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| - What types
of product designs does your company specialize
in? |
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| Cypress Industries started product design
for customers needing assistance with designing
for manufacturability, design completion,
and making modifications to existing designs.
We often receive incomplete product drawings
or drawings requiring revisions prior to
manufacturing the project properly. In order
to expedite our clients’ time to market
we have broadened our product offering to
include description of product design timeline,
product design development, and the corresponding
product design cost estimate generation. |
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| Cypress Industries specializes in basic
to mid-level design projects for electronic,
plastic, and metal products, parts and assemblies.
Addtionally, Cypress engages in, but is
not limited to, aluminum and die casting
product design evaluation. In the case complex
design work exceeding Cypress’s scope
becomes necessary, such as FEA, structural
analysis, complex Mechanical Engineering,
or Electrical Engineering, we will refer
clients to our design and engineering partners
to ensure they get the technical expertise
they require. |
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| Cypress Industries typically performs product
design work ranging from $100 - $9,000 USD
in cost. |
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| - What is a typical
product design timeline? |
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Every project design timeline varies depending
on its complexity and at what stage Cypress
Industries becomes involved in the product
design evaluation and/or product design
development. A typical description of a
product design timeline from a basic product
idea to finalized 3D approved drawings is
listed below (please click to enlarge description of product
design
timeline): |
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| The description of a product design timeline
provided above is an approximation for a
product of average complexity. Some less
complex projects, or projects further along
in the overall design process may experience
much quicker timelines. Likewise, more complex
projects may experience significantly longer
timelines. Rapid prototyping is recommended
for most clients. |
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| Rapid prototyping is used to generate a
physical prototype of the design to verify
that the design is 100% correct before starting
to cut a tool. Once a steel or aluminum
tool is made, it is very difficult to make
any modifications, and in certain cases
it is impossible. Rapid prototyping is an
additional cost to the client but is an
essential component to the product design
evaluation and/or product design development.
The client should make clear during the
product design evaluation and/or product
design development phase whether or not
they would like to have a rapid prototype
quoted and produced. |
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| Once the client signs off on the design
and it heads to the tooling phase, Cypress
Industries is responsible for building to
the design, not making sure the design works
perfectly. We recommend all our clients
review designs to make sure they will work,
and get rapid prototypes made to confirm
their functionality. |
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| - What is a typical
design cost? |
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| An estimate of design cost is difficult
to approximate. With some firms design costs
can range from $5,000 to well over $1,000,000
USD depending on project/product complexity
and the size of the design firm. Cypress
Industries does not produce such designs. |
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| Cypress’s typical design costs ranges
from $100 to $9,000. The low range of the
estimate of design cost could be just a
minor modification to an existing design,
and the high end could be a comprehensive
design from scratch of a retail product
with moderate complexity. Most basic to
average complexity designs with no drawings
provided by the client range from $1,000
to $3,000 USD. |
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| Rapid prototyping costs vary greatly depending
on the part. These can cost from $500 to
$10,000 or more depending on the size and
complexity of the part. |
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| - Can you take
my idea and create drawings? |
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| Yes. After an initial product design consultation
with a client, either by phone or in person,
we will have a clearer more refined understanding
of the your specific product evaluation
and/or product design needs. During this
initial discussion period, we will work
with you to generate a Scope of Work, which
will list your design requirements and “wish
list.” This Scope of Work will aid
us in solidifying our understanding of your
project and serve as a guide through the
design evaluation and development process.
Once this process is concluded your design
should be complete within one to two weeks.
This design can be used to generate formal
quotations from Cypress Industries and/or
other manufacturers. |
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| - What software
packages do you use? |
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| Cypress Industries has the ability to read
most all design software packages. Our U.S.
operations design in Pro-E (Pro Engineer),
while our China factories use Pro-E and
Solidworks. If you are going to send us
drawings for either modification or quotation,
we prefer they be in the following formats: |
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| Pro-E (Pro Engineer) |
Solidworks |
| Autocad |
IGS |
| SAT |
STL |
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| - Will you compete
with design firms bringing you business? |
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| Absolutely not, Cypress Industries respects
our channels and will not compete with design
firms whom bring us manufacturing projects.
Typically, we do not compete with most design
firms, because we do not take on large design
projects. Rather, as mentioned, we refer
the most complex projects to design firms
that refer us projects in return. |
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| In addition, we will sign Non Disclosure
Agreements (NDA’s) with design firms
first (and clients) to ensure their data
is kept proprietary. If customers ask Cypress
Industries to quote them design directly,
we will not do so without first consulting
with the design firm and obtaining their
permission (typically we will just tell
the client no). |
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