Minnesota Rubber Expands Virtual Product Design
by Design World Staff
Friday, August 29, 2008
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Products
requiring complex assemblies of many rubber and plastic molded
components are designed, tested and refined quickly at Minnesota Rubber
and Plastics (MR&P) utilizing its new computerized simulation
capabilities.
The new
software goes beyond traditional finite element analysis (FEA)
software. It allows MR&P to partner with customers over the entire
process of design through manufacturing of a complex product with a
deeper understanding and greater control of design outcomes. Major
benefits include greatly enhanced time to market and manufacturing
efficiencies.
A typical recently completed
MR&P project for a medical device customer involved 32 different
components in the product assembly. The product is a cardiac steerable
lead implant device. MR&P delivered a functioning prototype product
in 60 days using its new FEA capabilities. By comparison, using
traditional design development methods would have required up to six
months for prototype development.
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