Gjerde Design Consulting, LLC
GDC Services
Custom Design
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Have an Idea for a new product but don’t have a clue about design and manufacturing? Or maybe you are a small business that can’t afford to staff a design department. I have over 30 years of experience designing plastic components and assemblies for the appliance and automotive industries. Put my expertise to work for you.
2D - Drawings
2D “Production Ready” prints on your title block or one generated specially for you.
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Quote Prints. PDF files ready to send out for quotation purposes.
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Manufacturing prints. Fully dimensioned and detailed Drawing files (SolidWorks), DXF (Drawing Exchange Format), IGES (Initial Graphics Exchange Specification) or PDF.
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Quality Control prints. Specially dimensioned and detailed Drawing files (SolidWorks), DXF (Drawing Exchange Format), IGES (Initial Graphics Exchange Specification) or PDF.
3D - Modeling
3D Solid Modeling of Design from existing 2D prints, hand-drawn sketches or even pictures.
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No matter what stage your idea or design, GDC can take it to whatever level you need.
Production Support
Review and “Tweak” an existing design for manufacturability. Have a design but it just isn’t ready for production? With over 25 years of experience with injection molded component design GDC can get you over the final hurdle.
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Optimize molded part design for tooling/production.
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Estimate cost of molded component based on design and tooling.
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Collaborate with your tool maker or assist in locating one.
3D - Printing
Rapid prototype of final design as large as 10.5”x 10.5”x 10.0” using 3D printing.
There are many varieties of material available. See below for a complete selection of available materials.
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Capable Materials: ABS, PLA, HIPS, PVA, wood filled filaments, Polyester (Tritan), PETT, bronze, copper, stainless steel-filled filaments, Polycarbonate, Nylon, PETG, conductive PLA and ABS, UV luminescent filaments, PCTPE, PC-ABS, Alloy 910, and more every day.
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Discouraged Materials: 3D printing with carbon fiber filaments is not recommended at this time because carbon fiber filaments can degrade both the nozzle and hot end of the Tool Head. Use of this type of material may incur additional costs.