While the team is continuing to refine the concept, the design refinements continue. Industrial design is inherently iterative. As lessons were learned and requirements evolved, the team refined internal packaging, component layout, and overall form. The customer liked the small removable cover … [Read more...] about Understanding Industrial Design – Part 4
In the last post, we described the #ideation process. While this is happening, the team is actively working in parallel on the design. Early prototyping revealed opportunities for refinement that were not apparent in sketches alone. These behind-the-scenes prototypes translated industrial design … [Read more...] about Understanding Industrial Design – Part 3 – prototyping
This is the second phase of the Manager development effort. With clear requirements in place, the next phase focused on concept development. Industrial design sketch exploration translated functional needs and hardware architecture into early visual directions. The team started a space budget … [Read more...] about Understanding Industrial Design – Part 2
In this six-part series, we share how industrial design shaped the evolution of a long-standing customer product: the Autani Manager. Understanding Industrial Design – Part 1 - Industrial design is more than aesthetics. #IndustrialDesign is often misunderstood in the #ProductDevelopment … [Read more...] about Understanding Industrial Design – Part 1
At the 2025 TEDCO Expo, our friend, inventor and entrepreneur Greg Niggel demonstrated the final prototypes run of his Quick Hanger. The production ready invention will be manufactured in the USA! The development process started with an idea and a patent. Greg provided us a concept on paper … [Read more...] about Consumer product from patent to production
RPM Tech started laser cutting and engraving a few years ago. While the capability was valuable. it was also limited. We have purchased two lasers for the shop The first one is a large format laser cutter. The laser already processed dozens of custom parts, many of them bent on our #hydraulicbrake, … [Read more...] about RPM Tech expands laser cutting and engraving capabilities
As a #productdevelopment company, we get the biggest satisfaction seeing our design being manufactured. #prototyping, #customfabricating, modifying, #conceptualizing, #experimenting are all fun, a mix of #creativity, #innovation and #problemsolving. The issue is that our customers get little to no … [Read more...] about What a transition to production really looks like…
RPM Tech welcomes Edward Colby, Machinist, to the team. Eddy graduated top of his class from Harford Tech High School, with a focus on machining. He is already productive, fabricating custom parts, supporting the development team and continuously learning. In his spare time he loves to … [Read more...] about RPM Tech welcomes Machinist to the Team
