Delve is a product development and engineering consultancy headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. Formed through the union of Delve and Bresslergroup in 2021, the firm traces its operational roots back to 1967 and maintains design and engineering studios across Madison, Boston, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.
The company comprises over 200 multidisciplinary designers, researchers, and engineers who guide clients through every phase of hardware creation, from initial research and industrial design to advanced mechanical architecture, prototyping, and transfer to manufacturing.
Delve supports both emerging startups and Fortune 500 corporations, specializing in complex medical diagnostic devices, connected hardware (IoT), industrial equipment, and rugged commercial products.
Delve offers full-lifecycle mechanical engineering and analytical capabilities:
- Mechanisms & Mechanical Design: Complex mechanism design, gear train layouts, latching and deployment systems, mechanical packaging, miniaturization, and electromechanical component integration.
- Kinematic & Dynamic Analysis: Mechanism kinematics, multi-body motion analysis, joint loading, and tolerance stack-up analysis.
- Structural Analysis & FEA: Linear and non-linear Finite Element Analysis (FEA), structural optimization, weight reduction/lightweighting, modal and vibration analysis, shock analysis, and drop/impact durability testing.
- Thermal & Fluid Simulation: Steady-state and transient thermal analysis, passive and active cooling design, liquid cooling, and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
- Design for Manufacturing (DFM): Injection molding design, sheet metal fabrication optimization, die casting design, snap-fits, and design for assembly (DFA).