Fabricator / MRO Supplier Support

Your customer has requested a quote for delivery of a finished part or assembly...

  • You know the Part Number.
  • You have the Specification and Drawings.

 

Now you are faced with the task of soliciting quotations for fabrication.

 

You need to communicate to your fabricators—be they your own fab shop or your sub-contractors—exactly what it is that you need. And sometimes it's not obvious just looking at the part number.

Here is where Perideo adds value to your process. 

We will comb through the stacks of specifications, parts lists, bills of material, and original legacy drawings; and we will find the answers for you. We distill this information down to its core and generate new supporting documentation, including:

3D Models

We produce solid models from legacy drawings. 

Using our learned methods, we are able to extract the needed data from legacy drawings dating back to the early 1960's.

Sometimes the Soliciting Agency (your customer) offers surface contour (mold line) data in tabular format. In that case, using our in-house proprietary methods, we are able to import this legacy data into modern 3D solid and surface modeling software.

In other cases, the 3D shapes must be coaxed out of the legacy drawings (because there simply exists no precise data). For this task we employ what we call "Subtle Inference." Through analysis of the various available views and projections of the Assemblies and Parts, we come up with a "best fit" for the 3D article.

The results have been very satisfying to date.

Get your 3D models 

Updated Drawings

You have been provided drawings which ostensibly depict the part which you are being asked to produce.

Here's the common problem: The drawing before you is an Assembly or an Installation drawing that shows myriad other parts and pieces which are not of your concern. There are tens or hundreds of callouts which are impertinent to your task. Hidden in there somewhere is a [hopefully] complete description of the part which you have been asked to provide.

Perideo to the rescue: Not only do we know how to do this—we're actually nerds about this, and we simply love the challenge. Strangely enough, this is what we like to do.

We will produce drawings which can reliably be used to produce the part that your customer is requesting, complete with tolerances that will satisfy the original intent.

  • Our drawings are NOT authoritative, and they are clearly marked as such. They are nonetheless reliable. All this means is that you may not formally (legally) rely on our drawings as a reference for conformance.
  • Instead, you must refer to the original drawings sourced from the original design activity (Boeing, Grumman, Lockheed, etc.)
  • You can easily do this, using our Conformance Check Sheets (see below).

This is our promise:

If you build to our print, you will end up with a conformant part.

Better Drawings here 

Abridged Specification Guides

The solicitation package you received likely contains one or more specification documents.

These documents are often numerous and exhaustive, covering many modes and methods of fabrication which are of no concern to the part which you are being asked to provide.

Let us steep this information down for you. We will provide an abridged specification guide which addresses only the specific aspects of the spec that pertain to the part or assembly which you are providing.

Of course, when the original design activity invokes a specification, then the spec in its entirety must be considered, so no one is off the hook for ignoring any part of it, but much of any given spec is not applicable to every given part, and this is common knowledge.

Perideo's Abridged Specification Guides will save your fabricators time, since 

  • They will not need to comb through every aspect of the spec just to make sure they've got all the information they need.
  • Generally speaking, they will know whether the information we present is complete, since they are already familiar with the complete body of specs required for any given material or operation which they are performing.

Condense your Specs 

Sheet Metal Flat Patterns

Many legacy part and assembly drawings depict bent or folded sheet metal parts in their final folded dimensions, sometimes with flanges laid out flat in the drawing. These parts were traditionally fabricated by talented sheet metal artisans who knew just what to do to a piece of sheet metal in order to arrive at the final shape.

Today's methods are somewhat different, especially in the wake of modern sheet metal cutting technology, such as laser or waterjet cutting.

Our engineers have many years' experience in metal forming techniques, thus we are able to produce reliable flat patterns of formed sheet metal parts.

Perideo can provide detail part drawings of bent or folded sheet metal parts, including flat patterns, along with DXF cut files which are compatible and ready-to-use by any laser or waterjet cutting operation.

Let us Lay Out your project for your fabricators and sub-contractors as a turn-key operation.

Get your Flat Patterns 

Conformance Check Sheets

Comprehensive Conformance Solutions Tailored to Your Needs! 

In addition to our meticulous solid modeling and updated drawings, we offer comprehensive guidance documentation, including our Conformance Check Sheet. This guide references all original documents, from drawings to ECNs, parts lists, and specifications, streamlining your conformance process. Trust us to provide the complete package for your aircraft parts documentation needs.

The Conformance Check Sheet depicts dimensional checks, all of which, if satisfied, result in a conformant part or assembly.

Dimensions (min and max allowed) are clearly shown, along with a block for the inspector to write in the actual measured value.

With each dimension, a reference to the original (authoritative) document, with zone information, is given. Some dimensions may be labelled "IFS," meaning "Implied from Scaling." These are dimensions that are not explicitly called out on the original drawing, but where scaling of the original drawing is the only way of determining conformance to print.

Conform your parts ASAP 

With Perideo's engineering management background at your disposal, your costs are reduced, and your success comes sooner. We will know—and we'll let you know immediately—if the process is at risk due to any lack of information.

Your fabricators are busy making stuff. 

Every hour they spend quoting or estimating work is an hour they weren't producing stuff. This costs money and time which is better invested somewhere other than on the shop floor. 

Contact us today