How to seek out an expert consultant
How to seek out an expert consultant
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Hello, Welding, Bonding & Fastener experts...
I'm an automotive engineer needing to hire an expert consultant to help with designing a high performance fuel tank mounting system. The design concept needs to be based on simple plate, sheet & billet steel shapes, that can be formed, fabricated and joined in a low-tech job shop (at low cost), as the production volumes are not amenable to any significant tooling investment or mass production process.
I'm not looking for design assistance here, just some pointers on how to seek out a qualified engineering consultant that I can hire to help with this task. Key areas of expertise needed are:
- welded joint design
- weld process definition and quality control
- weld post processing
- replacing welds with alternative joining techniques
- fatigue analysis
- design for fatigue robustness
Do such consultants exist? What keywords should I use when trying to identify a qualified consultant?
Thanks in advance for your guidance.
I'm an automotive engineer needing to hire an expert consultant to help with designing a high performance fuel tank mounting system. The design concept needs to be based on simple plate, sheet & billet steel shapes, that can be formed, fabricated and joined in a low-tech job shop (at low cost), as the production volumes are not amenable to any significant tooling investment or mass production process.
I'm not looking for design assistance here, just some pointers on how to seek out a qualified engineering consultant that I can hire to help with this task. Key areas of expertise needed are:
- welded joint design
- weld process definition and quality control
- weld post processing
- replacing welds with alternative joining techniques
- fatigue analysis
- design for fatigue robustness
Do such consultants exist? What keywords should I use when trying to identify a qualified consultant?
Thanks in advance for your guidance.





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http://www.FerrellEngineering.com
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rmw
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Design of Weldments was written by Omar Blodgett, Dr. Miller's mentor. He still works part time in the Lincoln Tech Center.
http://www.FerrellEngineering.com
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Cheers!
RE: How to seek out an expert consultant
http://www.FerrellEngineering.com
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One of the design directions I'm now exploring on my own is completely eliminating the welds in some of the problem areas, since they aren't strictly necessary; the same design result can be accomplished differently.
kingnero, thanks for the link to the metallurgical consultants thread. I think that specialty is a little too narrow for what I want to accomplish. I already know why the design failed; it wasn't engineered. I want to hire someone that can properly engineer the design. I'll probably end up doing it myself, which is far from ideal, but I'll get'r'done!