Strategic Marketing/ Intellectual Property
- Analysis of competitive products and patents
- Identification of likely technologies for disruptive products
- Marketing & Technical Specification Generation
- Compilation of provisional patent claims and artwork
- Reverse engineering/ Manufacturing BOM costing
Prototype/ Concept Development
- 3D CAD concept/ photo rendering (Denny’s Menu) of new concepts
- Development of functional and marketing prototypes
- Established working relationships with all of the west coast rapid proto companies
Production Design/ Tooling
- Design for low, medium and high volume production processes
- Design for worldwide manufacturing (language independent design)
- On-shore and off shore tooling development
- Art to part (rapid manufacturing utilizing prototype processes for low and medium volumes)
- Development of custom processes/ tooling and fixtures
- Supplier, tooling and part qualification
Analysis
- Finite Element Analysis
- Non-imaging optical analysis
- Heat Transfer Analysis
- Drop test simulation
- Kinematics simulation
- Mold flow analysis
Testing
- Development of internal and external lab verification testing plans
- Product design and testing to a variety of industry standards including:
FDA, UL, SAE, ASTM, CE, FCC...
Documentation
- Manufacturing assembly drawings
- Instructional manuals (maintenance, assembly etc)
- Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
Final Product