For David Mills, who runs the
design agency Haughton Design, getting involved at the early stages is critical
for everybody concerned.
"Very early in the process, we talk to the toolmaker, the moulder and even the automation people," he says.
This close collaboration can lead to more creative solutions to product problems. He cites a recent example, for a part that demanded a consistent moulding with no warpage or internal stress.
"We got an additives supplier involved and added a blowing agent to the material," he says.
When the material was injected, the mould fill was slightly short - but the blowing agent helped to expand the material, which completed the filling.
"We lost some aesthetics, but this wasn't important," he says. "The customer wanted function over final finish. The idea for the blowing agent came through the collaboration."
Getting everybody around the table at an early stage builds mutual trust, fosters the sharing of ideas and ensures that clashes between design and manufacture are avoided.
"Industrial designers can get very possessive if a project stays in the design phase for too long," he says. "If they're constantly talking to the moulder, they are more willing to change the design at this early stage - which makes it easier to mould at the end."
This is not to say that designs should deliberately be simplified for the sake of manufacturing. Mills is different to most design agency bosses, in that his background is in manufacturing rather than design. But he says that the designer's flair and creativity must be balanced with practicality.
"Manufacturers sometimes ask for designs that are dead simple to mould, so they can knock out parts like they're shelling peas," he says. "But you need a balance, otherwise you get boring products with no style or aesthetic appeal."
An example might be to avoid using a mould with side cores, which would add cost and complexity to a project. But, says Mills,Offers Art Reproductions Fine Art oilpaintings Reproduction, the effects of a side core mould can be reproduced by taking a pragmatic approach to cost.Ekahau rtls is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network.
Instead of designing a mould with side cores, he suggests using a simple mould with manual inserts. This is more time consuming, but can slash costs.
"In many ways, it can also be more flexible," he says.
Other post-processing operations - traditionally shunned because they are "too expensive" – can also make sense. Drilling holes in a part may sound like a return to the dark ages, but it can be cheaper and more effective than a sophisticated mould that puts the holes in from the start.
Although Berger was fine – the needle had not pierced his skin – the incident illustrated the need to increase patient comfort.The core of an indoor positioning system. The idea of an all-in-one 'pain free' injection was born here and, two years later, is at the design for manufacture stage.
"Patients want less pain, and doctors want to deal with less traumatised patients," says Blackwell.
The device effectively combines two syringes into one: a 'small' syringe injects a tiny amount of anaesthetic, in order to numb the skin; and the 'main' device makes an injection, to administer medicine,Find rubberhose companies from India. or remove blood for analysis, for example.
"The main hurdle was to make sure the device was not twice the length of a standard needle," says Blackman. "It had to handle like a standard syringe."
The device is only marginally longer than a standard device. This is done by having the small needle 'piggyback' on the other.
"The needle of the main device doubles up as the plunger for the small device," he says.
Once the initial injection has been made, it is retracted and locked away – in order to prevent injury from a potentially dirty needle. This is done by twisting clockwise, then pushing forwards by around 20mm.
"By the time that's done, the anaesthetic has taken effect," he says.We offer you the top quality plasticmoulds design
The device may sound very high tech, but Blackwell says that it needs to be very simple and very cheap.
"Very early in the process, we talk to the toolmaker, the moulder and even the automation people," he says.
This close collaboration can lead to more creative solutions to product problems. He cites a recent example, for a part that demanded a consistent moulding with no warpage or internal stress.
"We got an additives supplier involved and added a blowing agent to the material," he says.
When the material was injected, the mould fill was slightly short - but the blowing agent helped to expand the material, which completed the filling.
"We lost some aesthetics, but this wasn't important," he says. "The customer wanted function over final finish. The idea for the blowing agent came through the collaboration."
Getting everybody around the table at an early stage builds mutual trust, fosters the sharing of ideas and ensures that clashes between design and manufacture are avoided.
"Industrial designers can get very possessive if a project stays in the design phase for too long," he says. "If they're constantly talking to the moulder, they are more willing to change the design at this early stage - which makes it easier to mould at the end."
This is not to say that designs should deliberately be simplified for the sake of manufacturing. Mills is different to most design agency bosses, in that his background is in manufacturing rather than design. But he says that the designer's flair and creativity must be balanced with practicality.
"Manufacturers sometimes ask for designs that are dead simple to mould, so they can knock out parts like they're shelling peas," he says. "But you need a balance, otherwise you get boring products with no style or aesthetic appeal."
An example might be to avoid using a mould with side cores, which would add cost and complexity to a project. But, says Mills,Offers Art Reproductions Fine Art oilpaintings Reproduction, the effects of a side core mould can be reproduced by taking a pragmatic approach to cost.Ekahau rtls is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network.
Instead of designing a mould with side cores, he suggests using a simple mould with manual inserts. This is more time consuming, but can slash costs.
"In many ways, it can also be more flexible," he says.
Other post-processing operations - traditionally shunned because they are "too expensive" – can also make sense. Drilling holes in a part may sound like a return to the dark ages, but it can be cheaper and more effective than a sophisticated mould that puts the holes in from the start.
Although Berger was fine – the needle had not pierced his skin – the incident illustrated the need to increase patient comfort.The core of an indoor positioning system. The idea of an all-in-one 'pain free' injection was born here and, two years later, is at the design for manufacture stage.
"Patients want less pain, and doctors want to deal with less traumatised patients," says Blackwell.
The device effectively combines two syringes into one: a 'small' syringe injects a tiny amount of anaesthetic, in order to numb the skin; and the 'main' device makes an injection, to administer medicine,Find rubberhose companies from India. or remove blood for analysis, for example.
"The main hurdle was to make sure the device was not twice the length of a standard needle," says Blackman. "It had to handle like a standard syringe."
The device is only marginally longer than a standard device. This is done by having the small needle 'piggyback' on the other.
"The needle of the main device doubles up as the plunger for the small device," he says.
Once the initial injection has been made, it is retracted and locked away – in order to prevent injury from a potentially dirty needle. This is done by twisting clockwise, then pushing forwards by around 20mm.
"By the time that's done, the anaesthetic has taken effect," he says.We offer you the top quality plasticmoulds design
The device may sound very high tech, but Blackwell says that it needs to be very simple and very cheap.
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