Research shows that decisions made during the design phase of a project determine 70% of the cost of a new product. Even more importantly, decisions made in the first 5 % of product design could determine the vast majority of the product’s cost, quality and manufacturability.

In other words, design-for-manufacturability (DFM) can have a dramatic effect on a product’s success and profitability. We have a unique ability to understand the functionality of the components we produce and translate this understanding into better ways of doing things.

Whirlaway has invested heavily in DFM expertise, in-house tooling and the ability to design and build our own equipment for rapid prototyping. As a result, we are uniquely qualified to help you:

• Reduce the number of parts in a design
• Design foolproof assemblies
• Verify products and processes
• Avoid unnecessarily tight tolerances
• Design robustness into products and processes
• Design for parts orientation, handling and ease of assembly
• Evaluate use of alternative materials
• Design modular products to facilitate assembly
• And more…