After performing successfully on smaller design projects, this Fused Silica Manufacturer invited Innovative Design, Inc. to provide engineering and design services for a plant/process expansion. IDI provided conceptual 3D models and layouts in SolidWorks to aid in management decisions and engineering decisions. After a concept was chosen, IDI engineered and designed the process equipment and structures; which included breaker tables, ingot cradles,
grizzlies, bucket elevators, conveyors, tabor screen, jaw crusher, dust collection, chutes, and the structures that support them. Engineering functions included specifying equipment, sizing dedust, cost estimating, working with vendors for selection of equipment and evaluating price and delivery proposals, structural engineering for the design of foundations and heavy support structures capable of handling heavy and vibrating loads, and electrical engineering. 3D models were developed from detail design and hundreds of 2D drawings were produced for fabrication and construction.