ARA Engineering, Inc. offers services to both small and large companies. We support large corporations by developing and/or analyzing product designs. We work with inventors, entrepreneurs, and small companies to help make their ideas become reality.
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ARA Engineering, Inc. has successfully completed projects such as:
Design of a computer controlled four axis engraving system
Optical design improvements for a line of patient monitoring instruments.
Thermal testing, modeling, and design improvements for semiconductor processing equipment.
Thermal and stress analysis of pressure vessels and their closure mechanisms.
Thermal FEA and CFD for a line of catheters.
Thermal FEA and fatigue analysis of an electronic circuit board for next generation automobiles.
Development of a specialized optical instrument with proprietary sensor subsystems.
Thermal FEA to support programs in the medical, aerospace, consumer, and automotive industries.
The design of an automated infrared tracking and video recording / transmission system.
Design of an electro-optical system for a patient monitoring system.
Reaction loads and stress analysis for aircraft interior structures.
FEA of a large, high temperature assembly system.
Design of fiber optic instrumentation.
Computer optimization and design to improve the sound of a family of golf putters.
Design of an illumination system for a research grade spectrometer.
Design of a patient interface system for an experimental optics-based medical device.
Design and optimization of an optical system drive that greatly reduced sensitivities to temperature changes and vibration.
Preparation of a tutorial manual for an FEA solver.
FEA advisory board members for Desktop Engineering magazine.
Design of robotic instrumentation for
Testing of medical products.
Automation of food processing.
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A report comparing the performance of three brands of finite element analysis software. (The report was reviewed in the March 2000 issue of Desktop Engineering magazine.)
Numerous patents protecting the products above.
Presentations:
‘Using Engineering Analysis Tools in the Design Cycle’, ASME National Manufacturing Week, March 4, 2003.
‘Mainstream CAE Tools: Technical Considerations and Informative Comparisons’, ASME Conference, November 2000.
ARA Engineering’s Uniqueness
Honoring customer expectations and confidentiality is our normal way of doing business.