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Mechanical engineering and materials science are the two fields you want to identify consulting talent in. In general, for time and cost reasons I would recomm
by contingencies 4y ago
Mechanical engineering and materials science are the two fields you want to identify consulting talent in.
In general, for time and cost reasons I would recommend that you try to avoid materials science related R&D if you can, except in "accessible" (well documented / cost effective) areas of metallurgy and polymer chemistry available using, for example, commercial off the shelf industrial polymer additives (there are many available, generally with the goal of altering a specific aspect of the resulting material).
In addition, you need to understand that the fabrication and test methods used in prototyping hardware products are very often different to those used in final production owing to time/cost/volume concerns.
- buescher 4y agoIt usually takes literally decades for new materials to go from the lab to common or even uncommon use. The good news is that if OP doesn’t know that, he or she probably doesn’t know if a new material is really required either.
- contingencies 4y agoSure. While I don't disagree, there are hundreds of thousands of finely adjustable chemistries available in metal and polymer already, including composite materials. It is far more likely the OP will iterate toward an appropriate material from known chemistries rather than invent a new one.