Design for manufacturing
A careful second look at your design, before tooling and production costs are locked in.
A Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFM/DFMA) review helps you find the parts, tolerances and assembly steps that make your product expensive or unreliable to produce, while they are still cheap to change.
Bring us drawings, CAD files or a physical sample. You get clear, prioritised recommendations you can act on.
How we can help
- Manufacturability reviews
- Design simplification
- Material and process selection
- Component and assembly reduction
- Cost optimisation
- Tolerance and fit reviews
- Production drawing and BOM reviews
- Tooling and assembly recommendations
What you receive
- A written review with marked-up drawings or CAD
- Recommendations ranked by their effect on your cost and quality
- Revised part designs, if you would like us to make the changes
- A call to walk your team through the findings
How it works
- ShareSend drawings, CAD or a sample. We sign an NDA first if you need one.
- ReviewWe look at parts, materials, processes, tolerances and the assembly sequence.
- ReportYou receive prioritised recommendations, with the reasoning behind each one.
- SupportOptional redesign work, and help in conversations with your suppliers.
A typical first review
A single part or a small assembly usually takes one to two weeks. Larger products are reviewed in stages, starting with the parts that cost you the most.
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Ready to talk about your project?
Share as much or as little as you like. You will hear back within two working days, and we are happy to sign an NDA before you send technical details.