Technology Strategy Consultants

tsc Materials Engineering

Many manufacturing companies embark on product or process development for a variety of reasons, e.g.

simplification of the product mix
market demand for product improvements
entry to new markets

The developments often require extensive trials on a production line. These have a number of disadvantages:

potentially expensive (if using unqualified material)
cautious in scope (reluctance to stray too far from known operational windows)
slow to happen (pressure to accommodate in normal production schedule)
complex to manage (sampling at multiple stages in a process route)

We offer a faster, cheaper alternative using off-line experimental processing. This provides acceptable physical simulation of the commercial process route:

the final product can be tested
its evolution through the process stream can readily be determined
a wide range of candidate products can be screened in parallel with no danger of scrapping large volumes
a range of processing options can be assessed

Following a successful screening project, a full scale line trial can then be proposed with far more confidence of success.