Professional Engineering & DFM

Transforming concepts into production-ready reality. Our in-house engineering team optimizes your designs to reduce material waste, shorten lead times, and lower manufacturing costs.

Value Engineering

We Don't Just Print to Print.

Many contract manufacturers operate blindly: if you send them a flawed print, they will gladly machine you a flawed part. At Kelley Engineering, we view ourselves as a proactive extension of your own engineering department.

Before a single chip is cut or sheet is laser-nested, our professional engineering team conducts a thorough Design for Manufacturability (DFM) review. We identify over-toleranced features that inflate costs, suggest alternative materials, and adapt flat patterns to ensure they bend perfectly on our high-tonnage press brakes.

DFM Experts

Proactive design reviews that optimize your assemblies for faster, cheaper production

3D CAD Modeling

Full 3D modeling and drafting services using SolidWorks to bring napkin sketches to life.

Reverse Engineering

Digitizing obsolete or worn physical parts into accurate, manufacturable CAD files.

Advanced CAM

Offline programming via Mastercam and Radan to maximize machine uptime and efficiency.

Engineering Capabilities & Software

Our toolkit for bringing complex industrial concepts into reality.
  • Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
  • Design for Assembly (DFA)
  • Reverse Engineering & Digitization
  • 2D Print Detailing & Tolerancing
  • Value Engineering (Cost Reduction)
  • SolidWorks (3D CAD Modeling)
  • AutoCAD (2D Drafting)
  • Mastercam (Multi-Axis Milling/Turning)
  • Radan (Sheet Metal Nesting & Forming)
  • Direct ERP Integration for BOM Management
  • Engineers located directly on the shop floor
  • Instant feedback loop with master machinists
  • Strict revision control protocols (ISO 9001)
  • Rapid prototyping support for new product lines
  • Turnkey transition from CAD to final box build

Seamless Data Translation

Our engineering department is equipped to translate and work with virtually any modern CAD file format. We natively support .STEP, .STP, .IGES, .DXF, .DWG, .SLDPRT, and high-resolution PDF drawing packages.

Need an engineering review?

Upload your conceptual drawings or native CAD files today. Our engineers will review your project for cost-saving DFM opportunities.