A light hearted look at the stages, problems and solutions to be found in Rapid Product Development. Includes a check table of the order to do things on the way to a successful Product Launch.
International conferences present opportunities for the protagonists, practitioners and principals in Rapid Technologies to recap on "Where are we and where should we be going". We hear on the grapevine that Prof. Phil Dickens' vision is now a reality in the USA where a factory is being equipped with some 30 Stereolithography machines for producing dental jigs. More news in due course from major conferences.
Sometimes Polyurethane mouldings for scientific equipment are used purely for aesthetics. Added value emerges, without necessarily any added cost, when the have some additional purpose. In this case two of the four mouldings involved perform as functional engineering structures.
Projects of this nature have traditionally been prototyped in temporary tooling and retooled for production volumes, more than doubling the cost to the client. With Cellular Mouldings Immediate Production Tooling (IPT)T there is only one set up charge at the start of the project and all forward volumes can be drawn off indefinitely for as long as the product is required.
Rapid Design & Development Company Selects "Seamless" Art-To-Part Package
When new products are launched the requirement is not always for volume from square one. We at Cellular Mouldings call this early stage "TOOL AND A FEW". It is no problem to produce one-offs on request or small batches all in different colours or finishes. When the product takes off the tooling is capable of meeting volume demands without additional charges. Even design changes can usually be accommodated.
