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The Design-Thru-Fab (DTF) method at APE optimizes designs for manufacturability, integrates inspection into the process, minimizes tolerance needs, and employs the ERASE method to streamline production. This comprehensive approach ensures high-quality, cost-effective, and timely delivery of projects.
TRUST THE NUMBERS
DTF enables us to do what others can’t. Until you experience it yourself, see the impact of our Design-Thru-Fab process through key statistics. Discover how we save time, prevent delays, rescue projects, and reduce costs.
Reduction in overall project delivery time
HOW DESIGN- THRU-FAB WORKS
DTF is APE's proprietary approach to design and fabrication, focusing on:
- Manufacturability: Designs are optimized for easy manufacturing.
- Built-in Inspection: Verification is integrated into the assembly process to reduce unnecessary inspection.
- Tolerance Efficiency: Systems are designed to minimize the need for as many high tolerance components.
- ERASE Method: Eliminate the excess instead of optimizing the unnecessary. We Eliminate, Reduce, Automate, Simplify, and Error-proof designs.
- Comprehensive Process Design: We design both the product and its manufacturing process.
This methodology ensures high-quality, cost-effective, and timely project delivery
DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
WE BEGIN WITH AN IDEA
Our design and engineering services kickstart projects with detailed planning and innovative solutions. We employ advanced modeling and simulation to validate concepts swiftly, ensuring smart choices from the outset. This phase minimizes risks, accelerates timelines, and sets the foundation for seamless transitions into prototyping and fabrication, ultimately saving time and costs while maintaining high-quality standards.
FABRICATION & PROTOTYPING
WE BEGIN WITH AN IDEA
Our fabrication and prototyping services bring designs to life with precision and efficiency. We utilize advanced manufacturing techniques to produce high-quality prototypes swiftly, ensuring each iteration is thoroughly tested and optimized. This approach reduces production time and costs, while rigorous quality checks guarantee that the final product meets the highest standards, delivering superior and reliable outcomes.
MORE WINS, LESS COMPROMISE
Experience the advantage of our Design-Thru-Fab process, where achieving more wins means never compromising on quality or innovation.
Quality & Certifications
At APE, quality is woven into every part of our project life cycle. From design verification to the raw materials we use, to final assembly, our AS9100 certified quality management system... Read more
FAQs
There is a tremendous amount of waste when a project gets handed from the designer to the builder. We created DTF to eliminate that waste.
Medium to highly complex mechanical systems benefit most from DTF since it prevents the project from running into manufacturing landmines that a designer not using DTF would not normally be aware of.
Yes, the DTF method works well on single parts or complex assemblies.
Yes, many customers have us take a current design they have and optimize it using the DTF method.
Yes, it could, but this is a family show so get your mind out of the gutter.
STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?
Give us call to see if DTF would be a good fit for your project.