- Engineering Services
- RUCKER is a leading provider of outsourced engineering services and support across the entire product life cycle from design and modeling through analysis, prototyping, automation, data documentation, manufacturing support and vendor management.
- Manufacturing Support
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Rucker Technologies offers mold and tool making and subsequent component manufacturing, packing and delivery. Rucker Technologies has successfully completed many tool making and component manufacturing projects.
- Industry Solutions
- Contract engineering & manufacturing services, Technical Documentation and IT services to the Aerospace and the Defense industries. We use industry standards like ATA 53, ATA 25, FAR & JAR to design aero structures, aero engines, interior and other components.
Mechanical Engineering Capabilities
Mechanical Design
- Design of complex electro-mechanical systems
- Strong emphasis on robustness and manufacturability
- Extensive experience designing injection-molded plastic, sheet metal and machined parts
- Experienced with extrusions, thermoforming, EDM, castings, pneumatics, fluid handling, servo-hydraulics, and rapid prototyping
- Motor application development (stepper, servo, AC, DC, linear, fractional - 400 horsepower)
Analysis
- Finite Element Analysis for structural mechanics and thermal systems
- Analysis, design and verification of digital and continuous domain controls applied to complex linear and non-linear systems
- Static and dynamic analytical modeling
- DFX (Design for Manufacturability, Assembly, Serviceability)
- Variable and tolerance analysis
Prototype & Testing
- Functional testing and process development
- In-house model shop and CNC machining
Tools & Processes
- Use of multiple mechanical engineering and CAD packages (SolidWorks, Solid Designer, Pro/ENGINEER.etc.)
- Matlab, Mathematica, Cosmos, Visual Nastran
- PDM based drawing revision control and integration with Agile PLM system
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