We have an expert team of engineers & designers to help you develop your idea into a prototype along with support for 3D visualization, virtual prototype and animation of your ideas. Outdesign Co is a product design & prototyping company helping startups & SMEs around the world bring new products to market.
Prototypes can cost a few hundred thousand dollarsĤ) A Better Alternative for Startups – Outdesign Co. Team of engineers, designers & prototyping under one roof They can assist you through the entire product development process from idea to mass production, but their price keeps them out of the reach of many startups and entrepreneurs.
You lose some or all of the ownership and IP rightsīig design firms have a team of engineers & designers on board, along with in-house prototyping abilities that can help you build a prototype of almost any idea. Not interested in development of unique new ideas from scratch They are not usually interested in custom development for startups or entrepreneurs.Īlso, if you use the manufacturers existing technology or they help you develop the product from scratch, you lose some or all of the ownership and IP rights, especially in Asia and are "locked-in" to manufacture with them.Ībility to rapidly scale from prototype to production The most they can do is make very minor adjustments to their existing products and provide you a sample. Only rarely do manufacturers help inventors & startups develop a new prototype from scratch as they are more interested in getting larger volume orders to keep their machines running. Lack DFM(Design for Manufacturability) expertiseĬannot take on multi-disciplinary projects involving hardware/electronics
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Therefore, it is better to hire experienced product design engineers who consider DFM (Design for Manufacturing) principles in their design process.ĭon’t have professional engineers for the development of your idea from scratch.Ĭannot assist all the way to mass production/injection molding later We regularly get inquiries from inventors who want to scale beyond 3D printing but cannot do so without a complete re-design because their parts were not designed keeping in mind high volume processes like injection molding. This option is best suited when you have an engineer on your team who can develop your idea. The major downside is that they don’t have professional product design engineers or designers who can improve your idea and support you all the way to mass production later. Usually they have FDM/FFF, SLS and SLA 3D printers, all of which require 3D CAD files as input. Small 3D printing shops that offer rapid prototyping services have become pretty common and you might find several of these near you. 1) Rapid Prototyping / 3D Printing Services