Medical Diagnostic Equipment- DFM

Company: Medical Diagnostic Equipment Manufacturer
Project: Design for Manufacturability (DFM)

Description:

This medical diagnostic equipment uses a combination of near-infrared light and patented technologies to image vascular structures, allowing healthcare professionals to clearly see accessible veins (or lack thereof) in real time, directly on the surface of the skin. QTI Design and Prototype was tasked to reduce the cost of production. The product was designed by an industrial design house that did not have an expertise in sheet metal manufacturing. QTI’s design and manufacturing engineers were able to modify the sheet metal base structure to reduce costs significantly. The assembly and base pan are pictured. The base pan was redesigned to reduce over 60% in welds and reduced the number of total parts in half. With the reduction of parts, less part numbers are needed in inventory, the chance for assembly error was eliminated, and the time to assemble was reduced in-half.