How do you make a complex deep-drawn component suitable for reliable serial production?
Serial production of deep-drawn components requires even challenging geometries to be manufactured consistently, to a high standard and cost-effectively. How can this be achieved before production begins?
We asked three of Meconet’s deep drawing experts how to make a complex component suitable for reliable serial production. Read their perspectives on design, production and quality.
Pirkka Nykvist | Design
“Analysing product manufacturability before serial production begins is a cornerstone of our expertise. By simulating every process stage in advance, we can ensure that even a challenging component can be manufactured repeatably.
When we receive an enquiry about the manufacturability of a challenging geometry, we always identify what in the customer’s design is actually driving the challenge. We can then use our manufacturing technologies to produce the complex part with consistent quality and often offer a solution that works even better than the original.”
Jarmo Räisänen | Production
“Close collaboration during product design lays the foundation for a manufacturable, high-quality and cost-effective product. By considering manufacturability early in the design process, we can develop a production process that supports quality, delivery reliability and cost-effectiveness throughout the product’s life cycle.
Reliable serial production requires a stable, repeatable manufacturing process in which tooling, production stages and process parameters work together as a controlled whole. This ensures that the customer’s expectations and requirements are met efficiently and consistently over the long term.”
Pasi Kerttula | Quality
“A high-quality product starts with unambiguous, verifiable product specifications. Both parties must have a clear understanding of the requirements from the outset. This provides a reliable basis for detailed planning of manufacturing and verification methods. The resulting serial production process consistently delivers products that meet the requirements and enables defects to be prevented.”
What connects these perspectives?
A complex deep-drawn component can be made suitable for reliable serial production when manufacturability, the production process and quality assurance are planned together from the earliest design stages. Simulation helps assess manufacturability, a stable manufacturing process supports repeatability, and clear product requirements guide manufacturing and quality verification.
Meconet’s expertise is built on experience gained from thousands of different solutions. Demanding components often call for both fresh thinking and a practical understanding of how to turn an idea into a viable production solution. By drawing on this experience through collaboration between design, production and quality, even a challenging component can be brought into serial production efficiently.
Designing a demanding deep-drawn component?
Meconet’s experts help you find a solution that combines manufacturability, quality and cost-effective serial production. Involve us early in the design process so we can develop a viable production solution together.
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