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Technical Services to Bring Your Product to Life

You know your needs and wants better than we do, but we know our processes and materials inside and out. Together we can build upon your design, optimize your part for manufacturability and cost reduction, and maybe provide some features you haven’t considered. Seconn’s technical team can collaborate on design and engineering and provide prototyping and quality services to bring your product to life.

Design & Engineering

Our technical team has well over 100 years combined experience in design, engineering, and manufacturing. Every new project is thoroughly reviewed. Let us know if you have any specific concerns and we will work with you in those areas.

Prototyping

We encourage prototyping on complex products and products with tight tolerances or difficult features. It’s quick and is the best way to prove concept. It allows for part optimization and can head off costly design oversights. 

Quality Assurance

We do not try to inspect quality into our products. Instead, we focus on understanding customer needs, communicating these needs to our well-trained workforce via detailed work instructions, and holding operators and lead people accountable to meet the requirements. Oftentimes our quality department supports our prototyping efforts by providing First Article Inspections. 

Capability Specifications

Seconn’s engineering team utilizes the best software systems available for performing CAD work and generating accurate and fast quotes. We can work with a wide range of programs, but here are some guidelines that will greatly help the speed and accuracy of your product development at Seconn. Let's get you going!

Quick Quotes

Seconn uses different systems depending upon what information our customers are able to provide, but the fastest and most accurate process is to use our fully automated quoting and estimating software. Please provide PDF drawings and either STP or Solidworks part files.

Engineering & Design

Seconn’s design and engineering team uses Solidworks. We prefer actual Solidworks models in the original .sldprt, .sldasm, .slddrw files. We always use the most current version available, but we can work with any file version. Please note, we can only send back to customers via the current version. Other workable formats include:

  • .STP, please also provide a drawing file in .DWG or .DXF or PDF.
  • .IGES/.IGS, please also provide a drawing file in .DWG or .DXF or PDF
  • .DWG/.DXF, drawing files when drawn in 2D only
  • .PDF, when a .PDF must be complete with all dimensions and information related to the part.

Partnering for Success

NQ Industries, Inc.

I’ve worked with Rob (Marelli) since 1997, both when he managed another company and since he started Seconn.  Since its founding (in 2003) Seconn has been an integral ...

NQ Industries, Inc.

I’ve worked with Rob (Marelli) since 1997, both when he managed another company and since he started Seconn.  Since its founding (in 2003) Seconn has been an integral partner in NQ Industries, Inc.’s manufacturing operations. The physical proximity to our Connecticut based operation is critical in our capabilities to produce and ship products on time and with projected expansion along with us as we grow as a company. I would recommend Seconn to anyone within the New England area who is in need of fast, personable, and reliable steel supply.

-Bill

CEO and Founder –NQ Industries, Inc

Challenge

Our client needed a fabrication supplier that could provide all services, one-stop shopping, and the expertise to optimize product design. Time to market was absolutely critical to take advantage of this customer’s dynamic marketplace, as was ability to ramp up dramatically and quickly.

Solution

Seconn’s technical team jumped right in by evaluating current customer designs and worked together via file transfers, conference calls, emails, and in-person meetings to improve designs by reducing costs and optimizing manufacturability. Over time Seconn helped in the design of many products and supported NQ’s rapid launch initiatives by delivering on time and implementing manufacturing scale up initiatives.

Results

The relationship continues to be personally rewarding for both companies. Work doesn’t always have to feel like work and the mutual respect and friendship makes our business with NQ a true joy. Over the years, with multiple product launches, both companies have prospered nicely. One example covers the period from 2020 through 2021, where Seconn produced well over 300 separate jobs for NQ, bringing all resources to bear to meet excessive end-use customer demand.

Steel Fabrication for Your Industry

For over 20 years, Seconn has provided high-quality sheet metal fabrication solutions to customers spanning dozens of industries, from automotive air pumps to medical components.

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