Design for Business
 

 
The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) is being prepared for analysis of a new product, wherein the surface condition of an area critical to part performance will be evaluated.
 

Design for Manufacturing
The IntriPlex DFM process could more properly be called "Design for Business". The IntriPlex team has a deep understanding and proficiency in partnering with customers to provide manufacturing approaches that exceed overall business goals including quality, efficiency, speed to ramp, and cost reduction.
 
Big Picture Considerations
IntriPlex designs and manufactures components that provide value to all links of the manufacturing chain. From conception and prototyping through product EOL, components designed for manufacturability have a profound impact on all stages of a product lifecycle.
 
IntriPlex DFM Benefits are Significant
DFM benefits include:
Assessment of capability to key customer performance and quality parameters
Regulatory compliance
Safety
Reduced time-to-market
Increased customer satisfaction
Reduced cost
 
IntriPlex DFM Approach
Philosophically and practically, IntriPlex uses the following high level DFM principles:
 
Fewer Number of Components - Lower Costs
Higher numbers of components translates into higher fabrication, assembly and inventory costs. With fewer components, overall costs drop along with lead-times. IntriPlex collaborates with our customer's to streamline production by reducing the number of required components via innovative product and process design. Fewer components produced with tighter tolerances produces higher quality products.
 
Invest in Design - 8% Determines 80%
The math is simple. The design phase of manufacturing costs approximately 8% and determines approximately 80% of the overall manufacturing budget.
Upfront process design can cut the time to stable production in approximately half.
Focused attention on the design stage is a smart business decision and a clear, competitive strength of IntriPlex.
 
Concurrent Engineering
IntriPlex designs components along with their manufacturing processes concurrently. Production efficiencies are built in at the design and prototyping stages.
 
Design Components with Higher Tolerances
Advanced scientific processes and metrologies, superior manufacturing capabilities, and state-of-the art equipment allow IntriPlex to produce components at remarkably tight tolerances which boosts performance and quality. We have seen the demand for increasingly tighter tolerances increase at an astounding rate over the last 20 years. As electromechanical devices become faster, smaller, and more cost driven, more extreme demands are placed on component manufacturers. In fact the same components of the past are used today with one important distinction - increased requirements for higher tolerances by a factor of more than 10.
 
Engineers discuss design options.
 
Technician prepares the SEM
 
Team members review manufacturing control.
 
Production team reviews implementation plans.