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How it’s manufactured

05.25.2011 by Chad Schneider

Product by Process aggregates published generally high-quality videos of behind-the-scenes tours of how various products are manufactured.

Engineering

Designing Parts for Injection Molding

12.14.2010 by Chad Schneider

As designers, we can improve our injection molded parts to make them perform better and require less expensive tools. Check out this design guide we came across to get you started.

Engineering, Manufacturing, Product Design

I recently watched an interesting talk given by Atul Gawande, whose book The Checklist Manifesto has reached the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list this year, talking about some interesting benefits of using a checklist and how such a seemingly insignificant and low tech idea can do wonders in many disparate fields.

Engineering, Problem Solving, Product Design

Collecting very fine volumetric accuracy data

06.29.2010 by Chad Schneider

As part of the V&V test procedure, we designed a gravimetric means to characterize the volumetric and flow-rate accuracy of a couple of precision injection instruments. With this setup, we’re able to achieve measurement resolution of just 0.1 milligram and reduced the error due to water evaporation to 40 times better than using a mineral oil emulsion.

Engineering, Microfluidics, Problem Solving

Sit still for a great idea

05.18.2010 by Chad Schneider

Making progress feels good, but when progress slows or I’ve hit a roadblock, it can be frustrating. When I need some fresh ideas, it’s time for a distraction.

Engineering, Problem Solving

What are your mechanical and electrical rapid prototyping capabilities?

03.02.2010 by Chad Schneider

Key Tech accomplishes prototyping by leveraging a network of approximately three dozen prototyping vendors, selecting the method and vendor based on the best match to your application. Multiple suppliers keep us current with the state of the art technologies and allow for flexibility and speed in the prototyping process.

Engineering, FAQ, Product Design

The symbiosis of modeling and prototyping

02.23.2010 by Chad Schneider

Prototypes are essential to testing system performance. However, due to the current technological constraints of creating microscale prototypes, compromises in the characteristics of the prototype usually must be made, which can lead to unforeseen, expensive problems on the production line. Fortunately, basic, fundamental models of significant aspects of the system (first-principles modeling) can be “calibrated” through the use of focused CFD models and empirical data. The result is improved models that allow the designer to bridge the knowledge gap between paper and production.

Engineering, Lab-on-a-chip, Manufacturing, Microfluidics, Problem Solving

Born with questions

01.26.2010 by Chad Schneider

Is asking the right questions something that can be taught, or do you have to be born with this twisted skill?

Engineering, Problem Solving, Product Design

Components of Design

01.19.2010 by Chad Schneider

Thanks to Jessica Hagy at Indexed for inspiring the format. Some ideas are just better depicted graphically.

Product Design

"Have you ever worked on [insert your project here] before?"

01.12.2010 by Chad Schneider

You’d probably like to hear that Key Tech has already built a product just like yours, but if that were true, you might not end up with much competitive advantage in the marketplace. Instead, we go to great lengths to hire and retain talented engineers who seek out new challenges.

Business, Engineering, FAQ, Staff

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