Welcome to Engineering Design Solutions,
the home of Affordable Innovation™

We are here to assist you resolve any and all design, manufacturing and/or assembly issues you may have.  We will help you find viable solutions and quickly get you on the road to greater productivity and higher profitability.

As you look over our website, please note the kind of work we do and the novel ways that we have arrived at very clever solutions to our customer’s various design and manufacturing difficulties.  We welcome your communication regarding any and all design, manufacturing and/or assembly issues you may have.  We are here to help you resolve them.  If it requires mechanical design, we can do it.  Let us show you how.

(Note: While looking over this website, if you come across a technical word you do not understand, move your cursor over it to see its definition. Also, there is a page of “Technical Terms” where they are all listed alphabetically. If you find a word that is not there, but should be, please let us know so we can add it. Thank you.)

Save You Money

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Virtually all of our clients are always looking to save money. Due to the ever-present inflation (the rate may vary but it is always there), the prices of raw materials and commercial components are always inching up... read more »

Simplify Your Products

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Sometimes a seemingly simple redesign task can open the door to a simpler, less costly and more robust product. The key is to be willing to ask a “stupid question.” (Stupid Question: def; a question you have... read more »

Beyond "Outside the Box"

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A company paid good money for engine valves with holes in them? Are you kidding me? No! There was a project to investigate the wear characteristics of camshafts and followers, testing different materials, different... read more »

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I am writing to express my amazement and great satisfaction at your recently completed design. We only discussed the design over the phone and you were able to complete the design correctly the first time! The [machine] shop manager expressed pleasure at receiving such clearly laid-out drawings. He only needed a few minutes to understand the scope of the project. I will certainly send more work your way as the need arises.

Glenn Erickson, President - Expert Automation Design Inc.