design & engineering

Design Engineering for Lasting Impact

Innovative design engineering ensures that you can deliver a positive experience to end users each and every time your product is used. Therefore, it is important that you understand who your customers are, develop a clear customer experience vision, establish an emotional connection with customers, and create a quality framework for product development. Careful research and development of your ideas are key factors in improving the performance and functionality of both new and redesigned products. The design must be functional and, in many cases, visually appealing as well. But above all, it must be affordable to maintain, support, and manufacture to ensure product longevity and success.

At Kemperle Industries, we have extensive knowledge of the design and engineering pipeline. Whether your design is in its initial stages or somewhere in the midst of creation, we can help bring your vision to life!

Product Development Pipeline

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Ideation

It all starts with an idea. Initial design inception often starts with a sketch or outline on paper, sometimes even a basic model in your preferred graphics editor. During our initial consultation, we take the time to discuss your specific needs, design engineering requirements, and the overall goals for your project. Once this information is gathered and sorted, we begin to lay the foundation for an effective custom roadmap. Proper execution of this step ensures each phase of your project is executed properly, and efficiently.

Drafting

Once the information gathering stage is complete, we move into the drafting phase where we build your custom roadmap with actionable steps and executable timelines. This process is fundamental to a well-executed design project. Each step of your project is broken down into phases. These phases are assigned resources and timelines with properly crafted goals in order to ensure your project moves in a smooth and timely manner. The result is a fully visualized custom roadmap that ensures your projects stays on course.

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Concept Sketching & CAD Design

In this stage we take the carefully crafted roadmap of the previous stage and begin a process that establishes the foundation for what will ultimately become your design. With the information compiled, we begin a creative process that transcends several stages and many iterations with the primary objective of enabling us to bring your project to life. This stage is the most interactive and generally the most time consuming. Throughout this process you will watch your design evolve and mature until it reaches its peak potential.

Prototyping

In this step, we use the developed CAD Designs to create a functional prototype using one of our many available processes. With everything from 3D Scanning and Printing, CNC machining, Laser Cutting, and much more we have a variety of different ways to bring your project to life. We typically approach this step in two stages: the Alpha Phase and the Beta Phase. In general, we do not define the number of iterations per stage, but you can expect at least 2-3 and often more, of each depending on the complexity of the design.

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Initial Evaluation & Testing

The purpose of this phase is to begin evaluation and testing of the design in its current stage. This stage is intermittent and is also done at several points throughout the design processes. Prototypes are created while progressing through the Alpha and Beta stages in order to test functionality. This information is then used to make any necessary design changes. Most of these changes happen in the Alpha stages. The Beta stage is generally reserved for small refinements and the implementation of any remaining Design for Manufacturing criteria.

Industrial Design & Design For Manufacturing

The criteria for this stage begin during the Concept Sketching & CAD Design phase. By specifying things like materials, hardware, process, and functionality we begin to outline our DFM and Industrial Design requirements. Like a few of the other phases, this one is iterative as well, with the goal of getting the CAD Data to a point where it can be considered for manufacturing.

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Life Testing & Final Beta Prototype

A critical but often overlooked step of the entire design process. Once on this stage, your project has reached the apex of the design cycle. The goal of Life Testing is straightforward, does the design hold up to its intended use? Using a design that is frozen we create the necessary test cycles that will stress critical components of your design in order to ensure no part fails before its expected EOL (End of Life). Once tested and fully verified your project is ready for manufacturing.

Manufacturing

This is the final stage of your project. Here we make the necessary preparations for the manufacturing handoff. During this stage, we can help facilitate the transfer process and even help you find the appropriate manufacturing partner for your project ensuring a smooth transition. If your project falls under our Specialized Manufacturing service, we would begin the necessary steps to transition your project into the manufacturing stage. This stage is ongoing and continues for the life of your design.

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