Design for Manufacture (DFM)
Smarter product design. Built for real-world production.
At Convert Design, we believe great product ideas deserve manufacturing-ready execution. We specialise in Design for Manufacture (DFM)—optimising every aspect of your CAD model so it moves smoothly from screen to shop floor.
Our end-to-end approach combines deep engineering insight with practical manufacturing experience. We help clients avoid costly late-stage changes by factoring in:
- Wall thickness, draft angles, split lines, and ejection strategy
- Tolerances appropriate to your production process
- Tooling feasibility and material behaviour
Whether you’re designing a single-use plastic component or a critical part for automotive, aerospace or marine applications, we use Siemens NX and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to simulate performance and simplify manufacture.
“We brought (Convert Design) in to take over a mechanical design job that had previously been taken to first prototype stage, but that was lacking in terms of what it needed to be usable for a real-world system…. refined the design and produced variants for three different manufacturing technologies to enable us to migrate to different manufacturing solutions as the product scales….work and approach are exemplary, participating fully ….contributing above and beyond expectations.“
Mike Callender – Klarian”