Design Evaluation

Initial comments on the design including overall dimensions, material, pre-finish and finish applications, fittings, identification and any specific/unusual features or inspection requirements. Information on normal order quantities will further help considerations during material analysis.

What is the products function? 

Are there any areas which cannot be modified due to the function of the product?

Will the location site limit the overall dimensions/mass, surface finish requirements?

Specific requirements of material? e.g. Insulator/conductor, thermal resistance.

What is the expected life cycle of the product?

Here are some of the main factors we assess in order to give you a detailed analysis on how your chosen material affects the manufacturing cost:

Properties/Characteristics  -  Machinability  -  Cost analysis  -  Alternatives

From initial material inspection, manufacturing, finish processes to final inspection, we consider all the probable processes involved in the manufacturing of your product.

Your drawing/model will be verified and checked for errors and anomalies. These usually consist of outdated standards and specifications as well as incorrect tolerances, dimensions and reference points. 

Your drawing/model will then be annotated in areas that may pose a specific difficulty during manufacturing. These annotations will each be allocated a unique reference so that they can be referenced in the next section of the report.

Here we elaborate on the points referenced in the previous section. We explain 'What, Why and How' each point might cause difficulty during the manufacturing process.

This section will provide you with an insight on your design so far and offer our opinion on whether your design is optimally designed or whether there is scope for cost savings with some alterations.

In this section we address the areas of difficulty detailed in section 6 by offering potential solutions which should make the design more manufacturable and explain the principles behind our suggestions.

In this section of the report we breakdown all the key points that have been detailed in this report.