TRANSPORTATION
For more than a decade now, Creaform has been involved in projects of all sizes with major players in the transportation industry. We’re committed to overcoming even the most difficult of requirements and standards.
Regardless of the type of vehicle, its components, use case or regulatory standards with which it must operate, you can count on our transportation specialists for their effectiveness, thoroughness and professionalism.
OUR EXPERTISES IN TRANSPORTATION
DESIGN
We provide a variety of design services for the transportation industry, including:
- Train/bus interiors and furniture
- Advanced surfacing for external panels and interior trims of subways
- Integration of Creaform transportation engineering specialists into project teams
- 3D models from 2D drawings (retrofitting) for cars
- Industrial design and styling
- Adaptation of boat designs and marine engineering to regional standards or requirements
- Prototyping and design reviews
- Electrical routing and schemes
ENGINEERING
Creaform’s engineering services can give you the edge you need for all your transportation projects:
- Complex fabrication tooling and inspection fixtures
- Instrumentation schematics
- Quality control methods
- Methods and complex part nomenclature
- Safety and security, maximum loading certification
- Sourcing
SIMULATION
Entrust your projects in the transportation sector with our simulation team for:
- Structural simulation (FEA)
- Dynamic analysis (random vibration, frequency response)
- NVH simulation and expertise
- Mechanical fatigue and life prediction analysis
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Explicit solving (drop tests, crash tests, high-velocity impacts)
- Non-linear simulations (static, transient, inertial)
- Certification for transportation standards by professional engineers: APTA, IEC, ASTM, CSA
OUR PROJECTS
Best-in-class, leading transportation manufacturers take advantage of Creaform’s ideas that move people and things.

TOOLING REDESIGN FOR A CRITICAL SYSTEM
Our mandate was then to design the tooling as per the mentioned requirements, while also ensuring a swift and successful implementation of the latter on the assembly line. Learn More

ANALYSIS OF LNG TANK HOLDING ROOM
Davie, a major player in the marine and shipbuilding sector in Canada, teamed up with Creaform for the preventive analysis of a LNG leak in the tank holding room of a specific ship. Learn More
TRAIN FRONT MASK ANALYSIS
Dimension Composite Inc., a manufacturer of composite components, teamed up with Creaform in order to perform the structural validation and finite element modelling of a fiberglass train front mask manufactured for Siemens Learn More

FLUID AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF A SIDE ROAD WARNING GATE
Creaform worked with Versilis to perform the structural integrity assessment of the SwiftGateTM road sign as per AASHTO – Standard Learn More