Alternative manufacturing route development
Components go obsolete faster than the plants they sit in. When the original manufacturing route is unavailable, uneconomic or simply gone, MTIS supports the engineering of an alternative: defining what the component actually has to do, reverse-engineering the material and property requirements, assessing candidate routes — machining, fabrication, additive approaches — and designing the verification that proves the replacement is fit for service.
MTIS's limited in-house materials-processing capability (including 3D-printing, laser and cutting equipment for support tasks) lets us explore and trial approaches practically, while production-scale manufacture is engineered through appropriate partners. We support the route decision and its materials verification; we are not a manufacturing contractor.
Repair and design decision support
When something is damaged and the operation is waiting, the repair question is a materials question: What is the damage mechanism, and does the proposed repair address it or hide it? What does welding, grinding or heat input do to the remaining material? Which repair options are defensible, and what verification does each need?
MTIS provides senior engineering judgement for exactly these decisions — assessing damage, evaluating repair options and their materials implications, and defining acceptance criteria. We advise the engineering decision; we are not a repair crew or site team, and urgent work is handled as prioritised scoping rather than promised response times.
Typical situations
- An obsolete pump, valve or fastener component with no surviving supplier.
- A repair-or-replace decision where the repair's metallurgical consequences are unclear.
- A proposed weld repair on ageing or degraded material.
- Verifying that a locally manufactured replacement matches the original's material and properties.
- Prototyping a replacement geometry before committing to production manufacture.
What you receive
- A requirements definition for the component — materials, properties, critical features.
- A route assessment with the risks and verification needs of each candidate.
- Verification testing designed and coordinated through partner laboratories.
- For repairs: a materials-engineering opinion on the options, with acceptance criteria you can hold a contractor to.