Between all the ideas, details and various requirements, sometimes it can be difficult to keep your project's costs on target. So, we've devised a list of ways you can implement cost-effective solutions.
Laser vs. Turret Punch: Which is the Best Option for Your Industrial Needs
To laser or to punch—that is but one of the many questions you may find yourself asking when seeking an industrial manufacturer to partner with.
The best option for you depends on two things: volume and tooling.
What Materials Do You Need to Give to Your Industrial Manufacturer
Finding an industrial manufacturer to partner with can be a challenging task, let alone knowing exactly what information they'll need from you.
Excellent communication practices are paramount when it comes to any successful B2B relationship, which is why our Industrial Business Development team has put together a checklist of items—and their corresponding formats—that you'll need to give to your manufacturer for any industrial project.
Starting an industrial redesign project is exciting! We have fun visualizing how your product will help revolutionize and shape either new products or redesigning and optimizing a current product. But when the time comes to get into the gritty details, it feels like there’s an onslaught of questions that a features and functions document can help to focus in on and answer.
To enable your understanding of the features and functions document, we’ve taken the time to break down our features and functions document—what’s on it, what does it mean and in how much detail.
Project Management: Delivering on Industrial Lead Times and Capabilities
Proper project management is essential in the efficient design and production of industrial products. Without it, miscommunication takes place, timelines run amok and questions go unanswered.
When designing an industrial project, it’s crucial to use a variety of best practices to maintain timelines and work with customers. For example, when presented with an industrial project, use a standard document to start the planning process, adding additional steps as necessary—out Features and Functions Document. We use this documents to gauge customer needs at the beginning of the design process, which ultimately helps refine smaller details and quoting.
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Error Proofing Your Industrial Design for Manufacturing
Quality is at the top of our list of priorities. So, when we receive industrial prints from our customers, we take the time and effort to reduce potential issues that may arise in fabrication.
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Powder Coat Finish: Aesthetics for Your Industrial Product
Choosing a color for your industrial product may not be an exceedingly difficult issue. Many customers already have a custom color scheme that reflects their brand. However, the extensive options for powder coat finishing may throw you through a loop. No worries! Here’s a basic guide on glosses and textures, thanks to our consultant Dan Wolf from Akzo Nobel Powder Paint.
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The Benefits of Powder Coating In-House
It’s not uncommon for sheet metal manufacturers to have some kind of in-house painting capability because, quite frankly, it just makes sense. Innumerable benefits go hand-in-hand with in-house painting, and they all boil down to these two categories: speed and quality control.
How to Avoid Common Powder Coating Mistakes
Powder coating can be a delicate matter. It requires precision, a keen eye and thoroughly maintained processes to ensure that nothing mars the finish. HUI powder coats its industrial products in-house and follows a strict set of guidelines to combat and avoid common powder coating mistakes.
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Case Study: Custom Enclosure Redesign and Price Reduction
The Problem
Yaskawa, a long-term customer of HUI, generally caters to a high-end, industrial market. However, in September of 2014, they decided to broaden their market and supply to entry level price points. To satisfy this, they needed to create and manufacture a more cost-Effective enclosure.
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