Roof Tile — Dark Red Design

Product Development and Engineering Design

Designed to prevent natures elements from entering your home, the roof tile also must be designed to avoid being lifted and removed by air as it passes over your pitched roofs

Designed to prevent natures elements from entering your home, the roof tile also must be designed to avoid being lifted and removed by air as it passes over your pitched roofs

The client brief was simple. Can we design a tile using less material that is as strong or stronger than the current tile offering. The short answer was, yes, we can

The client brief was simple. Can we design a tile using less material that is as strong or stronger than the current tile offering. The short answer was, yes, we can

What we did

What we did

• Concept
• Mechanical Design
• Finite Element Analysis Simulation
• Full Test Report

Benefits
• 16% lighter tile
• 49% stronger tile (BS EN 491-2011 standard)
• 14% production increase
• 6% transport cost reduction