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| Design
for Manufacturability (DFM) goes into
every new product design at Cypress Industries. This
is perhaps our greatest asset as a company
to our customers. What has
become an increasing trend is outsourcing
existing parts to be redesigned for manufacturing
to be smaller, lighter and stronger. This
cannot always be done, but many times
it can save a substantial amount of money. |
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| Cypress Industries when tasked with
either new product design or improving
existing parts will begin with |
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| evaluating
the products function and goals. Once
we have defined the function, we will
move into material selection. With rising
materials costs especially in metals,
material selection can be one of the most
important steps. Many times we are able
to specify a different metal that is less
expensive, that with secondary processes
such as heat treatments can yield a much
stronger part at a lower cost. |
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After
selecting the material, we will identify
areas we can lighten by removing material
and perhaps adding ribs or other features. Many
times with less material, we can actually
increase the parts strength. This
is where knowing manufacturing really
helps. Being able to design
strengthening features that can easily
be tooled saves our clients a lot of money. |
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| One area that we see some of the greatest
savings is converting weldements to castings. |
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| Welding takes a lot of time and creates
a lot of scrap. By designing parts that
can be cast, we are able to cut the manufacturing
and material costs drastically. |
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| Another
issue for many companies is engineering’s
availability to update outdated drawings
for quality systems or to be requoted. Cypress
Industries specializes in converting legacy
parts into 2D and 3D CAD prints with tolerances
that can be used for quality departments
or to be sent out to quote. Therefore,
for many of our customers, the engineering
departments use us as a drafting resource
to help recreate drawings to cost-down
existing products. |
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| Design for Manufacturability (DFM) is
becoming increasingly important with rising
materials costs. Because Cypress
Industries not only provides design services,
but manufacturing as well, we excel at
design for manufacturing. Our
design staff in Austin, Texas will be
happy to help you reduce costs on your
existing or new products. |
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