Durability Engineering
We engineer products to survive high-cycle use, harsh environments, and real-world abuse, so your hardware outlasts its warranty and your maintenance budget.
If your product is touched, hit, pulled, pushed, or exposed to weather by thousands of users every day, it will fail, unless it was engineered not to. We bring a durability-first approach to product design, drawing on experience with hardware designed for 300,000+ usage cycles, 25-year service lives, and MIL-STD-810G/H environmental testing. We analyze your design for fatigue life, wear patterns, environmental degradation, joint failure, and impact resistance — and engineer the changes that extend service life while reducing maintenance cost. This applies whether you're building interactive exhibits, public-facing hardware, consumer products, or industrial equipment that needs to keep running.
Breakdown:
- Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (DFMEA) — Systematic identification of how your product can fail, how likely each failure is, and how severe the consequences are
- Cycle Life & Fatigue Assessment — Analysis of mechanical joints, fasteners, actuators, and moving components under repeated loading to predict service life
- Environmental Durability Review — Evaluation of material and coating performance under UV exposure, temperature cycling, humidity, corrosion, and impact loading
- Maintenance Protocol Design — Development of inspection schedules, replacement intervals, and preventive maintenance procedures that extend service life and reduce total cost of ownership
- Design Change Recommendations — Specific engineering changes to materials, geometry, joints, and finishes that improve durability without adding unnecessary cost
- Predicted Failure Timeline — A documented forecast of when and how components will degrade, giving you a basis for warranty decisions and spare parts planning
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