Prototype Design and Product Development

Forthright Engineering provides prototype design and product development services to Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and RTP NC. We can integrate with your development organization or provide all of the resources needed for an outsourced project. Our capabilities include the design of consumer, commercial, industrial and medical products as well as the development of custom equipment for laboratory, research or testing applications.

Our product and prototype design services include:

  • Concept development to full production
  • Expert in all forms of prototyping and rapid prototyping
  • Design for manufacture, low to high volume, all fabrication processes such as injection molding, die casting and stamping
  • Comprehensive analytical capability including thermal, fluid, stress, vibration and tolerance analysis
  • Product safety and liability prevention: failure modes, effects analysis (FMEA) and risk analysis
  • Engineering documentation and design change control
  • Exceptional trouble-shooting and general problem solving

Forthright Engineering maintains a network of leading specialists in industrial design, electrical and electronics engineering and materials science.