The problems that don't come apart easily.
Woodtecher works with teams who have run out of straightforward answers. We take a tangled brief, break it down to what is actually true, and build the design, software and hardware that solve it.
Concept and product design, 3D CAD and engineering drawings — through to design for manufacture.
Web, mobile, data and embedded software — built to be maintained, not just demonstrated.
FEA, crash and impact, CFD and thermal — analysis correlated against real test data.
One team across the three disciplines most projects split apart.
Hard problems usually fail at the seams — between the designer, the developer and the engineer. We keep all three in the same room, so the trade-offs get made once, early, by people who understand all sides of them.
Product design
From a concept to a part a supplier can actually make. Modelled properly, drawn properly, and optimised before it reaches the shop floor.
- Product & concept design
- 3D CAD modelling
- Engineering drawings
- Design optimisation
- Reverse engineering
- Design for manufacturing & assembly (DFMA)
Software & data
Applications that hold up under load and under change. Clear architecture, documented decisions, code your own team can pick up.
- Web & mobile applications
- Data pipelines and dashboards
- Embedded and IoT firmware
- Cloud infrastructure
Engineering
Simulation-led. We find where a design fails, and by how much, before anything is cut or tooled.
- Finite element analysis (FEA)
- Crash & impact simulation
- Structural & nonlinear analysis
- CFD & thermal analysis
- Design & topology optimisation
- Simulation validation & correlation
- CAE automation & engineering consulting
Four stages, in this order, every time.
Frame the problem
Before anything is designed, we agree on what success looks like and what constraints are real. Most of the risk in a complex project is removed here, on paper, cheaply.
Prototype fast
Rough versions, early and often. A working prototype settles arguments that a specification document will keep alive for months.
Engineer for real conditions
Dust, bad networks, tired users, tight tolerances. We design against the environment the product will actually live in, then test it there.
Hand over and support
You get the source, the drawings, the reasoning behind each decision, and a team that stays reachable after go-live.
Two of our own, for tyre design teams.
Both put a number against a design before it is built, and both run with no network connection at all.
AIRR
Predicts the rolling resistance of an untested tread design in seconds, learning from the tyres you have already measured.
About AIRRPATCH
Finds the block arrangement that spreads impact energy across a band instead of concentrating it into an audible tone.
About PATCHBring us the part of the project nobody wants to own.
Send a short description of what you're trying to build and where it's stuck. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right team for it.