Accelerating The Design Process

Design Considerations.  Lean manufacturing starts with design for manufacturing, and the first challenge all industrial designers face is age-old question of how to combine the practical and aesthetic into a pleasing, yet functional form.  The second challenge, fundamental to lean manufacturing, is to determine how to make the part in the quickest, most cost effective manner.  The first is up to the skill and talent of the designer.  For owners of Salvagnini systems, the second challenge is no challenge at all.

Unified Design & Production.  Salvagnini's suite of support tools is called MetalStudio.   This design and production software promotes lean manufacturing by giving industrial designers the power to create and test a part design in the computer, off-line, with complete confidence that what can achieved in simulation can be produced on the shop floor.  Once a design is selected, MetalStudio automatically programs Salvagnini punching, laser cutting or bending machines to fulfill Salvagnini's promise that the first part is always a good part.  Production is not interrupted for prototyping. Time is saved. Waste eliminated.  Efficiency is achieved.

Design From A Distance. One of the defining features of lean manufacturing is outsourcing, and MetalStudio is the ideal tool for companies using consultants, tier two job shops, or Salvagnini's design team for product design.  Simply import the 3D CAD drawings from Pro/E, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, etc. -  and let the software program the Salvagnini systems, regardless of whether the design originates from the next office or around the world.