Materials Experts

We are materials experts.  We work with design, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain engineers at design and manufacturing companies to help optimize the materials used in their products so that the products meet their performance, reliability, and cost requirements.

Designing and manufacturing a successful product requires an understanding of the science and engineering of the materials in the product.  Knowledge of the science of materials, material alternatives, and materials analysis tools is crucial to selecting the optimum materials and addressing quality problems.  Furthermore, knowledge of the entire product development and manufacturing process is critical for developing realistic strategies for materials selection, process development, and quality improvement.  We have both.

Are your materials optimized?  Are your products optimized?

Here are a few questions to ask yourself:

1. Does your design team fail to meet product development deadlines because the materials don't have the necessary properties to enable the product's performance and reliability requirements to be satisfied?
   
   
2. Is it possible that there are alternative materials that will enable your products to be produced at lower cost, and with the same performance and reliability?
   
   
3. Do supplier quality or manufacturing quality problems seem to linger on forever because you can't pin down the root cause of the problems?
   
   
4. Do you get materials analysis and failure analysis reports from materials analysis laboratories, but don’t understand what the reports say and don’t know what to do with the information?
   
   
5. Does your design team use the same materials over and over again because the engineers are familiar with only these materials?
   

• Materials selection for new products
• Materials selection for cost reduction
• Manufacturing process development
• Supplier evaluation and development
• Manufacturing and supplier quality improvement
• Failure analysis