Optimize your Consumables design for easy manufacturing

key factor for product cost and quality

We offer comprehensive consultancy services, including workshops, design simulations, and expert support. Our expertise covers mastering, molding, coating, content loading, assembly, automation, quality control, and more, ensuring your product meets the highest standards.

Submit your request and, in collaboration with our engineers, our sales team will provide initial feedback within a few working days. Together, we can successfully bring your product to market!

Design for Manufacturing (DFM) is an engineering practice focused on designing products in such a way that they are easy to manufacture. The goal is to reduce production costs, improve product quality, and shorten time-to-market by considering manufacturing capabilities and limitations during the design phase:

Improved Quality

Simplified designs are less prone to errors, leading to higher-quality products

Cost Reduction

By minimizing complexity and using standard components, production costs can be significantly reduced

Faster Time-to-Market

Products designed with manufacturing in mind can move through the production process more quickly

Optimizing your Design

Illustration of the different components in a consumables chip

At STRATEC, we understand the importance of optimizing your design early in the development process. To assist with this, we offer specialized workshops focused on “design for manufacturing”. Our workshops are tailored to support you and your future product development or can also be used to discuss the cost reduction potential of your existing product:

Simplification: Minimize the number of parts within your product to reduce assembly time and enable the most cost effective production.
Standardization: Use standard components and materials to reduce costs and simplify inventory management.
Ease of assembly: Supporting the proper design of semi-finished parts promotes alignment and reliability in subsequent assembly processes.
Material selection: Choose materials that are fit for your requirements and suitable for processing.
Tolerance and fit: Design with appropriate tolerances that are achievable with standard manufacturing processes.
Manufacturing steps: Use manufacturing technologies and quality control processes that best fit your requirements and tolerances.

When discussing your needs, we will propose the next steps, such as scheduling a call to review your design, suggesting a workshop, or recommending the use of our Protowerk department. We are flexible and ready to adapt to your specific requirements and needs.