EDC recently worked with the Engineering Department of Western Star trucks on a new generation of the Model 123 line of conventional trucks and tractors for both highway and on/off road applications. The new designs reduce the total number of parts necessary to cover the many variations consistent with the customizing options for which Western Star is known. Through EDC's partnership in engineering, the product quality of the 123 line was improved while production costs decreased. Additionally the new designs retain much of the familiar Western Star characteristics of rugged looks and functionality. The 123 project follows a similarly successful pairing with EDC for the Model 109 Western Star trucks and tractors line.

As part of its total service commitment, EDC provides a wide array of professional staffing. With world-class engineers and the capacity to provide full-service engineering, EDC has the ability to reduce your concept's time-to-market and design cost. EDC offices are expert in the use of CAD/CAE, FEA, CATIA, UGII, SDRC, PRO-E, PRO-Mechanica, Hyperworks, Rhino, Mentorgraphics, and Solid Works applications and products. EDC provides quality engineering and design consulting services to several multi-million and multibillion dollar companies all over the world.

If you are interested in EDC's staffing services, please contact our Director of Southwest Operations, Dustin Carlson dcarlson@edc-ltd.com

EDC recently worked with the Freightliner Engineering Analysis Department on the generation of the largest Finite Element Models used at Freightliner. These FE models are for a new bus, code named B2, to be produced by Thomas Built Buses, a component of the Freightliner Group at High Point, N.C., in a new, highly automated plant. The bus body structure has many parts and is built in various lengths and configurations. The FE models are structured for rapid change required to analyze many body configurations to guarantee the structural performance of all the busses in the new family. The analysis work by EDC and Freightliner will result in the complete technical description of the structural dynamics and stresses throughout the body structure.