Deposition, patterning, and utility of conductive materials for the rapid prototyping of chemical and bioanalytical devices

The Analyst ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 141 (12) ◽  
pp. 3511-3525 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Gabardo ◽  
L. Soleymani
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Rapid Prototyping ◽  
Lab On A Chip ◽  
Critical Step ◽  
Conductive Materials ◽  
Development Cycle ◽  
Micro Total Analysis Systems ◽  
Total Analysis ◽  
Product Development Cycle

Rapid prototyping is a critical step in the product development cycle of miniaturized chemical and bioanalytical devices, often categorized as lab-on-a-chip devices, biosensors, and micro-total analysis systems.

Industrial Parts for Investment Casting Built on the Rapid Prototyping Systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 371 ◽  
pp. 250-254
Author(s):  
Adrian Coman ◽  
Andreas Gebhardt ◽  
Carol Patalita ◽  
Dănuţ Vasile Leordean
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Rapid Prototyping ◽  
Investment Casting ◽  
Development Methodology ◽  
Development Cycle ◽  
Rapid Fabrication ◽  
Complex Shapes ◽  
Volume Production ◽  
Low Volume ◽  
Product Development Cycle

Reduction of product development cycle time is a major concern in industries for achieving competitive advantage. The focus of industries has shifted from traditional product development methodology to accelerated or rapid fabrication techniques. Rapid Prototyping (RP) is the quickest, and can reproduce very complex shapes. With no up-front tooling costs, it can be inexpensive as long as only a few parts are needed. Despite its popularity, traditional Investment Casting (IC) suffers from high tooling investments for producing wax patterns. IC is prohibitively expensive for low-volume production typical in prototyping, customized or specialized component productions.

Rapid Systematic Product Design

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl-H. Grote ◽  
Bruce J. Torby ◽  
Ikuo Kimura
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Rapid Prototyping ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Virtual Prototyping ◽  
Development Cycle ◽  
Product Development Cycle

Abstract This paper proposes a design methodology to develop better quality, less expensive products in the shortest possible product development cycle, focusing on prototyping issues such as rapid prototyping (RP) and virtual prototyping (VP). Along with details of the proposed design methodology, brief overviews of the conventional product development, concurrent engineering, each stage of the product development cycle, RP and VP are described. Moreover, to make use of both RP and VP in the course of product development, their advantages and disadvantage are discussed.

scholarly journals Making a Difference and a Profit

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (11) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Douglas L. Van Bossuyt
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Iterative Approach ◽  
Value Proposition ◽  
Customer Feedback ◽  
Development Cycle ◽  
The Social ◽  
Making A Difference ◽  
Product Development Cycle

This article examines different approaches that could be applied / used by engineers for lean design. Lean design can let companies make a profit while satisfying customers in the developing world. In developing markets, difficulty in gathering the necessary data can lead to lengthy delays or broad assumptions in the product development cycle. The iterative approach of lean design stresses leveraging sales data, customer feedback, and distributor feedback to evaluate and refine the important metrics of value, growth, and impact of a particular product that could drive the design process and optimize the product. The experts also say that when designing products for the developing world, making money is not the only value proposition. Engineers must keep ethics in mind. Engineers must also understand the social and health consequences of introducing products into the marketplace and ensure that any product does not adversely impact the customer or community. Products must be designed that have broad enough appeal to drive a sustainable market for the company.

High-throughput screening in the diagnostics industry

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 794-797 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Wilson ◽  
S. Howell
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Rapid Identification ◽  
Target Antigen ◽  
Cycle Times ◽  
Development Cycle ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Product Development Cycle ◽  
Automated Screening

The diagnostics industry is constantly under pressure to bring innovation quicker to market and so the impetus to speed up product-development cycle times becomes greater. There are a number of steps in the product-development cycle where the application of high-throughput screening can help. In the case of lateral-flow immunodiagnostics the selection of antibody reagents is paramount. In particular, rapid identification of antibody pairs that are able to ‘sandwich’ around the target antigen is required. One screen that has been applied successfully is the use of surface plasmon resonance biosensors like Biacore®. Using such a system one can evaluate over 400 antibody pairings in under 5 days. Conventional approaches to screen this number of antibody pairs would take many months. Other automated screening systems like DELFIA® can be used in processing the vast amount of tests required for clinical trials. In addition, the use of robotics to automate routine product testing can be used to shorten the product-development cycle.

What is a Prototype? What are the Roles of Prototypes in Companies?

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlye A. Lauff ◽  
Daria Kotys-Schwartz ◽  
Mark E. Rentschler
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Consumer Electronics ◽  
Informed Decision Making ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Ethnographic Studies ◽  
Development Cycle ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Product Development Cycle

Prototyping is an essential part of product development in companies, and yet it is one of the least explored areas of design practice. There are limited ethnographic studies conducted within companies, specifically around the topic of prototyping. This is an empirical and industrial-based study using inductive ethnographic observations to further our understanding of the various roles prototypes play in organizations. This research observed the entire product development cycle within three companies in the fields of consumer electronics (CE), footwear (FW), and medical devices (MD). Our guiding research questions are: What is a prototype? What are the roles of prototypes across these three companies? Through our analysis, we uncovered that prototypes are tools for enhanced communication, increased learning, and informed decision-making. Specifically, we further refine these categories to display the types of communication, learning, and decision-making that occur. These insights are significant because they validate many prior prototyping theories and claims, while also adding new perspectives through further exploiting each role. Finally, we provide newly modified definitions of a prototype and prototyping based on this empirical work, which we hope expands designers' mental models for the terms.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document