The Three Keys to Accelerating New Product Development
January 6, 2021
So you have an idea for a new product and want everything to succeed during each step of the new product development process. But things ...
Plastic Part Design
Medical Device Assembly with Lean Manufacturing
October 30, 2020
Do you believe that quality and productivity work inversely to each other? If higher quality consumes more resources, that must mean that productivity suffers. Right? ...
5 Steps to Implementing GD&T in Your Part Drawings
September 29, 2020
As problems arise for your customers, you design products to solve those problems. Your engineering, development, and manufacturing teams rely on your designs to develop ...
How to Add Ribs to Prevent Risks for Your Part Design
August 23, 2020
You’ve designed your part, gone through the hurdles of getting your injection mold manufactured, and finally have parts in hand—only to find weak parts covered ...
How to Optimize Your Plastic Wall Thickness
July 31, 2020
When I recently asked one of our plastic engineers to name a time he encountered plastic wall thickness issues, he simply responded, “Name a project!” Every plastic injection molded ...
Engineering Drawings: Three Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make
June 30, 2020
As a designer of devices with plastic components, you create engineering drawings with the hopes that you have captured the critical requirements that will ensure ...