New custom equipment
A functional requirement needs architecture, mechanical definition and a controlled route into supplier engagement.
Equipment & Product Development
Move from concept intent to supplier-ready equipment.
Controlled equipment development from concept definition and mechanical design to supplier-ready documentation, prototypes and managed industrial execution.
Product development · Industrial equipment
Design, verification and fabrication must stay connected.
Custom equipment becomes expensive when concept decisions, detailed design, supplier capability and acceptance criteria evolve independently.
MareForge structures development around explicit design gates. The engineering package matures with the evidence, while fabrication and prototype commitments begin only when the technical and commercial entry conditions are ready.
The aim is not simply to issue CAD. It is to release a coherent technical package that a qualified supplier can understand, price, manufacture and verify.
Engagement signals
Use MareForge when equipment must progress beyond an idea without losing technical control.
Prototype or first article
A concept requires staged development, objective test criteria and explicit learning before repeat manufacture.
Legacy redesign
Existing equipment must be reproduced, upgraded or rationalised despite obsolete components or incomplete documentation.
Design-to-fabrication gap
A fabricator can manufacture the product, but the requirements, interfaces, drawings or QA basis are not yet supplier-ready.
Defined outputs
A controlled product definition—not an isolated drawing set.
System Architecture
Functions, modules, interfaces, operating envelope and design ownership organised into a coherent product structure.
Mechanical Design & CAD
Assemblies, components, interfaces and controlled revisions developed to the maturity required by each gate.
Design for Manufacture
Materials, processes, tolerances, assembly access and supplier capability considered before release.
BOM & Specifications
Controlled component data, material requirements, purchased-part specifications and supplier information.
Verification Plan
Proportionate calculations, specialist analysis, reviews and evidence mapped to the product risks and acceptance basis.
Prototype Strategy
First Article configuration, learning objectives, instrumentation and objective test criteria defined before commitment.
Manufacturing Data Record
Inspection points, material records, NDT requirements and FAT evidence structured for the agreed execution role.
Engineering Release
Drawings, specifications, decision records and open items issued at a known maturity and revision status.
Controlled progression
Design gates turn development risk into visible decisions.
Scope & requirements
Confirm functions, constraints, commercial model, roles and the evidence needed at each decision gate.
Concept selection
Develop and compare feasible architectures before committing resources to detailed definition.
Preliminary design
Stabilise key interfaces, materials, loads, bought-out components and the verification strategy.
Critical design review
Resolve release-blocking risks and confirm that the product is ready for supplier pricing or prototype commitment.
Engineering release
Issue the controlled supplier-ready package and manage technical queries through formal change.
First Article closure
Review manufacturing evidence and testing before qualification or any repeat-production commitment.
Scope boundaries
Development status and legal role stay explicit.
- R&D and prototype development are provided on a best-efforts basis against agreed learning and verification objectives.
- Prototype units are not represented as production-qualified without agreed verification.
- Manufacturer, conformity-assessment and CE-marking responsibilities require an explicit separate agreement.
- Performance and fitness-for-purpose criteria apply only where explicitly defined and accepted in the written scope.
Commercial discipline
The client funds physical commitments before they are made.
- R&D uses milestone funding or actual cost plus engineering, PM and QA margin.
- Materials and non-cancellable supplier commitments are funded before order placement.
- Fixed pricing for repeat manufacturing follows design freeze, First Article success and a closed BOM.
- Fabrication, procurement and field work proceed under separate written scopes and acceptance criteria.
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