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Designing Functional Industrial and Commercial Products with Accuracy using Autodesk Inventor

Designing Functional Industrial and Commercial Products with Accuracy using Autodesk Inventor

Customer challenge

The initial challenge is to design with accuracy using Autodesk Inventor while being fully functional. Design for manufacture and testability are crucial aspects of the design process - while most understand design for manufacturing, many overlook the need of design for testability. Design for testability means that the designer knows how to test that a product is optimally functional - to be able to prove through testing, during the manufacture and assembly process, that every component is maximally effective and fully complies with the specifications. Design for testability and strict quality control are a standard part of ARIDs design process, ensuring that each unit produced is of the highest standard.

Project goals

Comfort Breeze Eclipse and Summit Evaporative Air Conditioners – To design and specify all mechanical and visual components for 2 ranges of evaporative air conditioners. Mistral Airflow Bathroom Fan Heater Lights – To design and specify all mechanical and visual components for a domestic bathroom exhaust fan. Tecalmit Hose Reel and Grease Pump Industrial Automotive – To style, create the product into a model and provide material and finish specifications. Enseal, Secure product and packaging authentication technology – To allow on-the-spot consumer verification of product authenticity and seal integrity, before purchase, simply by touching a smartphone to the capsule. There is a critical, integral relationship between the design process and the most appropriate specific method for the production of the product. ARIDs intimate familiarity and ‘hands-on’ experience with the full array of production materials, Autodesk Inventor, traditional and contemporary manufacturing processes.

Solution

Comfort Breeze Eclipse and Summit Evaporative air conditioners - ARID produced the design and all tooling, as well as designing the machinery and factory to build the products. Mistral Airflow Bathroom Fan Heater Lights - The design from concept to computer generated illustrations were finished in Australia, and the product engineering, tooling testing and production were completed in China. Tecalmit Hose Reel and Grease Pump Industrial Automotive - The Hose Reel received the Design Institute of Australia Award of Merit and impressed the company by trebling sales. ARID also produced instruction manuals and training videos. Enseal, Secure product and packaging authentication technology – Recorded every stage of product sourcing, processing and packaging, including geo and date stamping, even to the instant the pack is first opened. Autodesk Inventor from the Product, Design and Manufacturing collection provided speed and accuracy in designing the products above.

Business outcome

When appropriate ARID supplies some production processes in-house. For mass production, tool design completed by ARID or an outside supplier, ARID supplies designer supervision of every stage of every component in the manufacturing, assembly and packaging processes. ARID has now established its own manufacturing and assembly facility, with the use of Autodesk Inventor and a range of high-quality equipment in operation, including injection molding, a specialized lathe for creating custom precision parts and a large-scale twin head 3D printer. This facility is also controlled by Andrew Rogers, who travels there 6 to 8 times per year, to personally supervise coordination and production there 60 to 80 days every year. Andrew continues to offer client and product support via regular review and testing to ensure the product continues to meet market demands and production values remain at the same high standard.

Conclusion

The additional facility allows ARID to better manage production at all stages and ensure ongoing product quality and consistency. It also means ARID can more easily achieve exacting and timely production while controlling costs, to maintain budgets and ensure the cost-effectiveness of breakthrough products. ARID also supplies all product user interface graphics as part of the design package, as well as all bulk packaging solutions for the most protective and cost-effective transport and distribution of the finished product. ARID provides the complete range of services, through design using Autodesk Inventor, delivery of the finished product, approvals of every stage, plus production supervision, quality control and security, to ensure the integrity of the client’s product. “I will always provide you with the best design solution - it may not be the solution you were expecting, but it will be the best.” Andrew Rogers

Project summary

    Duration & delivery

  • 365
  • 2020-12-31

    Autodesk solutions

  • Inventor

    Services provided

  • Design Visualization
  • Rendering & Animation
  • Technical Support
  • Business Transformation Services

    Customer industry

  • Design & Manufacturing
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