ENGINEERING SUPPORT AND CONSULTING
WELDING ENGINEERING   METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING
MATERIALS ENGINEERING

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INTRODUCTION

    The firm provides engineering support and consulting in welding engineering, metallurgical engineering, and materials engineering, during the research, development, design, procurement, fabrication and welding cycle, necessary for helping companies and organizations make high quality, low cost, products, structures and components, without making common costly welding, metallurgical, and material mistakes.

BACKGROUND    
    
    The science and technology of welding, metallurgy, and materials are enabling disciplines that make high quality, low cost, products, structures, and components possible.  However, to get the maximum economic and technical benefits from these enabling disciplines, your company or organization must have the ability to properly select and apply these disciplines without making common costly mistakes.

PROBLEM  

    The problem is that the economic and technical benefits of these enabling disciplines are frequently lost or not fully used because of common costly welding, metallurgical, and material mistakes made during research and development, or when designing, selecting and purchasing materials, specifying, or performing welding, heat treating, forming, and other material processing techniques, regardless of the industry.  These costly mistakes include:

• Using someone who does not have a welding engineering degree to make welding decisions...
• Using someone who does not have a material or metallurgical engineering degree to make material or metallurgical decisions...
• Assuming metallurgical and materials engineering are equivalent to welding engineering...
• Relying solely on text books and handbooks to select welding filler metals...
• Relying solely on welders for information affecting engineering and design decisions...
• Relying on inspection to control quality...
• Not considering, or understanding the changes occurring in materials when fabricating, heat treating, forming or using other processing methods...
• Not considering, or understanding the changes occurring in the base material, and weld heat affected zone during welding...
• Budgeting for scrape and rework...
• Assuming a certified welder will always make good welds...
• And others... see a complete explanation of these mistakes and others by clicking on COMMON MISTAKES TO AVOID in the left side frame.

SOLUTION 

    You can prevent common costly mistakes and protect your investment by using engineering support and consulting during the research, development, design, procurement, fabrication, and welding cycle to advise you on matters of welding engineering, metallurgical engineering, and materials engineering necessary for making high quality, low cost, products, structures, and components.

$    It's most costly to correct mistakes found in the finished item.

$    It's less costly to correct mistakes found when making the item.

$    It's least costly to prevent mistakes during research, development and design.

    This support is based on your requirements and can be provided to your research and development, design, engineering, manufacturing, construction, procurement or quality organizations, including contractors, subcontractors, vendors or suppliers.
    McWane and Associates is your "Go To" firm in matters of welding engineering, metallurgical engineering, and materials engineering.

BENEFITS OF ENGINEERING SUPPORT AND CONSULTING

Engineering support and consulting will allow you to:

1. Prevent common welding, metallurgical, and materials engineering mistakes that reduce quality, lower productivity, increase costs, and jeopardize safety.

2. Improve your technical capability in welding, metallurgical and materials engineering.

3. Eliminate the expense and commitment of hiring and maintaining a full time welding, metallurgical and materials engineering support staff.

4. Get the practical hands-on experience and knowledge required for the success of your project.

5. Get solutions to problems or an independent opinion when needed.

6. Profit from your project investment through improved quality, cost reductions, and on time performance within budget.  In other words you receive the best value for your investment dollar.

7. Prevent unnecessary lawsuits resulting from failure or safety incidents.

    For your convenience some of the engineering support and consulting services can be performed remotely saving you the time and cost associated with having an engineer travel to your location. If you prefer to have an engineer visit your location, or the location of a vendor, supplier, contractor or subcontractor, an hourly rate, travel time, mileage and associated expenses will be charged.

    To get a cost estimate for engineering support and consulting, or location visits, click on CONTACT METHODS in the left side frame, and use any of the listed methods to contact McWane and Associates.