Plumbing Design is a necessity in every project and we make plumbing system designs look good! We design the waste, water, drainage, rainwater and gas systems to meet each building’s individual demands. We understand water conservation and utilization aspects of small to large buildings. We have experience with specialized plumbing systems including acid neutralization, medical gases, industrial gas, waste and wastewater lift stations. We have the experience and knowledge to meet any project’s requirements, from a small bathroom remodel to a large multistory, multiuse building.

  • Domestic Water Supply and Distribution Systems
  • Water Heaters & Domestic Boilers
  • Solar Water Heating
  • Site sewer lift stations
  • Grey water systems
  • Rain water harvesting
  • Chemical piping
  • Acid neutralization
  • Waste & Vent Systems
  • Medical Gas Systems
  • High Purity Water Systems
  • Industrial Waste Systems
  • Booster Pumping Stations
  • Backflow Preventers
  • Compressed Air Systems
  • Emergency Fixtures
  • Fuel Gas Piping Systems
  • Kitchen Water & Waste Systems
  • Compressed Natural Gas Systems
  • Liquid Fueling Systems

Optimal Consulting performs materials and metallurgical services, including testing, failure analysis, inspection and repair. We have been performing these services for over 40 years, helping clients solve their structural integrity issues - our services include developing new products, improving component performance, and determing how to extend their fatigue design life.

In product development, it is vital to select the right material and fabrication processes. Manufacturing processes, design configuration, corrosion, vibration, thermal fatigue, thermal ratchetting, creep, fatigue, and fracture all play a part in structural integrity. We have the experience in design, stress analysis, and materials science to minimize size and cost while maintaining part performance and design life. Design life is often compromised through inadequate manufacturing processes (such as welding), thermal/ transient conditions, and high temperature conditions. At elevated temperatures, creep, and component strains occur, especially in welded and bolted joint connections.

We perform:
  • Corrosion testing to ASTM and NACE standards
  • Testing to ASTM, ASME, AWS and API standards
  • Coatings
  • Weld process development
  • Weld testing
  • Chemical analysis
  • X-Ray Diffraction
  • X-Ray Spectroscopy
  • Electron Spectroscopy
  • Image Analysis
  • Chemical analysis
  • Fracture Analysis
  • Fatigue Analysis
  • Creep Rupture Analysis
  • Crack Growth Rate Analysis

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Image at 25x of a Pinion Gear Deformation

Defects often occur in welded, cast and forged parts. Parts with complex geometries often include crack starters such as metallurgical notch effects. Nondestructive testing finds such defects in components with out damaging them:

Ultrasonic Testing (UT)
This method uses a transducer to introduce high frequency sound waves into a material to detect imperfections. In the pulse echo technique, reflections (echoes) from internal imperfections or geometrical surfaces are returned to a receiver, providing images of a defect.

Magnetic Particle Testing (MT)
This method induces a magnetic field in a ferromagnetic material and then iron particles are applied to the surface of the test piece. When a surface or subsurface discontinuity interrupts the induced magnetic field, a leakage field forms above the discontinuity. Iron particles will form an outline of the leakage field revealing its location, size and shape.

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Fracture Surface of a Stud

Eddy Current Testing (ET)
Using this method, electrical currents (Eddy Currents) are generated in a conductive material by a changing magnetic field. Relevant indications are noted when the flow of eddy currents is interrupted by a defect.

Penetrant Testing (PT)
This method involves coating the test specimen with a visible or fluorescent dye. A developer is then applied to draw out the penetrant left behind in surface defects. With fluorescent dyes, ultraviolet lights are used to find the surface imperfections.

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Fracture Surface of the Stud under a Microscope



We have performed materials testing, metallurgy, remaining life assessments, and failure analysis of boilers, turbines, pumps, and valves among many other components, including:

  • Pressure vessels
  • Pipes
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Boiler tubes
  • Compressors
  • Fasteners
  • Lifting equipment
  • Turbines
  • Welded Structures

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Image at 9X Showing the Fracture Surface of a Flange


We are a team of experienced, multi-disciplined engineers, with expertise in materials, fabrication,and finite element analysis. Our engineers publish technical reports, develop patents, and are active in Codes and Standards Committes including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), The American Welding Society (AWS), the National Association for Corrosion Engineers (NACE), and the American Nuclear Society (ANS).

We have been providing solutions for over 20 years to the aerospace, power generation, manufacturing, automotive, consumer products, materials handling, and construction industries.

Outsource CAD Migration Services

Would you like the companies of your dealers and vendors to be updated with the latest design modifications? Is the flow of technical information seamless within internal teams and with external suppliers? Would you like to better manage product development involving numerous design configurations? Optimal Consulting can help you with technical / engineering data migration.

CAD Migration Services

Process Planning and Automation Services

Process planning and automation have been practiced since the early days of manufacturing. Process planning is used to make optimal use of resources to reduce the time to market, improve product quality, increase production efficiency and cut production costs. With increasing competition and reducing demand, it is necessary to automate and optimize various elements of a manufacturing process. Optimal Consulting provides process planning and automation services to many companies in the world.

Process Planning and Automation

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