Capabilities

FEA, sometimes called "Virtual Prototyping", is a very valuable and powerful computational method used to solve a wide variety of structural, thermal and electrical engineering problems. It has many uses and has grown in popularity in recent years because it reduces time to market, improves product designs, and lowers development costs.

This efficiency is possible because much of the "what-if" analysis can be done using computers rather than expensive, time consuming prototypes and testing. Many of the products in the world that we use regularly have been designed using Finite Element Analysis because it simply makes them better.

Resources

The Metcalfe Group has a powerful, world-class collection of analysis tools to analyze most any engineering problem. We utilize market-leading ANSYS Mechanical, ANSYS DesignSpace, COSMOS and ANSYS DesignXplorer, FEA software. There are no better tools on the market to determine stresses, forces, temperatures, displacements, contact pressure distributions, and conduct parametric Design of Experiments (DOE).

Experience

We have years of experience using several different FEA software packages and have analyzed many different products made of different materials. Had the analyses we conducted for clients not have been done, months and years would have been added to the product launch dates. In some cases, a product would have failed and been a market disaster.

FEA has enabled our clients' products to meet and exceed requirements with very little performance validation testing. FEA is one of the most valuable tools in an R&D environment to gain confidence and a competitive edge in nearly any product line. Let us give you this competitive advantage in your product line.