Mechanical Design · Engineering · Analysis
CAD modeling, engineering analysis, and rapid prototyping for companies that need expert mechanical design — without the overhead of an in-house team.
Our specialty is mechanical design. This includes machine design, component design, mechanical assemblies, bearings, gears. robot components, fixturing, tooling, injection molds, and die sets made from a variety of materials.
What We Do
Design, design-for-manufacture, reverse engineering, and modifying or analyzing existing CAD models.
Production-ready engineering drawings with dimensions, tolerances, and callouts.
Stress analysis, fatigue analysis, heat transfer, and broader engineering studies.
Material recommendations matched to your application, environment, and load conditions.
Rapid plastic prototypes for visual reference and design validation.
Embedded support at your facility when a project benefits from in-person collaboration.
Remote consultation, model reviews, and troubleshooting throughout your project.
Vetted recommendations for shops that deliver quality work at competitive prices.
Drawings, models, and technical documentation to support patent applications.
All work performed on the SolidWorks platform. Turnaround time depends on project scope.
Deliverables
Every engagement closes with a complete documentation package — design files ready to hand to manufacturing, patent ready documentation if required, or build on internally.
Our Process
Simple or complex assemblies. Application, use conditions, material type, tolerancing, and load conditions are all defined here. It's wise to plan for about three design iterations.
A rough initial estimate that sharpens as iterations reveal the true scope of work.
Model design, material and hardware selection, defining the manufacturing method, and costing. Covers fit-up and functionality. Engineering may include Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and assessment of potential failure points — wear, fatigue, corrosion, environmental — plus coatings.
Model redesign as needed. Changes to material, hardware, and manufacturing process. Revisited costing and engineering reassessment as needed.
Additional changes as needed until the design is right.
A 3D-printed plastic part for a visual reference, available any time after the first iteration.
Pricing
Design & Drafting
CAD modeling, design-for-manufacture, reverse engineering, modifications, and detailed production drawings.
Engineering, Analysis & Consulting
Stress and fatigue analysis, heat transfer, FEA, failure assessment, material selection, and engineering consultation.
Selected Work
A representative project carried from a worn field sample through CAD, simulation, and a Machine Ready drawing package.
Featured — Prototype Fabrication
Solid-state joining of pipe sections via friction stir welding — design carried from CAD through tooling and live fabrication.
01 — CAD Modeling
Advanced Metal Products
Modeled a alloy-steel wear bracket in SolidWorks from a worn-out field sample. Rebuilt geometry parametrically so the client could spin variants for three different machine sizes without restarting the model.
02 — FEA Analysis
Advanced Metal Products
Ran linear static FEA on the bracket under peak field-load conditions. Identified two stress concentrations, reshaped the rib geometry, and dropped part weight while keeping the safety factor above 2.5.
03 — Production Drawings
Advanced Metal Products
Produced a fully dimensioned drawing set with GD&T, seal-groove callouts, and revision block ready for the foundry. Drawings cleared first-article inspection without an engineering change order.
Most of our work is covered by NDA. Reach out to see additional case studies relevant to your industry — heavy equipment, consumer products, fixtures, and custom machinery.
Trusted Across 30+ Years
Why Choose Us
Many design services bundle in-house prototyping, but the cost of maintaining that equipment and skilled labor is high — and it gets passed on to every client.
Design Engineering Services focuses only on design, engineering, analysis, and 3D-printed prototypes. We then recommend manufacturing facilities that do quality work at competitive prices with reasonable delivery.
Who We Help
Companies that don't have CAD software and need design work done by experienced hands.
Companies with CAD that can't justify hiring more staff and want to stretch their existing engineering budget.
Clients who need engineering, design-for-manufacturing, drawing detailing, prototypes, material selection, or costing on a single project.
We work effectively even without the internal "tribal knowledge" your own team possesses — our process is built to surface the constraints, assumptions, and tradeoffs that matter, so the final design fits your application.
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