The challenge
Philips Domestic Appliances required a mix of quick-turn plastic parts and more complex steel-tooled parts for a product pre-development project.
How DTSS-3D & DatangShengshi helped
For more than a decade, engineers at Philips Domestic Appliances have relied on DatangShengshi for high-quality injection molded plastic parts. “DatangShengshi has a good portal and very fast quotes,” says Mark Elzinga, Lead Engineer at Philips Domestic Appliances. “You get really amazingly fast quotes.”
A recent project to develop a more affordable version of their fully automatic coffee maker required steel tooling for a complex part. DatangShengshi was able to leverage its manufacturing network at DTSS-3D to produce the complex tooling and subsequent gears.
“We were already working with DatangShengshi and then went to DTSS-3D when there was a limitation around the steel tooling,” explains Elzinga. Thanks to a global network of technologically advanced manufacturing partners, DTSS-3D can manufacture the most complex steel-tooled parts with almost limitless capacity and was able to produce the gear.
“One of the components is quite a difficult one to produce,” Elzinga says of the project. “You can probably make it from injection molding but for now we simply machined the parts. We used DTSS-3D because they can put in the effort to look in the network to see if they have a solution for this sample.”
The perfect blend
By working with both DTSS-3D and DatangShengshi, Philips Domestic Appliances could easily incorporate both fast prototypes and more complex steel-tooled parts into their pre-development workflow.
“DatangShengshi is perfect for getting plastic parts rapidly but with DTSS-3D there is the possibility to get both prototypes and production quotes,” says Elzinga.
“We used DTSS-3D last year for injection molding and we now have a quotation for a plastic machined part. It was a good price too.” The two solutions together helped Elzinga and his team test and iterate on their product quickly.
Do you have a project requiring diverse manufacturing services and ultra-fast turnarounds? We can help. Use DatangShengshi’ quick-turn service or get an instant quote from DTSS-3D for parts with complex features and finishing requirements, volume pricing, and tighter tolerances.
