Passenger cars

IMF has been working for the main manufacturers and their suppliers on the design and structural analysis of passenger car components for almost 30 years. Some examples of services we can provide are listed below:

• Design and structural analysis of front-ends made of composite materials
• Design of passenger car fittings following designer sketches
• Design study of various fittings integration (air conditionning units, front ends, doors, ...)
• Structural analysis and fixing points calculation for various components (luggage racks, handles, seats, ...)

Freight wagons and track renewal trains

We create from scratch new designs of freight wagons as well as new units part of large track renewal trains. In addition to being able to come up with new designs meeting customer requirements, the top-down view of our team on rail industry standards allow us to ease manufacturers through the authorisation process required for wagons to be allowed on the railway network. Some examples of services we provide are listed below:

• Design and structural analysis of new wagon frame according to EN 12663
• Flowpath of pneumatic circuit piping for braking systems
• Design anf structural analysis of new specific tools and superstructure equipments
• Fixing points calculations
• Writing of technical and calculation reports required for the authorisation process (torsional coefficient of vehicle body, twist test et body-bogie yaw moment, gauges, ...)

Some of the aforementionned services can also be applied to modification studies of an existing wagon design when possible.

Our team has many years of experience in the design and structural analysis of lifting and handling equipments. We can design on demand specific lifting equipments meeting your requirements (bridge cranes, transfer conveyors, lifting beam and other lifting accessories). All our designs are following the latest safety standards (EN 13001, EN 13155, FEM, ...).

We also work on existing lifting equipments. For instance, we are able to:

• study the ability of an overhead crane to safely withstand more load cycles than its original specification.
• provide a technical analysis of issues encountered on a lifting equipment.

IMF designs and manufactures special-purpose machines for the industry, ranging from heavy duty machines for production lines in the steel industry up to high end laboratory measurement rigs. This wide range of projects and skills brings us cross-pollinating ideas that drive our innovation and yield cost-effective solutions for our customers. Our team follows your project from the very early stages helping you to refine your needs all the way up to the startup of your new machine.

We carry out in house all the design stages (mechanical and electrical), the definition of the control systems, the programmation of the PLC and we manage the manufacturing, done by our suppliers, of the different parts of the machine that we then assemble ourselves. This allows us to deliver you turnkey solutions.

We develop new assembly line tools and processes to increase your productivity

Among these we can list welding jigs, automated conveyor systems, robotic arms, ...