Design review
Avoid design flaws and costly downtime with an independent design review by MCI. We optimise your installation already in the design phase to ensure maximum reliability during operation.
Design it once, design it right!
Failure mechanism knowledge as a foundation
For over 40 years, MCI has specialised in industrial failure investigations, analysing approximately 200 cases each year.
This has provided us with unrivalled knowledge of failure mechanisms and how they can be prevented.
Over the past 10 years, we’ve seen a worrying trend!
Manufacturing companies and even OEM’s, are increasingly losing in-house expertise in design, material selection, manufacturing techniques and repair strategies.
As a result, manufacturers become fully dependent on OEM’s, who often no longer possess that critical knowledge themselves.
The benefits of a design review
- Independent, specialised expertise in mechanical engineering, materials science, corrosion, and process technology delivered by true failure mechanism experts
- Avoid costly downtime and unexpected failures during production
- Increased reliability and lifetime of your installation, along with reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
The Risks of Tendering and loss of Knowledge
Much equipment is procured based solely on the lowest price, often from suppliers or OEM’s who assemble components from distant production locations.
This means the supplier does only assembling and therefore can rarely vouch for the quality of individual parts. They operate within their own profit model, without optimal alignment of your application.
Even renowned European OEMs are facing growing knowledge loss. As experienced employees retire, critical expertise disappears with them, because it is no longer effectively transferred to the next generation of workers.
Modern training programmes often lack the practical depth needed to compensate for this loss, leaving a widening gap in essential know-how.
This has clear consequences:
50–60% of all damage investigations show that design and manufacturing errors are the leading causes of failure!
Design flaws, poor material selection, and improper manufacturing techniques often lead to unplanned downtime, costly repairs, and safety risks.
Avoid mistakes in the design phase
To prevent these issues, MCI applies its failure mechanism expertise through independent design reviews.
We help detect and correct design flaws at an early stage. This prevents costly production losses, excessive maintenance and safety risks.
In practice, this means that a regular engineering firm performs the basic engineering for a new installation or plant.
Since many engineers have only limited knowledge of failure mechanisms, MCI steps in as a specialist to fine-tune the basic engineering in detail. This minimises or eliminates potential failure causes such as wear, corrosion and fatigue. Resulting in significant cost savings.
The Devil is always in the Detail!
Additional expertise for a flawless design
With a design review from MCI, you gain access to independent failure mechanism expertise.
Our specialists assess and improve your design based on in-depth insights into:
- Manufacture techniques
- Materials Science
- Corrosion Prevention
- Industrial processes
The result? A robust and well-considered design that prevents costly problems in the future.
