Industry

Industrial filtration

Country

Germany

Software

AutoCAD · Inventor · Vault · Dlubal RFEM 5 · Plant 3D

Duration

Ongoing since Nov 2018

CAD, FEM and piping engineering for industrial filtration systems

The situation

A manufacturer of industrial dust and air filtration systems required a long-term engineering partner capable of supporting multiple technical disciplines within a single, stable team. The engineering scope extended beyond mechanical design to include structural analysis of filter housings and support structures under variable load conditions — wind pressure, snow, icing, and in certain installation environments, seismic loading — as well as the design of associated piping systems for air, water, and nitrogen. The client’s requirement was not a rotating pool of subcontractors, but a consistent team with deep familiarity with their products, documentation standards, and internal processes.

What GFE did

GFE established a multidisciplinary engineering team that operates with alternating physical presence between the GFE office in Kyiv and the client’s facility in Germany. This hybrid working model allows the team to maintain close contact with the client’s technical department while sustaining continuous output between site visits. The CAD scope is executed in Autodesk AutoCAD, Inventor, and Vault. Structural analysis of filter frames and supporting steel structures is performed in Dlubal RFEM 5, covering all required load cases. Piping systems are designed in Plant 3D. Over the course of seven years, the engagement has grown steadily in both scope and team size, reflecting the level of integration achieved between GFE’s engineers and the client’s internal processes.

Results

1,940

tasks completed over 6+ years

49

on-site visits to client facility

4 disciplines

CAD · FEM · Piping · Process support

7+ years

single continuous team

Well-established work allowed expanding to strength analysis under wind, snow, icing and seismic conditions, and piping systems for air, water, and nitrogen.

Why GFE for CAD engineering

Engineers work inside your CAD and PDM environment from day one — no parallel systems, no file exchange overhead.

Each project is staffed with engineers who have direct experience in the relevant machinery sector and software platform.

Team size adjusts to project load — without recruitment lead times or long-term headcount commitments.

All team members are fluent in English, with additional language skills in German, Italian, Spanish, and more.

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Head office

30, Estrady, Warsaw, Poland 01-932

Phone: +48 798 763 604

For general enquiries: info@gfe-solutions.com

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Back office

201/203, Kharkivske shose,Kyiv, Ukraine 02121

Email: info@gfe-solutions.com

Phone: +38 098 237 0047

Our customers

Our company produces safety-relevant welding assemblies for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry.

Due to the fact that it has become increasingly difficult to find good engineers and designers for our design department at our location in rural Münsterland, we set out at the end of 2018 to look for new external solutions in the service market.

 

Christian Menke

CEO V. KRANZ GmbH, Dülmen

I really appreciate GFE’s flexibility and openness for new challenges. They are not afraid to start a new journey.
If I think about the external circumstances of the project we started together, we reached a learning curve and relating results that I did personally not expect.

Daniel Ilge

Head of Technology & Product Management at WALDRICH COBURG GmbH

We required additional capacity and professional support for our R&D Team especially for a new product development.

And GFE Solutions offers capable support by very well-educated engineers. High professionalism. On time delivery and great communication (native German speakers).

Frank Pfister

CEO of CVS engineering GmbH

We are the company in constant need for plants for research or pilot projects of our clients. Last year we were working over the order in the field of medical technologies, which we succeeded to realize, including thanks to efforts of GFE Solutions team.

Dr. Thomas Bauer

Chief operating officer and member of the Board of DIENES Apparatebau GmbH

We were in need of help with our design department ressources and we had to move fast, internal ressources were not available and GFE was able to help quickly and competent. GFE works with dedication to the very needs of its customers, has a variety of specialists and has offered a fair price on a transparent basis.

Sebastian Schuelke

Managing Director at SICON GmbH

We were looking for additional engineers to expand our construction capacity. You seemed to be a young, motivated Team and except your professional expertise, your personal commitment made me confident to work with you. The cooperation has been seamless and very productive from the start. We are happy with the results.

Lukas Jochimek

Technical Manager at Schauenburg Maschinen- und Anlagen-Bau GmbH

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