience in the fitness market from previous...
In late 2019, Samsung launched a new enterprise tablet, the TabActive Pro. Portsmith Technologies had already established themselves as the market leader in enterprise tablet charging docks. To follow the success of their TabActive 2 dock, Portsmith engaged SGW...
Mechanism Design Challenge GIR has been making and marketing sector defining products for years. They identified an opportunity to market a unique, differentiated Tong product, that would require some true innovation. The aesthetic of the product would be informed by...
SGW Designworks was hired by a client to develop a cloud and Bluetooth connected wearable. The IoT device uses a series of integrated accelerometers, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and is used to analyze user movements. The data is then sent to the user’s mobile device to...
A DESIGN FOR A NICHE APPLICATION: Portsmith Technologies has been producing and selling cradles and docks for industrial handhelds for over twenty years. When a major retail chain approached them asking for a cradle configuration that did not yet exist, Portsmith...
SGW Designworks develops custom equipment for businesses and routinely employs Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to validate designs in virtual space. This particular example is a structural element of a complex mechanism developed by SGW Designworks for an industrial...
WMD Tech approached SGW Designworks for product engineering assistance developing a collapsing deployment system for field x-ray systems in hostile environments. The collapsing frame design needed a fast turnaround plus low...
Product Design For Manufacturing Efficiency Loon Outdoors markets products to the avid fly-fisherman. They had a vision for a next-generation nipper design, that would include conventional nipper functionality but would add a bottle opener. With the nipper market...
A Bold Vision, A Completely New Product Concept Black Box VR is developing a fully immersive virtual reality gym experience and hired SGW Designworks as their product design company to develop multiple hardware elements of the system. Internal BlackBox teams had a...
SGW Designworks was engaged by the client to provide full development and product manufacturing services for version 2.0 of this product. The design effort included the parallel development of electronics, industrial design, and mechanical engineering. SGW Designworks...
The portDox system for Samsung Tablets is a dock that SGW Designworks was hired by Portsmith Technologies to develop. The primary project focus was on concept development, tablet mechanical interface, electronics integration, and design for manufacture. Nearly all of...
SGW Designworks was approached by the client with a problem. Another firm had designed a beautiful, but impossible aluminum enclosure for a specialty electronic device. The client needed to quickly get fifty units produced for field testing by a federal agency but did...
Explosives disposal is a dangerous job. WMD Tech, a Boise-based company produces explosives disposal, analysis, and handling equipment for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians (EOD). SGW Designworks was engaged by WMD Tech, to develop a new enclosure for their...
SGW Designworks worked with Triplethink USA from the conceptual phase through design engineering and manufacturing hand-off on the Auug Motion Synth. Specific project challenges included a requirement to accommodate new, as well as legacy i-devices with varying...
Tool Design - The correct cut saw system project focused on the development of a unique system to make job-site miter cuts more accurate. SGW Designworks worked closely with the client to develop the mechanical system, which is compatible with a multitude of...