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Manufacturing Alternate Energy Products

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Ever since the beginning of the industrial revolution manufacturing has brought about exciting innovations. From steam driven to the invention of the electrical engine and onto further power sources. We are on the cusp of the latest evolution with alternate energy sources to power our ideas and turn them into realities. Let’s blow some stereotypes away right now. Current manufacturing has changed a bit since Dickens brought about Oliver Twist and the horrors of the industrial revolution upon the working class. Current modern manufacturing facility employees are highly educated and skilled individuals. The premises are bright and clean, and well run for lean manufacturing techniques. And more often than not reduce, re-use and recycle is more than a catch phrase. Our facility does all of the above because it’s just smart business. Happy employee’s equals great service and the 3 R’s lowers operating costs to allow us to be competitive in a global market. Our team at Phoenix Proto is used to seeing exciting new technologies from the very beginning because we build prototypes for OEM’s (Jargon alert: Original Equipment Manufacturers). Plastic Prototypes come in many shapes and forms especially when CNC machined, tooled and the end result being an Aluminum mold for Plastic Injection Molding (Once more real people terms: Dinosaur / Lion / Other Souvenir - mold machine at a museum / zoo / tourist site - but much more complex). There are many modern methods of producing prototypes rapidly, but we concentrate on complex designs that many of these modern methods cannot produce. Our other core concentration is within the bridge tooling market. Basically we build prototype molds that are production quality that “bridge” the gap (time frame) that occurs between prototype and production. This allows the OEM to not only learn how to troubleshoot and process out any initial problems before production. It also gives a more cost efficient method of production for a product that just needs hundreds of thousands rather than millions of parts. Our IPP process blends modern and traditional methods therefore cutting lead-times to 3 weeks or less. From so many talented designers and engineers we have been lucky enough to see the latest and greatest. Satellite radio’s, rear view camera’s on Automobiles, medical devices that increase quality of life, everyday disposable medical devices to products like cell phones and door handles that just are aesthetically and tactilely pleasing to name a few. We’ve seen products evolve from the initial development to the newest re-invention of the product concept. There always is a tiny bit of pride when seeing the product in advertising or daily use and knowing we were part of bringing it from concept to reality. But we’re not admitting anything. It is really cool!!!  However this is the first time where we get to participate in manufacturing innovative products that reduce global consumption on a large-scale basis. Products that use freely available resources like Sun, Wind and Water to accomplish powering the devices that make our lives easier. These technologies have been around for quite some time. But have gone largely unnoticed except to a smaller specialized market. Finally, what was a largely marginalized sector has become trendy and attracted global attention. Alternate energy products are not only the darlings of the current product market, they are becoming the super stars. The 3rd Industrial Revolution upon us has entered in a global market place of manufacturing and innovation. Now more than ever it is more important to get the product to the market faster than the competition. Our team at Phoenix Proto personally welcomes the challenge. We are all very excited to be working with products that previously were inconceivable for mass marketing and are now becoming everyday commonplace. Alternate energy products are here to stay. We cannot wait to see what our customers’ ideas turn into life changing innovations!

Rapid Injection Molding | Pro-active design support |Tight tolerances | complex designs | highly aesthetic surfaces - 3 weeks or less.


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