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Facts about how we work, not project results. One team engineers your product from analysis to delivery, and calculations carry a PE stamp where required.
The Problem
Most engineering consulting is sold by the hour. When a design fails in test, the vendor bills the redesign, the new prototype, and the retest. The incentive points the wrong way, and your launch date absorbs the cost.
A mechanical engineering consultant who finds the flaw on the shop floor has already spent the cheapest weeks of your program. Back then, a change in the model cost almost nothing.
70–80% of a product's lifetime cost is committed during design, a widely cited industry estimate.
The PPS Approach
PPS scopes each engagement to a result. Our engineers run FEA, CFD, and DFMA as one loop, so structural, thermal, and manufacturing risks surface in simulation. You receive the design, the data you approved, and the IP, not invoices for iterations.
Most programs split FEA, CFD, and DFMA across vendors, and the gaps between their models are where cost hides. PPS runs them as one loop on one design. So each change is checked for strength, heat, and cost before you pay for steel.
We review your project scope, data, and history, free.
You get: a straight answer, including when the value isn’t there
Instead: hourly vendors bill the discovery
Illustrative example, a cast pump housing, not a client result: the housing cracks near a bolt boss in test and costs more than its target.
Changes ranked by value and effort, with gates you approve.
You get: a proposal with scope, targets, and price
Instead: open-ended hours
Example: the roadmap pairs a thermal-structural fix with a DFMA review of the casting.
FEA, CFD, and DFMA work on one model, so each change is checked for stress, heat, and cost at once.
You get: data to approve
Instead: three vendors, three models, and gaps between them
Example: the CFD heat load feeds the FEA. The rib that stops the crack keeps the casting simple to pour.
Design, drawings, models, and supplier package, checked in our design QC.
You get: the design and the IP
Instead: a report and a stress plot
Example: drawings go out ready to quote, with the margins shown for each load case.
We fix our QC misses, and supply problems within three years of delivery.
You get: a team that stays
Instead: a new purchase order for every question
Example: when the foundry changes its process, we review it and update the drawing.
Every loop you fund in test is margin lost. Get a free roadmap.
Get Your Free RoadmapEffort is estimated, not an outcome
Drawings run ahead of the analysis
Tooling and test parts billed to you
Redesign, rebuild, retest, invoice
Targets, loads, and cost goals agreed first
Strength, heat, and cost checked on one model
You see the data before any steel is cut
Drawings, models, and IP, checked in our QC
Hourly vendors bill every redesign loop. We scope to a result, and if our design QC missed it, we fix it.
Stop paying for rework.
Instead Of
Hourly Bills
Rework Loops
Retests
One hire brings one skill set, a search, and a ramp-up. You get FEA, CFD, CAD, DFMA, and testing in one team.
Add a team, not a hire.
Instead Of
Recruiting
Ramp-Up
Turnover
Contract staff bill the hours and move on. We own the design we deliver, and you keep the IP and our support.
Own results, not hours.
Instead Of
Headcount
Timesheets
Handoffs
Software is only as good as its setup. An aerospace stress engineer sets the standard our models must meet.
Models you can trust.
Instead Of
Licenses
Training
Setup Errors
Planning Heuristic · Rule Of 10
About 10×
Fixing a flaw in production vs. in design
In Production
About 10 times more to correct a design flaw in production than during design.
In The Field
About 100 times more to correct a design flaw in the field than during design.
The Rule of 10 is a widely used industry planning heuristic. Correcting a design flaw in production can cost about 10 times more than correcting it during design. Field corrections can cost about 100 times more. The U.S. Government Accountability Office reached a similar view for defense programs. It found that capturing design and manufacturing knowledge early reduces the risk of costly design changes later.
These are planning estimates and published findings, not PPS results. They are why a mechanical engineering consultant should do the hard work in the model, where a change costs the least.
See Our CFD ServicesFixed scope for one project. A lower-risk place to start when you want to see our work on your data.
Start with one project.
Fits When
One Project
Fixed Scope
From $35K
Scheduled monthly engineering for recurring needs: drawing updates, ASME calcs, or FEA for each sale.
Work on a set schedule.
Fits When
Monthly
Recurring
From $15K/mo
A dedicated PPS team working your program daily, built for long, multi-year development and testing.
Your program, every day.
Fits When
Daily Work
Multi-Year
From $800K/yr
We price to the value we deliver, not the hours we log. If the value isn't there for you, we'll say so in the assessment.
We already have an engineering vendor. Why add PPS?
Adding a second mechanical engineering consultant can feel like extra overhead when your current vendor already knows your products and your people. That concern is fair, and replacing them is not what we propose here. The real question is whether your vendor prevents problems or just processes them. If design flaws still surface in test or on the shop floor, each late fix costs more than the same change made in the model. Standards such as ASME V&V exist because unchecked models create false confidence. A model that nobody has ever correlated can pass review and still fail in the field.
When testing is in scope, PPS engineers correlate FEA and CFD models to the test data. Our DFMA reviews question the tooling and assembly costs a design locks in. You approve the data at each gate. You can start with one Gold project beside your current vendor, with no long-term contract, and judge the result on your own data. The free assessment shows where we would add value first.
Our team is at capacity. Engineering consultant vs in-house engineer?
Bringing in a mechanical engineering consultant takes time your team does not have. One more initiative on a stretched group can feel impossible. Bandwidth is a real constraint, and we take it seriously. The root issue is where your engineers' time goes. Your best engineers are already booked on launches. Every hour spent chasing rework, rerunning tests, or fixing late design changes is an hour lost to new products. Hiring help is slow and costly, too. The Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks the pay, licensing, and training a mechanical engineer brings, and a search can take months before anyone is productive.
PPS takes that work off your team's plate. We need your CAD, requirements, and load cases. We return the design, the models, and the data you approve at each gate, so your engineers review decisions instead of running every analysis. Gold handles one defined scope. Platinum adds scheduled monthly engineering, and Diamond embeds a dedicated PPS team in your program. We reply within one business day with next steps.
We have no budget for engineering consulting this year.
Budget for a mechanical engineering consultant is hard to justify when leadership wants proof before any new spend. Tight budgets are real, and we never ask you to take savings on faith. Start with what the status quo already costs you each year. A widely cited industry estimate holds that about 70–80% of a product's lifetime cost is committed during design. The Rule of 10 is a widely used industry planning heuristic. Correcting a design flaw in production can cost about 10 times more than correcting it during design. Field corrections can cost about 100 times more. Early fixes cost least.
The GAO found that capturing design knowledge early lowers the risk of costly changes later. Gold engagements start from $35K with a fixed scope, so you know the investment and the deliverable up front. Platinum, from $15K/mo, turns ongoing needs into a monthly budget line. We price to the value we deliver, not the hours we log. If the value isn't there for you, we'll say so in the assessment.
How to choose an engineering consultant that delivers value on our product?
Every mechanical engineering consultant promises savings, so generic claims no longer carry much weight with buyers. You need proof that applies to your own products, your process, and your numbers, not someone else's case study. Without that proof, hiring a consultant feels like a leap of faith for your budget. Vague promises rarely survive a budget review, and they shouldn't. Engineering decisions deserve real data, not adjectives. Credentials matter too. Pure Prime Solutions, Inc. (PPS) is certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). You can check our record yourself in the SBA certification search.
Our free assessment reviews your project scope, data, and program history. The roadmap proposal then shows the scope and the approval gates. It also shows where we expect to remove prototype loops, rework, or cost, before any contract is signed. If the assessment shows real value, the proposal shows how to get it. If it doesn't, we'll tell you so. Gold is a lower-risk place to start. Value comes first.
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