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Founded in 1972, Stress Engineering Services is an independent, employee-owned consulting engineering firm that provides professional engineering services to a variety of industries worldwide.
About Us
Engineering Disciplines
MARINE
PIPELINES
MECHANICAL
ELECTRICAL
MATERIALS
CIVIL
TESTING
2020 Activity
Projects
Clients
2319
792
PLASTICS
computer
biomedical
aerospace
Our company has built a sound reputation of unsurpassed technical excellence and superior customer service by employing highly trained and experienced professionals with the highest standard of performance.
Our Staff
Total Employees
Avg. Years Experience
(Masters / PhD's)
Number of Engineers
Avg. Years Tenure
Engineers w/ PE Licenses
300
23.2
150
74
68%
11.2
Advanced Degrees
Locations
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Houston
Houston Campus
Waller
Cincinnati
Calgary
Los Angeles
Stress Engineering Services Canada
Calgary Office
Waller Testing Facility
Cincinnati Facility
New Orleans Facility
Los Angeles Office
Industries Served
Aerospace Consumer Products Energy Forensic Engineering Materials Engineering Measurement & Control
Medical & Pharmaceutical Product Development Shipping & Logistics Technology Testing Services Transportation
Service Areas
Aerospace & Defense
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Instrumentation and Monitoring
Materials Science and Engineering
Our extensive experience with advanced materials engineering and metallurgy makes us a leading partner to aerospace clients that want to discover and solve potential problems before they arise. Our materials science capabilities range from advanced metal alloys to composites and polymers. Leveraging an extensive array of in-house design, analysis and testing resources, we can recommend materials choices for particular applications, predict material life and reliability in harsh environments and perform root cause analysis of structural failures.
• Failure Analysis • Materials Selection & Characterization • Corrosion Engineering • Polymers / Elastomers • Materials Testing • Welding Engineering • Scanning Electron Microscopy • Creep Testing • Field Inspection & Testing
From data acquisition to integrated systems, we specialize in a variety of measurement and control needs including system design and development, instrumentation and software development. We work with you to develop specifications and integrate brand new systems for enhanced design performance, deploying electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and optical control systems to address measurement goals and solve your engineering challenges.
• Instrumentation • Remote Monitoring • Data Acquisition • Data Control • Data Management • Field Measurement • Strain Gauging • Systems Integration & Design
Stress Engineering Services is a leader in both standardized and custom-designed full-scale testing in force, load, fatigue, temperature, pressure, torque, noise and vibration. With over 130,000 square feet of laboratory space and a large inventory of advanced testing equipment, we can simulate a wide range of operational conditions relevant to the aerospace industry.
• Test and Structural Monitoring • Structural Testing • Environmental Testing • Materials Testing • Pressure Testing • Sensor Calibration • Composite Testing • Battery Testing • Electronics Reliability Testing • Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Testing
Engineering the design of a concept from initial need definition through to the final deliverable product is one of our strongest skills. Projects are conducted with the utmost in quality and reliability by evaluating the requirements, identifying the related codes and standards, and then defining the scope of subsequent activities that will determine the outcome of the design.
• Preliminary, Conceptual and Final Designs • Design Verification
We tackle technical challenges, build on customer insights and market intelligence, validate, and rigorously ideate to develop differentiated product experiences. We have vast experience in product realization, developing some of the most innovative products on the market today. Because we’ve built our innovation engine on the foundation of Stress Engineering Services, we seamlessly integrate engineering services throughout the development process, giving our clients powerful results.
• Optimization and Analysis • Component and Systems Testing
• Complete Product Realization • Fully Integrated Brand and Pipeline Strategy
• Deep Risk Mitigation • Solutions via Data and Predictive Analytics
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Stress Engineering Serivces materials science capabilities span a very broad range of materials, ranging from advanced metal alloys to composites and polymers. Leveraging an extensive array of in-house design, analysis and testing resources, our materials science experts and engineers can recommend materials choices for particular applications, predict material life and reliability in harsh environments and perform root cause analysis of structural failures. Our extensive experience with advanced materials engineering and metallurgy makes us a leading partner to aerospace clients that want to discover and solve potential problems before they arise. Stress Engineering Serivces materials science capabilities span a very broad range of materials, ranging from advanced metal alloys to composites and polymers. Leveraging an extensive array of in-house design, analysis and testing resources, our materials science experts and engineers can recommend materials choices for particular applications, predict material life and reliability in harsh environments and perform root cause analysis of structural failures. Our extensive experience with advanced materials engineering and metallurgy makes us a leading partner to aerospace clients that want to discover and solve potential problems before they arise. We specialize in Materials Engineering in a wide variety of industry sectors such as packaging, pipelines, oil and gas production, chemical plants, industrial equipment, consumer products, and biomedical devices. In fact, the performance of materials is the basis of virtually all engineered products and processes. To engineer a solution or solve a problem, it is critical to thoroughly understand how the materials will perform in their specific environment.
We are a leader in both standardized and custom-designed full-scale testing in force, load, fatigue, temperature, pressure, torque, noise and vibration. With over 130,000 square feet of laboratory space and a large inventory of advanced testing equipment, we can simulate a wide range of operational conditions relevant to the aerospace industry, so you can push your equipment to the limit and get the answers you need.
• Electrical Accidents
• Forensic Investigations
• Failure Analysis
• Personal Injury
• Fires & Explosions
• Intellectual Property
• Structures & Foundations
• Product Liability
The basis for our work is a deep understanding of physics, mechanics, and materials. We have integrated our engineering expertise with creative design, product testing, materials evaluation, manufacturing, and failure analysis to create a development and problem-solving environment that is unique and capable of delivering high performance products very quickly and reliably.
Cost Optimization
Internet of Things (IoT)
Materials Science
Outdoor Products
Package/Product Development & Testing
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• Tension: up to 6 million lbs • Compression: up to 4.5 million lbs • Bending: up to 1,000,000 ft-lbs • Internal (Gas) Pressure: up to 32,000 psi • Internal (Liquid) Pressure: up to 60,000 psi • External (Liquid) Pressure: up to 30,000 psi • Temperature: -75°F to 700°F
• Tension and Compression: up to 150,000 lbs • Temperatures: from Cryogenic to 2000°F • Fatigue, Fracture, and Component Testing • Saturated or Fully-Immersed Environments • Impact Testing: up to 12.7 ft/sec velocity and 223 ft-lbs energy
Combined Load Testing
Material Coupon Testing
• Internal and External Hydrostatic Tests: • Internal pressurization up to 60,000 psi • External pressurization up to 30,000 psi
• Internal and External Fluid Heating: up to 1500°F, as well as other ranges for specialty liquid applications
• Large Diameter Pipe Collapse and Burst Tests
• Product Containers and Packaging Tests
• Continuous Monitoring of Alternating Fatigue Stresses
• Testing of Seals, Wellscreens, Umbilical Cables, Subsea Connectors, Instrumentation, Chambers, and Vessels
Pressure Testing
Fatigue Testing
• Full-Scale Component, Small-Scale Component, and Material Coupon
• Complex and Mixed Loading Scenarios
• Cracking and Crack Growth Assessment
• Corrosion Effects
• Elevated Temperature and Chemical Exposure
• Four-Point Rotational Bending Testing
• Drill String Friction Testing
• Casing and Riser Wear Testing
• Resonant Bending Fatigue Testing
Temperature Testing
• Fire Exposure, Controlled Thermal Cycling up to 1200°F
• Cold and Cryogenic Tests: • Testing of tensile coupons and full-scale pipe sections with temperatures as low as -320°F • Full-scale testing of compressed gas transportation tanks at temperatures as low as -69°F • Circulating fluid at -40°F to quantify the impact on the inner pipe structure
• High Pressure / High Temperature (HPHT)
• High Temperature Creep Testing
High Pressure / High Temperature Testing
• General developmental testing, qualification testing, cycle testing, and failure testing under combined loads of pressure, tension/compression, bending, and temperature • Tubular qualification testing per ISO 13679/API 5C5 with pressure, tension/compression, bending, and temperature • Valves, chokes, seals, and connector system qualification testing per API 6A, Annex F (PR2) and API 17D
• Equipment capabilities for combined load testing: • Gas pressures to 45,000 psi or higher and liquid pressures to 60,000 psi or higher • Tension to 6,000,000 lb and compression to 4,700,000 lb and beyond • Bending to 13,500,000 ft-lb • Temperatures to 700°F or higher
Noise / Vibration Testing
• Sound Pressure Levels
• Flow-Induced Vibration
• Force Response Vibration
• Vortex-Induced Vibration
• Experimental Modal Analysis
• Turbulence-Induced Vibration
Failure Analysis
Industrial Design
Process Sciences
Transportation Packaging & Unitized Loads
Renewables
Power Generation
Upstream Oil & Gas
Midstream Oil & Gas
Downstream Oil & Gas
We pride ourselves in our ability to keep your plant components safe to operate both now and in the future. Our expert engineering staff is simply an extension of yours - working together on your design and analysis problems. Through our experience, commitment, and service, we’re confident we can take on any problem. We have the know-how and drive to find solutions through skill, determination, and the best engineering knowledge and methods.
• Acoustic Emission Testing • API 579 Fitness-for-Service Assessments • Auto-Refrigeration / Brittle Fracture • Corrosion Engineering • Field Instrumentation • Fire Damage Assessments • Health Monitoring Systems • High Temperature and Creep Assessments • High Temperature Hydrogen Attack • Integrity Operating Windows (IOWs)
• Materials Engineering • Mechanical Integrity • Process Hazards Assessments (PHA) • Pressure Vessels & Piping Engineering • Structural, Civil, and Foundation Engineering • Turnaround Support • Vibration Analysis • Verification & Validation • Vulnerability Assessments • Welding Engineering
We evaluate pipeline failure or the potential for failure, determining the safest limits of prospective operations. We analyze mechanical damage from gouges to dents, define the safest conditions, identify roadblocks to long-term operation, and help ensure they are accounted for before installation or repair.
• Metallurgical Failure and Vintage Materials Analysis • Defect Characterization and Assessments • Full-Scale Testing and In-situ Monitoring • Pipeline Integrity Threat Assessments • Facility Assessment and Fluid Mechanics
• Geotechnical and Risk Assessment of Land Movement
As an industry leader in oil and gas engineering services, we are the primary choice for design, analysis, and testing of offshore systems and components. Whether it is monitoring and documenting the system health of an asset, expert advice on dynamic positioning, analysis of a drilling riser disconnect scenario, or a variety of other marine engineering support issues, we are ready to tackle your problem.
• Component Design and Analysis • Data Science and Analytics • Floating Systems • Instrumentation and Data • Integrity Management • Laser Pipe Inspection • Offshore Drilling • Riser Systems Engineering • Subsea Engineering
Floating Systems and Drilling Completions & Interventions
We combine our years of experience in fossil and nuclear power stations with a broad range of engineering services to provide solutions to plant problems. We use our industry knowledge, along with innovative tools and technology, to solve tough engineering challenges. We’re focused on keeping your power stations running by improving on-stream efficiency, reliability, and plant safety while reducing costs and risk.
• API 579 FFS Assessments • Field Services & Monitoring • High Energy Piping • Materials Engineering • Rod Load Measurement (RLM) • Testing Services • Water Chemistry
Our SES Renewables Solutions group has the expertise to support renewable energy from offshore wind to green hydrogen, biofuels, energy storage, carbon capture, as well as our clients’ ESG initiatives. Through our deep and diverse engineering expertise, we offer a broad set of services ranging from consulting and engineering support to engineered solutions tailored to your specific needs.
• Commercial Due Diligence • Consulting • Condition Monitoring • Digital Solutions
• Technical Due Diligence • Engineered Solutions • Integrity Management
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Tackling complex forensic engineering issues and presenting them in a clear and conclusive manner is what we do best. We have unrivaled experience in third party investigations, evidence collection, storage and documentation, failure analysis, materials testing, full-scale incident recreation and litigation support.
Corrosion Engineering
Materials Selection & Characterization
Field Inspection and Testing
Additive Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing Support
We are committed to providing the most comprehensive qualification, verification and validation programs by applying our design, analysis, and testing expertise to help solve your complex technical challenges. Our award-winning rapid qualification process known as eQual, combines our verification and validation experience with modern digital tools into a powerful, AI and data driven qualification methodology tailored specifically for additively manufactured components.
Our corrosion experts utilize their academic training, field experience, and advanced analysis tools to identify and help control modes of corrosion and environmental degradation of materials that can lead to component or system-wide failures with our corrosion engineering services.
• Advanced Corrosion Laboratory • Custom Corrosion Testing • H2S and HF Environments • MIC qPCR Testing and Consulting • Corrosion Control/Inhibitor Testing • Jet Impingement Testing • Standard NACE Testing • Autoclaves
• Acoustic Emission Testing • Field Metallurgical Replication • Magnetic-Particle Testing • Dye-Penetrant Examination • Radiographic Testing • Ultrasonic Evaluation • Laser Scanning
Our comprehensive failure analysis testing experience in identifying potential failure mechanisms is based on decades of experience evaluating material and component failures on a broad range of components, structures, and products including piping, pressure vessels, consumer products, cranes, wind turbines, electronic components, plastic products and medical devices.
We are a leader in inspection and non-destructive testing of engineered components and structures. Our multi-disciplinary team regularly performs in-situ assessments and non-destructive testing to identify the root causes of failures and assess the degradation mechanisms that impact the service life of components and structures. We specialize in non-destructive testing methods and techniques that can accurately locate, characterize, and size flaws in a variety of components and structures from coke drums and consumer products to pipelines and medical devices.
Materials Testing
Polymers Elastomers Composites
Metallurgical Laboratory Services
Welding Engineering
Al
26.98
Aluminium
13
Si
28.08
14
Silicon
Au
196.96
79
Gold
Pt
195.08
78
Platinum
P
30.97
15
Phosphorus
Ni
58.69
28
Nickel
Cu
63.54
29
Copper
Zn
65.39
30
Zinc
Hg
200.59
80
Mercury
The foundation of our materials engineering and metallurgy services is our comprehensive, laboratory-based material testing and characterization capabilities.
Polymers | Elastomers | Composites
Our advanced techniques test the mechanical responses of materials under various conditions such as temperature, climate, impact, multi-axial tensile, fatigue, and chemical exposure to determine their effects on material behaviors including creep, physical and chemical aging, stress cracking, stress relaxation, strain, and others. We apply this essential material data to establish the most applicable materials to use and to verify that the material will perform as specified.
eQual AI Engine
• History of Component • Metallography • Visual Examination • SEM / EDS / XRD • Chemical Analysis • Sample Selection
• Mechanical Testing • Non-Destructive Examination • FTIR / GCMS / TGA of Plastics • Fractography • Field Metallurgical Replication • Viscosity and Melt Flow
We focus on assisting clients with material selection processes to ensure that the most reliable and economic materials are chosen for a particular application. Our engineers use their diverse, in-depth experience and an assortment of testing and inspection methods to efficiently acquire the crucial data needed for practical material selection and qualification.
• Metals • Plastics • Elastomers • Composites
Material Selection Assistance
• Sour-Service Testing
• Fracture Toughness Testing
• Small-Scale Component and Assembly Characterization
• Component Testing
• Cyclic Fatigue and Fracture Testing
• Tensile and Compression Testing
Our experienced laboratory staff provides standard metallurgical testing including fractography, metallography, hardness, and mechanical testing. Additionally, our Houston lab is equipped with state-of-the-art scanning electron microscopy, EDS, electron backscatter diffraction, and x-ray diffraction capabilities.
• Chemical Analysis • Fabrication and Welding • Failure Analysis • Forensic Investigations • Materials Selection • Scanning Electron Microscopy
Fractography | metallography | hardness testing | mechanical testing
• Differential Scanning Calorimetry
• Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
• Polymer Lab Standardized Testing
• Thermogravimetric Analysis
• Thermomechanical Analysis
• Accelerated Aging Testing
Our welding experts have assisted clients in a variety of weld and joint related matters including failure analysis, materials selection, post weld treatment assessments, non-destructive evaluation, mechanical testing, and the review of welding procedures and specifications. Our engineers also maintain an extensive knowledge of many ASME, API, and AWS welding codes, recommended practices, and industry standards.
• Technical review of welding procedures for: • Customer specifications and applicable industry standards and code compliance • Welding variables to metallurgical structure and mechanical properties comparisons • Preparation of welding procedures for client/contractor qualifications • Monitor/witness welding fabrication to ensure specification conformity • CTOD Testing used in welding procedure qualification • Welding procedures for sour service and high-pressure vessels
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Data Collection
We are a leader in computer-based measurement and automation, delivering today’s most advanced technologies for test, measurement, and control. We have implemented systems used by industries around the world in a variety of applications and environments where accuracy, reliability, and performance are crucial. Utilizing our experiences and vast technical knowledge, our focus is on developing advanced hardware systems and software applications to meet the challenges facing industry today.
We deploy electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and optical control systems to address measurement goals and solve engineering problems. In addition, we specialize in a variety of system-integration needs, hardware design, lab / field support, and software development. From data acquisition to integrated systems, clients receive the benefits of our expertise in virtually every industry application.
Vibration Monitoring
We have an extensive history of solving a broad range of vibration problems involving structures, components, mechanical machinery, and process equipment. Our unique experience includes applications in offshore energy, refining, specialty chemical processing, lumber and paper mills, high speed manufacturing equipment, vehicles, consumer devices, and medical products.
• Equipment Vibration Monitoring • Vortex-Induced Vibration • Flow Induced Vibration • Heat Exchanger Tube Vibration • Acoustics and Noise in Heat Exchangers • High / Low Frequency Piping Vibration & Noise • Remaining Life, Fatigue, and FFS for Vibration • Risk-Based Assessment for Fixed Equipment Vibration
Our BottleDAQ services make use of a miniaturized force measurement and data acquisition system of sensors and circuitry small enough fit inside a plastic bottle. In addition to measuring cap application and removal torque, our BottleDAQ services can be custom configured with a variety of sensors to measure force acceleration, temperature, pressure and more.
PalletSled can quantitatively evaluate and rank the performance of possible stretch wrap and palletizer solutions in real time without interfering with the plant production. Our PalletSled services make it possible to perform designed experiments (DOE) to identify the best solution for a given set of unit load variables and constraints.
StrainDAQ is a comprehensive, user-friendly data collection software package developed for laboratory and field testing and analysis. This versatile software supports a variety of sensor inputs (i.e., strain gage, voltage transducer, current transducer, thermocouple, etc.), and makes it simple to setup, calibrate, and measure for each input type.
Our PalletDAQ services involve the use of our proprietary, self-contained data acquisition system that documents the performance of unit loads, cases and individual packages during handling and transport. With our PalletDAQ services, we are able to monitor and record multiple channels of mixed sensors for extended periods of time.
Our Subsea Vibration Data Logger (SVDL) is a tool that improves operational safety, reduces risk, and maximizes uptime and operational efficiency. The SVDL is combined with prediction analysis to assess expected mode shapes and fundamental system frequencies prior to measurement, and with proper data interpretation and reduction following measurement.
• BottleDAQ
• PalletSled
• StrainDAQ
• PalletDAQ
• Subsea Vibration Data Logger
Field Instrumentation
Measurement & Monitoring
System Integration & Design
Our measurement and monitoring expertise extends well beyond the laboratory. In the field, our engineers and technicians use the most advanced data acquisition systems and installation techniques to accurately monitor and collect data related to a variety of equipment, components, devices, structures, and processes.
• Strain Gages • Pressure Transducers • Accelerometers • Thermocouples • Displacement Transducers • Custom Sensors
Comprehensive testing abilities, advanced software, and exceptional electrical engineering skills are the foundation of our measurement and monitoring capabilities. Our labs are equipped with the most advanced instrumentation, monitoring and data-acquisition systems available.
• Field Measurement • Remote Monitoring • Custom Strain Gaging • Data-Acquisition Software • Systems Integration
We provide a full range of systems integration needs including automated production and quality assurance testing, process automation and control, as well as, custom development of research, test and measurement interfaces. Our expertise and skills derive from decades of in-depth experience with sensors, controls, and data acquisition hardware.
• Signal Conditioning • Field Applications • Telemetry • Remote Monitoring • Software Development • Systems Integration Services
• Operator Control Panels and Monitoring Displays • Interlock and Safety Circuitry • Equipment Designs for Hazardous Locations • Process Automation and Manufacturing Equipment
• Development and Testing:
Analysis is one component of the tight integration between design, materials, testing, and manufacturing that sets us apart from the competition. Our technical staff are experts in doing analysis but, more importantly, experts at knowing what to do with analysis. Time and Cost Savings: When used early in the development cycle, analysis is the tool that allows dramatic cost and schedule reduction. The key to successful utilization is knowing what types of analysis tools to employ and when to use them in the process. Analysis Energizes Creativity: Our screening process makes it possible to consider many more options than the conventional development approach and allows for the extraction of the best possible solution. Key Benefits of using SES: We have very experienced personnel. Our engineers have a wide range of experience with solving problems in many different industries. This breadth of knowledge saves both time and money in getting to a good solution.
Analysis & Simulation
Electrical Engineering
Manufacturing Support
Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging
Medical Product & Packaging Testing
Medical Device Failure Analysis
Risk Assessment and Reliability
Process Development
Our electronics engineers have the know-how to quickly identify the needs of a product and to carry the most appropriate concept or approach into development and production. Some of our skills include design of custom circuits, circuit board layout, prototyping, programming, reliability evaluation, and failure analysis. In addition, we have extensive design and testing capabilities in our co-located laboratories, and are often called on to conduct risk and reliability assessments of both products and manufacturing equipment.
Our staff has decades of experience in high-speed, high-volume manufacturing, as well as high-value, low-volume production. We offer extensive expertise in many different manufacturing and assembly operations including process development, operational management, custom machinery development and process validation. We have broad experience completing validations, from software to sonic welding, from installation qualification through production. We can quickly assimilate into your Quality Management Systems and provide a solution to your ramp-up needs, allowing your team to maintain focus on the customer. From idea conception to equipment modification needs, our design and controls engineers can provide the right equipment solution. Our equipment design team has thousands of hours developing automation while leveraging our core strengths of engineering design, analysis, and controls.
Validation Services
Custom Machinery Development
We conduct hundreds of failure analyses each year on everything from medical devices to electronic components and consumer products. When a component or device fails, our focus extends beyond "why did it fail?" in order to identify the operational, design, material and environmental factors that caused the failure and how to prevent it from happening again. Our analytical and testing experts are skilled in a variety of disciplines and fields including material engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, polymers, and packaging. This collective force of professionals and experience, along with our comprehensive testing capabilities, enables us to provide complete and timely results that can help prevent future failures.
We focus on the “principles of physics” when evaluating a failure
• Functional Verification • Human Factors and Ergonomic Evaluation • Force & Displacement Input/Output • Aging, Life Assessment, and Reliability Testing • Materials Characterization / Certification • Electronics Performance • Stability Testing Services
Medical and surgical devices/systems often require a complex interaction of multiple components in order to function properly. We work closely with our clients to conduct functional verification testing early in the development of a product. This is part of our process to identify and overcome key performance barriers in the upstream portion of the development cycle, when the design approach is most easily changed. We specialize in measuring complex systems that often include rapid loading rates, very low or very high forces, high precision displacement/deflection, a wide range of operating temperatures and cyclic events.
• Product Delivery • Seal Integrity • Product Protection • Inadvertent Firing Protection
There is significant momentum in the packaging industry to provide sustainable solutions in packaging. Consumers are demanding that companies address their concerns. There are a handful of ways companies are moving forward to address the consumer sediment. This includes utilizing engineering tools to explore options to provide sustainable packaging solutions and meet the typical requirements of their packages.
• Structural Integrity • Child Resistant Closures • Material Selection • Supply Chain & Logistics
Understanding product risk is necessary to make decisions about how to design a product, establish priority in managing activities and allocate resources to the development effort. The basis for risk assessment and reliability work is to avoid failures and minimize the cost of those that do occur.
• Independent Design Review • Failure Modes & Effects Analysis for Design, Process & Applications • Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) • Validation Testing • Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD) • Experience and Engineering Judgment
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At Force-4, our strength is in our ability to synthesize new market demand with the creation of differentiated high-value devices, products, and experiences. Built on the foundation of Stress Engineering Services, combined we are able to seamlessly connect world-class engineering services earlier and comprehensively throughout the development process as needed.
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We continue to pursue a strategy of investment and growth to support a range of specialized manufacturing equipment development markets. Our services are leveraged for projects from early concept development and technical right-to-succeed through prototyping, pilot-scale build, pilot line start-up, and production start-up. Our experience ranges from the development of relatively simple semi-automated assembly equipment to complex, fully automated machinery for both small companies and multi-national manufacturers. Our approach to process development brings together the talents of creative industrial designers, subject matter experts, engineers, and machine designers. Our process rapidly distills diverse ideas into the leading concepts for consideration.
• Concept Development • Technical Right-to-Succeed • Alpha & Beta Equipment Builds
• Prototyping • Pilot Line Construction • Project Management
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Machine Learning and AI
Medical Devices
Connected Smart Devices / IoT
Outdoor Enthusiasts
Drug Delivery
Consumer Packaged Goods
Commercial and B2B
Human Performance
Our approach to plastic product and component development enables clients to predict performance and optimize the design before a commitment is made for tooling. This methodology, when properly applied, can result in significant reductions in development time and total delivered cost.
The constant need for market differentiation combined with standardization in manufacturing and fulfillment creates a constant challenge for innovation. Packaging has so many points of significance for a business and a brand. It has always been about protection and some communication of brand experience.
The world that surrounds products today grows increasingly complex. No product can thrive without a multi-dimensional strategy. Considerations for the message, experience, sustainability, omnichannel influence, and stratifying markets are just some of the factors that must be well-thought-out for success.
Design for medical applications demands a broad range of understanding and capability. At the forefront are those who will benefit from improvements in technology, devices, and the care they enable including patients and their families, hospitals and clinics, doctors and nurses, and increasingly insurance providers.
For pharmaceutical companies their molecule is key. The drug is the main product and intellectual property. That is where we come in. Force-4 and Stress Engineering Services know devices and packaging. Whether pumps, syringes, patches, pens or inhalers, we have a deep case history in combination device development.
Even though the customer stakeholders and decision-makers involved with B2B purchase decisions can be numerous and each has to be considered for their connection to the product offering at large. Some B2B products compete as commodities on cost but differentiate on accompanying services.
There was a time when it was easy to distinguish where humans stopped and where technology started. Those days are gone. Force-4 has the capability to augment human performance through sensor design and human form factor integration, enhancing the human platform with greater performance and capability.
Force-4 focuses on groundbreaking digital features and benefits that can immerse users into new and enhanced experiences. Enhanced products consider ways to adapt to individual users wants and needs, and craft experiences that are personal and variable to delight overtime and sustain connection.
For those who engage in the outdoors—it’s a passion, it’s a calling, and for some a career. Force-4 calls upon a vast range of deep expertise in product experience creation, engineering and analysis to deliver holistic capability and realize ideas into products.
Our proprietary sensor capability combined with our behavioral learning algorithms, allow for data and insights interpolation that accelerate the understanding of human needs to launch more focused product development initiatives.
• Complete Product Realization • Fully Integrated Brand and Pipeline Strategy • Deep Risk Mitigation • Solutions via Data and Predictive Analytics
PalletSled®
E-Commerce Package Evaluation
Managed Transport & Logistics Services
PalletDAQ®
PalletMax™
Pallet Optimization Services
PalletPres™
Our ALOE group is comprised of engineers and logistics experts who focus on digging deep into data and science to invent solutions that can transform operations. Our mission is to help you cut costs from packaging, logistics, and transportation. ALOE is part of Stress Engineering Services, which has extensive years of experience in managing large amounts of data, performing stress and product testing, and providing predictive analytics.
https://aloegrp.com
Advanced Logistics Optimization Engineering
Our Services
Proprietary Advanced Packaging Solutions
Primary/Case-Level Savings Unit Load Optimization Pallet Optimization Cost Savings Pallet Optimization Sustainability Improvements
PACKSURE software and sensors provide shippers with complete transparency. No integrations with other systems are required to provide a complete record of product health from origin to destination. The logistics data is private and shared only at the shipper’s discretion.
Supply chain carriers routinely provide basic information on cargo ETA and integrity. However, the PACKSURE system surpasses the basics by offering invaluable real-time data that can significantly minimize revenue losses.
• Transportation Predictive Analytics
Thermalytics utilizes physics-based equations to enhance container/trailer selection. By conducting tens of thousands of advanced route simulations and thermal calculations during the load planning phase, this tool can optimize On Time in Full (OTIF) deliveries and reduce the risk of goods damage.
Thermalytics is an advanced transportation planning tool that minimizes risks for shippers of temperature-controlled cargo before the shipment resulting in fewer “unsaleable”. Thermalytics utilizes physics-based equations to enhance container/trailer selection. By conducting tens of thousands of advanced route simulations and thermal calculations during the load planning phase, this tool can optimize On Time in Full (OTIF) deliveries and reduce the risk of goods damage.
• Runs on a powerful physics-informed cloud- based computation engine
• Creative new package forms through industrial design and feasibility studies
Logisticians and supply chain professionals need to have a clear view so they can make the most of their data. That is why we bring our expertise in managing complex algorithms and big data to the supply chain. Whether you need POS data, weather, or GPS updates, we can help you turn it into meaningful actions.
Exception management and logistics services powered by analytical math, physics, and engineering
Serious effort goes into primary packages that dispense and deliver products, promote the brand on shelves, and protect it during transport. But you shouldn’t ignore case-level packaging. Even small variations in case-level packaging can increase product density and decrease the number of trucks required to ship loads. We will optimize the packaging system using computational tools—delivering you significant savings.
Primary packages may get the most effort, but significant savings is found in case-level packaging.
Rejected shipments and expensive re-packs due to pallet lean and shifting can be avoided. The ALOE Group teamed up with Stress Engineering Services to develop a test and analysis method to evaluate and improve pallet stability. We identify issues quickly and look at ways to modify pallet configurations and create new stretch wrap strategies for the unit load.
Improve the structural stability of your pallets to remedy and prevent packaging problems.
This self-contained data acquisition system documents the performance of unit loads, cases, and individual packages during handling and transport. PalletDAQ® services can be configured to measure the data you need, including load, pressure, acceleration, temperature, humidity, inclination, and displacement.
An instrumented pallet for unit load stability and transit analytics - in the plant or in the trailer.
This custom compressive test system measures the ‘limit load’ of 2-4 assembled pallet structures. The PalletPres™ accommodates the natural rotation of the unit load as it deforms, which we use to establish the limit load. This is the first step in a series of measurements and calculations we use to assess the efficacy of the stack.
Discover the best configurations for stacking pallets, so you can save space and costs in the warehouse.
• Dynamic ETAs that allow businesses to optimize logistics
• Security from loss and damage
• A complete record from origin to destination
• Private information about the integrity of the shipment
Sizing cases appropriately creates denser pallets. Configuring cases and pallets more effectively. Reducing costs and improving sustainability. How to improve your sustainability profile.
• Tracking without the need for additional system integration
PACKSURE provides:
The temperature-controlled transportation industry ecosystem needs solutions to proactively address persistent supply chain constraints.
• Predictive Insights At Your Fingertips
Data Science
In today’s world of machine learning technology, it is critical that the data driven solutions predicted by the machine learning algorithms are backed by sound engineering principles. We accomplish this by seamlessly merging our data analytics capabilities with physics based modeling expertise. From writing state-of-the-art data processing algorithms customized to specific applications, to building machine learning models using the latest technology, we provide clients with the ultimate insight from their data.
We specialize in the development and adoption of cutting-edge technologies. Utilizing our significant resources in physics-based engineering and subject matter expertise, unique test equipment, sensor and software technologies, we leverage/develop technologies that can be integrated with existing client Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems to enable intelligent decision-making.
We continue to pursue a strategy of investment and growth to support a range of specialized manufacturing equipment development markets. Our services are leveraged for projects from early concept development and technical right-to-succeed through prototyping, pilot-scale build, pilot line start-up, and production start-up. Our experience ranges from the development of relatively simple semi-automated assembly equipment to complex, fully automated machinery for both small companies and multi-national manufacturers.
• Concept Development • Technical Right-to-Succeed • Alpha & Beta Equipment Builds • Prototyping • Pilot Line Construction • Project Management
Digital Solutions Group
IoT Applications Laboratory
NeoSight
The Digital Solutions Group combines our technology portfolio of asset monitoring systems together with predictive data analytics and Internet of Things (IoT) / Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) ecosystems to provide real-time, physical insight to client operations. This enhanced level of services benefits energy industry stakeholders responsible for identifying and managing risks and reliability at asset and system levels.
The Industrial Internet of Things connects machines, people and complex analytics to leverage data in ways that can revolutionize the way people and companies operate. By collecting, monitoring and analyzing millions of data points, we are able to uncover insights that were once hidden. We can then use these insights to create unique solutions that not only overcome technical challenges, but change the game, increase speed to market and improve the likelihood of success for products in-market.
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Increase Efficiencies
Reduce Costs
Solve Difficult Problems
Add Value
Computer Programming
Math & Statistics
Domain Expertise
Software
Data Analysis
Machine Learning
Automated Engineering Insight for Real-Time Operations
We apply our decades of physics-based insight into uniquely automated tools that delivers powerful real-time information, thus enabling cost-effective operational decisions.
The IoT Applications Laboratory lives in the worlds of sensor development, data acquisition, and embedded electronics. Using Edge analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, we are experts at developing sensing techniques for the most challenging problems.
NeoSight is an automated standalone integrity management system, which enables data to be gathered from existing instrumentation to create digital models that provide a holistic representation of asset response, including fatigue. NeoSight’s integrated models create ‘virtual sensors’ to let you see the performance of critical components regardless of sensor coverage or availability, giving you a more comprehensive picture of your operations and alerting you to potential problems before they arise.
The NeoSight Advantage
Dashboard and Event Driven Alerts Virtual Fatigue Monitoring Reduces Non-Productive Time
Regulatory Compliance and Best Practice Assessment
Real-Time Health Monitoring Predictive Forecasting Reduces Inspections and Maintenance Demands Support Life Extension Efforts
Pressure
Fatigue
Temperature
High Pressure / High Temperature
Noise / Vibration
Load / Force
• Computerized Torque vs. Turns Control System • Torque vs. Turns Data Recorded and Plotted • Hydraulic Tongs with integral backups to fit pipe sizes from: • 10.8 in to 22 in [150,000 ft lb standard maximum] • 7 in to 14 in [90,000 ft lb standard maximum] • 2.4 in to 8.6 in [85,000 ft lb standard maximum] • 7.5 Ton and 5 ton Jib Cranes and 10 and 25 Ton Bridge Crane • One Floor Hole - 24 in diameter x 20 ft deep • In-floor Hydraulic Back-up
• Over 20,000 psi Internal Pressure • Over 30°/100 ft Bending While Rotating • 35,000 ft-lbs Applied Torque During Fatigue Testing • Up To 7 In Pipe Diameters
Makeup / Breakout Testing
TorqueStar™: Combined Load Testing
Torque Testing
Torque
The rail services industry requires innovative engineering solutions in a number of key areas related to testing and troubleshooting. Our experts have decades of experience in rail transport testing, rail fatigue testing, rolling stock structural testing, and life extension. They apply their expertise to a variety of rail systems, including streetcars and heavy rail to deliver reliable solutions to your technical challenges.
• Rolling Stock Life Extension • Breakaway Chemical Hose Tests • Traction Motor Troubleshooting • Ride and Handling • Root Cause Troubleshooting • Torque Arm Fatigue Cracking, Redesign and Validation • Design Validation and Product Acceptance Testing • Carbody Testing and Life Evaluation • Heavy Rail: Instrumentation, Testing and Life Assessment
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