Rapid Prototyped tools for Contract Manufacuting

Our rapid prototyping capability helps us make tools quickly for our contract manufacturing needs.

Have you ever been tinkering around and wondered to yourself, “If only I had a tool that could do…”   All of the mechanical engineers I know have extensive tool boxes. While it is great to have every driver, wrench and helpful thingy known to man at the tip of your fingers, it is not always a tool that is off-the-shelf that will do the job.

One of the services we provide is the manufacturing of wire harnesses.  In one case it was necessary to twist wires together and the client needed parts fast.  Sounds easy, right?  Try buying a reasonably priced tool that can do that, especially when you have crimped ends that most folks don’t use. The lead time to actually get the twister delivered would directly have put us out of the picture.

Since our strength is custom work in relatively small runs of maybe a few thousand pieces, we make our own tools using rapid prototyping.  One of our favorite tools is a handy little device that we use for wire twisting.  Using a small motor, a foot switch, and our special rig, it works consistently and efficiently.  When you need to twist wires for 500 harnesses, the little rig can save hours of work.  With our rapid prototype capabilities, we can easily make new fixtures to accommodate different crimped ends.  Within 24 hours we had conceptualized, designed, and 3D printed the wire twister which is seen in action in the video we made.

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Contact us to learn more: www.phi2.com or +1.904.646.5666