PROTOTYPE
SERVICES
In today’s highly competitive market, success
depends on bringing dramatic, high quality products
to market quickly and efficiently. Roush’s
Prototype Services group plays a critical role
in supporting that effort, providing OEM customers
with development support that effectively fuses
technology and engineering. From the design studio
to the shop floor, from concept and show vehicles
to complete prototype vehicle build programs,
from co-located engineering programs to production
plant retrofit campaigns, Roush’s prototype
services exemplify our corporate mission: to provide
OEM customers with high quality, innovative support…from
start to finish.
Our facilities, services and processes have been
specifically designed to maximize efficiency and
flexibility. We can scale our services to support
projects ranging from the development of unique
components to complete vehicle assembly. Roush’s
skilled technicians combine traditional craftsmanship
with the most modern technologies in state-of-the-art
development sites.
Services and amenities offered include:
| Vehicle
Build/Garage Services
- Certified technicians
- Over 1,453,496 square feet of shop
space
- Electronically-secured development
garages
- Full vehicle instrumentation
- Off-site development support
Metal Fabrication
- Vehicle chassis, body
and component modification
- Laser cutting
- Low volume manufacture
of prototype parts
Hard Model Fabrication
- REN foam and wood
modeling
Engine Development
- Machining
- Engine Build
- Cylinder Head Development
Advanced Composites
- Prepreg carbon fiber
- Epoxy wet lay
- Vacuum bag
- Oven and autoclave cure
process
Soft Trim
- Vehicle Camouflage
- Interior Trim
- Seating
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Modeling
- 3 electronically-secured
design studios
- Tarus 5-axis milling
- Clay modeling
- ATOS digitizing system
- Portable floor model
coordinate measuring machine
Wiring and Electronics
- Design, development
and low-volume manufacturing of custom
circuit boards
- Documentation in GERBER
274X/Protel/Circuit Maker/Trax Maker
- SMT and through-hole
circuitry
- Repair and rework
existing circuit boards
- Embedded micro-controllers
- Package design and
packaging (for model shop applications)
Projects include:
- Active lighing systems
- Stepper motor control
systems
- LED lighting systems
- Instrumentation electronics
- Fuel pump control
systems
- Automated show car
systems
- Vehicle simulation
- Weapons simulation
- Auxiliary battery
control systems
- Boost management systems
- Signal generation
(A/D, D/A, F/V)
- Oil temp management
systems
- Monitoring systems
(e.g., Trans Status Boxes)
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