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Is Your Prototype Ready for Production? 2 Opposite Examples

April 18, 2022 by Renaud Anjoran

Is Your Prototype Ready for Production? 2 Opposite Examples

Many people work hard to get to a working prototype that looks good, then they think it's a production ready prototype and can just be passed to a manufacturer. However, as I wrote before, there are many challenges when going from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: EVT, new product development, prototypes

Deliverables Buyers Should Get When Developing A New Product [Podcast]

September 10, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

Deliverables Buyers Should Get When Developing A New Product [Podcast]

In this episode... When you develop a new product what deliverables should you be getting during the new product development process in order to assure that your product will make it mass production with the minimum of risks and at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: BoM, calibration certificates, design files, engineering changes, FMEA, manufacturing process controls, minimizing risks, new product development, npd, pilot runs, podcast, PP samples, product inspections, prototypes

Exploring The Benefits Of Rapid Prototyping And Rapid Tooling [Podcast]

May 28, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

Exploring The Benefits Of Rapid Prototyping And Rapid Tooling [Podcast]

In This Episode... Renaud and Adrian talk about rapid prototyping and rapid tooling methods to make prototypes a lot faster than production tooling, with a focus on electromechanical products and plastic injection molding. You'll get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development, Uncategorized Tagged With: 3d printing, cnc machining, hard tooling, new product design, new product development, new product development process, podcast, PP samples, pre-production samples, prototypes, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, soft tooling

Prototesting: Reap All the Value of Proof of Concept Prototypes

December 22, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

Prototesting: Reap All the Value of Proof of Concept Prototypes

Many of our clients design their own products. And we typically don't get involved in the initial concept/ideation phase. That's clearly not our competence, nor our offer. However, we are often invited to ask questions about their new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: developing new products, improving product design, new product development, npd, prototypes, testing new products

Prototyping in China: 28 Best Options for Plastic, Metal, PCBA, Silicon and more

June 12, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

Prototyping in China: 20 Best Options for Plastic, Metal, PCBA, Silicon and more

Putting the design of a new product idea that is going to be manufactured on paper (sketches) and in 3D drawings (computer-aided design) is usually not sufficient to confirm all aspects of the design. Before proceeding to tooling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: prototypes, prototyping, prototyping companies

Making Prototypes In China: 5 Key Steps And Objectives

July 2, 2018 by Fabien Gaussorgues

Making Prototypes In China 5 Key Steps And Objectives

By Fabien Gaussorgues Are you going to manufacture a mechanical and/or electrical product in China? This article will help you plan for the steps to follow. You might need a concept of the product, to show investors and to launch … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: China, new product launch, prototypes

Different Prototyping Methods In China Importers Should Know About

March 18, 2015 by Renaud Anjoran

When it comes to developing and manufacturing hard goods in China and beyond (be it a plastic case for an electrical product, a new type of metal jewel, a new mechanical part...), making prototypes is an important part of the new product … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: new product development, prototypes, prototyping


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