Manufacturing/Industrial

EDT delivers objective, hands-on forensic engineering support to manufacturing plants and heavy industrial facilities nationwide. For more than four decades, our employee-owned team has partnered with insurers, adjusters, and counsel to investigate complex losses, determine root causes, and provide clear, defensible answers that keep operations moving and claims moving forward.

Engineering Expertise for Manufacturing & Heavy Industrial Facilities

EDT’s multi-disciplined engineers combine deep technical knowledge with practical, on-site experience to investigate and resolve the full spectrum of industrial losses. We rapidly assess damage and determine root cause for production machinery and automated assembly lines, heavy equipment such as presses, mills, cranes, and forging systems, process piping, tanks, boilers, turbines, heat exchangers and pressure vessels, as well as electrical controls, PLCs, motors, automation systems, and facility infrastructure. Our work routinely includes scope-of-damage evaluations, repair-versus-replacement recommendations, large-loss analysis, and litigation/subrogation support—helping clients minimize downtime and recover efficiently.

How We Help
When production stops or heavy operations are disrupted, every hour matters. EDT’s licensed professional engineers respond rapidly to assess damage, determine root cause, and deliver actionable recommendations that help clients return complex facilities to service as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.

Assessing the Damage
Our experts utilize specialized diagnostic tools, on-site inspections, and laboratory analysis to quickly evaluate the scope of damage and provide repair-versus-replacement guidance. Typical assignments include:

Production machinery, automated assembly lines, CNC equipment, robotics, and material handling systems
Heavy machinery, presses, mills, cranes, forging equipment, and large-scale structural systems
Process piping, tanks, boilers, turbines, heat exchangers, and pressure vessels
Electrical controls, PLCs, motors, automation systems, and facility infrastructure

Finding the Cause
Manufacturing and heavy industrial losses frequently stem from interconnected factors. We investigate common causes such as:

Operational & Maintenance Issues

Inadequate maintenance, human error, or procedural deviations
Overloading, off-design operation, or improper modifications

Equipment & Material Failures

Mechanical fractures, fatigue, wear, or component defects
Corrosion, erosion, or material degradation in demanding environments

Process & Environmental Factors

Fires, explosions, process upsets, vibration, or thermal stresses
Catastrophic events affecting large-scale infrastructure

Integrated Support Services
In addition to core forensic engineering, we frequently collaborate with our Materials Testing team for laboratory analysis of failed components and our Catastrophe Response group for large-scale or time-sensitive events. Services include: