Function and Form
Get the exact part you need with our custom design and engineering solutions.
- Customized solutions to suit your requirements.
- Focused on specialized industries and niche markets.
- Reverse engineering of legacy parts.
Custom Engineering
When off-the-shelf won’t do, our custom engineering services provide bespoke designs that take into account your unique requirements.
From scratch or adjusting existing specs, we also provide FEA analysis and computational simulations for accurate representations of pre-production parts.
Our capabilities include designing specialty components with features such as complex geometries, consolidated features, specialty materials, and functionally-graded alloys.
Unique Expertise
Our team has designed components for an array of industries, from aerospace and energy to manufacturing and automotive. Our approach is based on a combination of experience and research, with input from both mechanical engineers and physicists, which translates to a holistic approach to design and engineering.
Reverse Engineering
Overcome challenges to legacy parts with our reverse engineering services. Ensure precise, high-quality replacements and spares when original suppliers and prints are unavailable.
USE CASE
Instron Tensile Grippers
H13 Steel, 1018 Carbon Steel
Faced with the challenge of tensile testing hardened steel, Inconel®, and Stellite®—materials too tough for traditional wedge grippers—we needed an alternative. Since a ready-made solution didn’t exist, we engineered our own custom grippers with a modified shoulder.
Designed using finite element analysis (FEA) to ensure optimal performance, our solution was realized through hybrid manufacturing of an H13 steel shoulder built atop a 1018 carbon steel base. This design focuses the high-strength properties where they’re needed most.
Finite element analysis drives design and ensures safe performance of the shoulder and the threads.
Hybrid manufactured gripper as-built with unfinished surfaces.
Custom gripper in action, testing an Inconel tensile coupon to failure.
