Success stories – Engineering Services (Design & Development)
Engineering: Re-Design for Additive Manufacturing
Customer Situation
Individual small „washing baskets“ for watch parts are required in different dimensions. For manufacturing works only 3D metal printing. The customer does not have any R&D competences.
Remote Collaboration
(1 pecialist for additive manufacturing 10-20% during 1 month)
- Customer´s needs assessment. Technical clarification.
- Analysis of available models of older variants.
- Adaptation of the first variant and the design optimisation.
- Production and testing by the customer ➜ change requests.
- Final basic design and creation of model for 4 variants.
Customer Benefit
- Production-ready design for additive manufacturing (3D printing) in metal.
- Optimisation of lattice structures in multiple loops after test production.
- Design of 4 different basket variants for different part groups.
Engineering: Prototype of Mobile PV unit
Customer Situation
Rough sketches and initial specifications for a product idea. The customer has a very good technical understanding, but no R&D resources.
Remote Collaboration
(1 experienced allround developer 20-40% during 6 months)
- Online onboarding and introduction to the product idea and the existing specification.
- 3D concept study with several basic variants.
- Initial strength and vibrations calculations.
- Recommendations and variant evaluations.
- Development of a prototype for a feasibility study in the field.
Customer Benefit
- Iterative improvement in the development process
- First mechanical test of application limits
- STEP data set with 3D model for the prototype production incl. initial cost estimation.
Engineering: Extended workbench for a high-tech company
Customer Situation
Difficulties in finding specialists in Switzerland for special R&D requirements. Small high-tech company with very volatile project business.
Remote Collaboration
Remote Collaboration (2 developers 75-100% since 2022, specialists temporarily added)
- Short onboarding in Switzerland. Getting to know the development team, the products and the components to be developed.
- Start with design work to support the developers.
- Expansion of tasks and expansion of resources according to project needs.
- Independent development of components and assemblies.
Customer Benefit
- Dedicated Remote CoWorkers as an extended workbench Werkbank (afficiency gain)
- Flexible use of resources according to project volume
- Temporary access to special know-how (e.g. analyses)
- Long-term cooperation guarantees quality and continuity
