Advanced Product Design and Manufacturing Designs New Medium-Volume Functional Test Fixture
When a manufacturer of industrial metering pumps needed a semi-automatic test fixture to reliably qualify products in its factory in China, it turned to APD&M.
The need presented many challenges beyond engineering and manufacturing: There are 7,000 miles and 13 time zones separating APD&M's suburban Philadelphia site, where the test fixture would be built and manufactured, and the Chinese factory, where tests would be performed to ensure that the company's pumps being manufactured would fulfill their functional specifications.
There were no engineering breakthroughs required; rather APD&M customer wanted a test fixture that would simply, reliably and cost-effectively do its job in simulating the operational environment of the product in order to check its correct functionality.Which is what APD&M set out to do.
- Designing and fabricating an inexpensive physical clam-shell type fixture.
- Designing internal fixture interface control electronics and firmware to control the device under test.
- Designing a PC-based test application with simple user interface controls to drive the test fixture.
- Completely wiring and building the fixture at its manufacturing plant in Coatesville, PA.
- Developing and providing a complete fixture documentation package that included schematics, wiring diagrams, parts list, and software and firmware listings.
About Advanced Product Design and Development
Advanced Product Design & Manufacturing, Inc. has been Turning Ideas Into Reality for electronic product manufacturers in the Mid-Atlantic Region for two decades. We serve as a seamless extension of our customers' engineering teams offering an unmatched level of proven, creative, custom electronics design engineering solutions and, as needed, an in-house contract manufacturing resource.
Together, our design/development and manufacturing capabilities represent a proven-successful continuum from idea through design, development, test, build and delivery.
Experience. The Difference. APD&M's strength is our engineering design team, which separates us from traditional contract manufacturers, who typically just build to print. Working hand-in-hand with our customers gives APD&M engineers control and knowledge of the design, which carries through to the manufacturing process. The result: better overall product solutions for our customers...and yours.
Advanced Product Design & Manufacturing, Inc.
735 Fox Chase Road
Coatesville, PA 19320
Phone: (610) 380-9140
Fax: (610) 380-9189
E-mail: sales@apdmfg.com
