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From offering proof-of-concept engineering and design projects to a complete pressure chamber including our optics and windows, you can rely on our vast experience and capabilities. With a solid base of technical knowledge and creative experience we take our customers’ needs from concept to engineering and design to manufacturing of the final product. - Our in-house engineering team provides product design, concept feasibility review, prototypes & product testing - Our cutting edge technologies & state-of-the-art equipment ensure precision, repeatability & reliability - Our expertise & proprietary methods in glass & crystalline materials create affordable, hi-tech solutions where others have failed - Our optics division is AS92100 and ISO 9001:2015 Certified and our Project Management team has a wealth of experience in government contracting projects. ###### Key Features 1. **Deep Applications Knowledge:** Aerospace, Defense, Semiconductor, Pharmaceutical, Nuclear, Oil, Gas, Petroleum, Laser Systems, Marine, Submarine & Deep Sea, and many more. 2. **Engineering and Manufacturing Capabilities: ** Engineering Window Mounting Systems to Increase Overall Performance, Engineering of Novel Glass Processing Technologies, Prototyping and full-scale manufacturing, Glass molding and pressing, Range of Sealing Technologies, Large-scale capable grinding and polishing, chemical and thermal glass strengthening, and water-jet and laser precision cutting. 3. **Quality Testing Capabilities:** CMM, Aerospace & Space Proof Pressure Testing, Helium Mass Spectroscopy Leak Testing, Vacuum Testing, FEA Modeling & Simulation, Thermal Behavior, Mechanical Testing, Destructive Testing followed by Fracture Analysis. 4. **Large 5-Axis Grinding Services:** Our 5-Axis Grinding System was built after a 3-year engineering project to design the ultimate system for precision grinding and polishing large workpieces over 4m in diameter. McDanel’s customized 5-Axis Grinder produces diamond-ground glass, borosilicate, fused quartz, alumina and glass-ceramic materials to virtually any shape. 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