Product Design for Manufacturing: Several Easily Overlooked Details

Product design goes beyond appearance and structure; it must also consider how the product will be manufactured. Incorporating manufacturing and molding constraints during the structural design phase significantly reduces adjustment costs later on.

Details such as draft angles, uniform wall thickness, assembly tolerances, and machining accessibility are easier to address during the drawing phase than after mold tooling begins.

Incorporating manufacturability into design reviews is an effective way to shorten R&D cycles and reduce trial-and-error costs.