Questions customers ask before starting a product development Partnership
These answers help you understand where Vitrus fits: early concept clarity, enclosure and housing design, CAD, manufacturing preparation, supplier review, testing guidance, and ongoing product support.
You don't need to know every variable before reaching out
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Contact Vitrus when you need help turning an electronic product, PCB, sketch, or existing CAD model into a manufacturable physical product. We support enclosure architecture, electromechanical product design, rugged electronics design, CAD development, prototyping, DFM/DFA, supplier coordination, and production improvements.
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Yes. Vitrus can design an enclosure around your PCB, connectors, displays, batteries, switches, wiring, fasteners, and other internal components. We evaluate board mounting, assembly access, thermal requirements, clearances, sealing, serviceability, and manufacturing constraints before developing the manufacturing-ready CAD electronics enclosure.
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Yes. We help small companies move from an idea or rough sketch to a practical product architecture. Early product-development engineering can identify enclosure concepts, materials, manufacturing processes, major risks, and the next design step before significant money is committed.
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Yes. Vitrus can review existing CAD for manufacturability, assembly, sealing, tolerance stack-up, material selection, thermal performance, supplier requirements, and production risks. We can revise the model or create a more complete manufacturing-ready CAD package.
Outputs depend on your current project stage and the next big decision
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Yes. We design rugged electronics enclosures for products exposed to drops, vibration, impact, moisture, dust, temperature changes, demanding handling, or field use. The design may include structural ribs, impact-resistant materials, gasketed joints, protected interfaces, robust fasteners, and reinforced PCB mounting.
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Yes. We design sheet-metal electronics enclosures with attention to bend radii, bend sequencing, hardware, tolerances, grounding, access panels, fasteners, finishing, assembly, and part cost. We can provide production drawings and supplier-ready documentation.
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Yes. Machined aluminum is often appropriate for low-volume production, prototypes, thermal management, durability, and EMI shielding. We design around machining access, tool reach, wall thickness, internal pockets, threaded features, finishes, tolerances, and cost.
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Yes. We design injection-molded electronics enclosures with attention to draft, wall thickness, ribs, bosses, parting lines, shutoffs, ejector strategy, shrinkage, warpage, gates, knit lines, sink marks, and assembly. DFM review begins before tooling is released.
Bring Vitrus into the product stage where uncertainty is getting expensive.
Describe the product, environment, constraints, supplier situation, and the decision you need to make next.
Guidance before formal regulatory testing
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Vitrus can help develop an enclosure intended to meet an IP67 design target. We evaluate the housing split line, gasket geometry, connector interfaces, fasteners, vents, cable entries, material selection, and assembly process. Formal ingress testing should be performed by an appropriate qualified test laboratory.
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Yes. Shock and vibration enclosure design may include PCB isolation, mounting strategy, fastener selection, structural reinforcement, connector support, material selection, and finite element analysis where appropriate. We can also help define practical prototype and validation tests.
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Yes. We can evaluate enclosure materials, conductive coatings, gaskets, grounding paths, seams, apertures, cable interfaces, and PCB-to-housing relationships for EMI shielding requirements. We can also support pre-compliance design reviews before formal EMC testing.
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Yes. We can evaluate heat-generating components, conduction paths, ventilation, heat sinks, thermal interfaces, internal air volume, material choices, and external surface temperatures. The appropriate solution may involve a heat spreader, conductive enclosure, thermal pad, venting, or changes to the internal architecture.
Our goal is a useful partnership, not a one-time file handoff
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Yes. We compare options such as 3D printing, urethane casting, CNC machining, sheet metal, die casting, and injection molding based on quantity, cost, performance, schedule, appearance, durability, tooling investment, and future production needs.
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Material and process selection
Wall thickness and draft
Machining and sheet-metal feasibility
Fasteners, inserts, and molded features
PCB mounting and connector access
Tolerance stack-up
Assembly sequence
Sealing and gasket compression
Thermal and EMI considerations
Tooling, supplier, and production risks
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Yes. We can investigate short shots, voids, sink marks, knit lines, warpage, twisting, drag marks, excessive flash, poor draft, undercuts, die locks, and dimensional problems. Corrective action may involve changes to wall thickness, ribs, gates, draft, cooling behavior, parting lines, or internal geometry.
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Yes. We can review prototypes, T1 samples, production samples, and supplier-modified parts for fit, function, dimensions, cosmetic quality, materials, assembly, sealing, and manufacturing problems. We can document findings and recommend CAD or process changes.
Bring the product, the stage, and the decision you need to make.
Vitrus will help identify the right next move, whether that is a concept path, a design review, manufacturing preparation, sample evaluation, or long-term product support.
Manufacturing considerations should happen before steel is cut
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Yes. Depending on the project, deliverables may include native CAD, neutral CAD formats, production drawings, GD&T, material and finish specifications, assembly files, BOM support, and supplier documentation. The goal is to provide a package that can be quoted, prototyped, reviewed, and manufactured.
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Yes. Vitrus can support the process from enclosure concept through prototype development, design iteration, DFM/DFA, supplier review, sample evaluation, production documentation, and engineering changes after launch.
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Yes. Vitrus helps companies design custom cases and housings for electronic products. We can work from a PCB, product sample, sketch, existing CAD, or incomplete concept and develop an enclosure that addresses appearance, protection, assembly, performance, and manufacturing.
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A PCB can be the starting point for the mechanical design. We account for board outline, mounting holes, component heights, connectors, displays, switches, batteries, cable routing, thermal paths, enclosure interfaces, and assembly requirements.
Outputs depend on the project stage and the next big decision
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Yes. We can help define the housing architecture, materials, manufacturing process, internal mounting, external interfaces, sealing, service access, and production strategy for an electronic device.
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Yes. Vitrus provides product design engineering for small businesses, hardware startups, inventors, manufacturers, and established product teams in Indianapolis and beyond. Projects can begin with a focused design review or consultation rather than a large long-term engineering program.
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Yes. We aim to provide an ongoing product engineering partnership rather than a one-time file handoff. Support can include new enclosure development, product revisions, supplier communication, sample reviews, cost reduction, new product variants, and manufacturing changes.
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Yes. Vitrus can collaborate with your internal team, PCB designer, supplier, prototype shop, machine shop, mold maker, or manufacturer. Confidentiality requirements can be addressed before sensitive files are shared, including use of an NDA specific to your company or industry.