The IDG offers mechanical component and system design services for a wide range of devices:  from one-of-a-kind instruments to a production-run of assemblies. Our mechanical capabilities include:

• Mechanical design with solid modeling and 3D rendering using Pro/ENGINEER
• Detailed assembly and fabrication drawings using Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
• Conceptual ideas & cost estimates for proposals plus detailed designs and part specifications for the final product
• FEA, stress and thermal analysis
• Mechanical assembly
• Integration and testing for product requirement verification
• Complete documentation of all parts, assemblies & procedures

IDG has in-house access to the following equipment/software:

• Pro/ENGINEER 2001 & Wildfire
• AutoCAD 2002
• ABAQUS
• Mathcad
• Various Machine Tools (milling machine, lathe, drill press)
• Plenty of lab space to accommodate assembly and testing needs
• Class 10000 Clean Room
• Inspection/Measurement Devices (micrometers, calipers, theodolites)

	NIST - BT7 Dual Doubly Focusing Neutron Monochromator The IDG provided mechanical design as well as the overall system design, electrical design, control software development, and testing and integration. [more]
	NIST MACS-Doubly Focusing (Neutron) Monochromator The MACS-DFM is a very large crystal array, low background, doubly focusing device, which serves as the focal and monochromating element for the NIST MACS Spectrometer. IDG provided mechanical engineering, design, and systems engineering. [more]
	Optical Spectrographs for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JHU built two multiple object, fiber-fed spectrographs for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS).  The IDG provided mechanical and systems engineering, as well as the mechanical design, for this project. [more]

For more information on IDG's contribution to these and other projects, visit the Projects page.