Marketing departments and industrial designers are certainly capable of generating aesthetic products to attract customers. However, when a product needs to match its good looks with performance, a long list of companies relies on MDC. The MDC staff can supplement a company's existing engineering staff with additional software, hardware and personnel resources, or perform as a retained engineering department. MDC's experienced engineers can save significant time in determining a suitable design, particularly when products have complex and demanding requirements such as heavy loading, tight deflection criteria, multiple constraints, non-linear materials or a dynamic environment.

MDC is unique in its tight integration of traditional design and analysis phases, eliminating costly tooling modifications late in the design process. MDC engineers work with clients to design products that are optimized to be both functional and aesthetic. The MDC process combines industry-standard 3-D solid modeling tools with state-of-the-art finite element software to ensure that products meet or exceed the harshest requirements and regulations. The range of expertise at MDC affords clients the convenience of transitioning products from concept through production under one roof, providing a comprehensive design and analysis solution. MDC can also provide support for testing to aid in material selection, creation and evaluation of rapid prototypes and certification of final production units.
Aside from new product development, MDC also redesigns existing products to reduce weight and total life-cycle costs. Additionally, a MDC analysis can determine when a product will fail under operational, cyclic and extreme conditions. Conversely, an analysis of a product that has failed can determine the cause and help to suggest preventative measures. Using a combination of mathematical methods and software tools, MDC is able to provide solutions to problems in a variety of fields. Also, by introducing composite materials into non-traditional applications, products can benefit from increased durability and longevity. From plastic pallets and storage containers to cryogenic piping and medical implants, MDC can solve any company's product development dilemma with an extraordinary design.

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