Case Brief:
The customer approached GEMS Manufacturing to investigate the feasibility of replacing an existing metal tool box with a plastic equivalent, so as to lower the total weight of a hand-carry detecting device to improve work efficiency. Clients would also enjoy other benefits because the manufacturing process for plastics would be significantly sped up and the production costs could be reduced. Of course, they don’t expect to see any obvious compromise in the functionality, durability and reliability when changing to such plastic tool box.
How the Story Goes:
The Problem
The customer contacted GEMS Manufacturing to investigate the feasibility of replacing an existing metal tool box with a plastic equivalent, so as to lower the total weight of a hand-carry detecting device to improve work efficiency. Clients would also enjoy other benefits because the manufacturing process for plastics would be significantly sped up and the production costs could be reduced. Of course, they don’t expect to see any obvious compromise in the functionality, durability and reliability when changing to such plastic tool box.
Our Process
The project’s challenge was how to ensure the new plastic tool box’s strength and endurance. While keeping the efficiency of mold making and mass production in mind, GEMS engineers collaborated with the customer’s purchasing and design teams to create an initial plan on component changes for the tool box. Following more conversations and data evaluation from the engineering and quality control team, as well as certain advices from resin suppliers, the client finally felt confident enough to invest the molds to officially kick off the development of plastic tool box.
The Result
With the joint efforts from all parties, the production trials proved the part’s strength and durability. More importantly, the customer was satisfied to find such metal to plastic part conversion resulted in an overall weight reduction of 55% and cost savings of 30%. It is a successful market launch and the client is planning to introduce more plastic models for the applications.
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