R&D and Industrialisation

From the design (electronic diagram) and requirements, éolane intervenes to:

• provide a critical analysis of the diagram or more broadly a DFX service
• enter this diagram in digital format using powerful design tools
• provide the required equivalences
• carry out the routing of the cards by applying the rules of the trade and taking into account the industrial constraints
• make prototypes for routing validation and / or industrial process
• transmit the complete product definition file and manufacturing files

DFX makes a product industrial and optimizes its cost

• Design For Purchasing (DFP) 
  • Optimization of references (limit the number of references, use standards)
  • Dual source (search for equivalents)
  • Component durability
• Design For Manufacturing (DFM)
  • Analysis of the manufacturing process by applying the rules of the trade, AMDEC
  • Lean approach
  • Continuous search for manufacturing process optimizations
• Design For Test (DFT)
  • Analysis of test strategies, accessibility
  • Calculation of test coverage (Testway)

R&D provides data for the production of serial products

• Definition File
  • Overall plan and sub-assemblies, assembly plans
  • Diagrams and nomenclatures
  • Manufacturing files (gerber, step, dwg)
  • Mechanical plans (sheet metal, machining, injection, etc.) and wiring
  • PCB specification plan
  • Drawings of labels to standards and specific packaging according to constraints

• Manufacturing and Verification Plan (product transfer document in production)
  • Special Product Features
  • Special purchasing specifications
  • Provisional production synoptic
  • Traceability constraints
  • Predictive testing and verification strategy
  • Tools
  • After-sales service operations

For the transfer to production, éolane distributes all the data necessary to the teams at its production sites:

• Product presentation to the teams concerned: purchasing, methods and quality
• Help in handling the different data of the definition file and the PFV
• Technical support during the prototyping and first series phases

Beyond the production in factories, éolane R&D teams can support customers in the manufacture of:

• prototypes
• the first series
• all Small Series (TPS)

A dedicated team intervenes to

• Take into account the planning
• Procurement of components
• Organize production
• Follow the product manufacture in prototype mode or on medium series
• Keep informed of progress
• Deliver related products and output documents

éolane's R&D teams are also available to customers to:

• Carry out product Reverse engineering in the event of an incomplete file: re-entry of the diagram, reconstruction of the nomenclature and plans, redevelopment of the software, etc.
• Perform obsolescence analysis and organize component obsolescence monitoring in order to anticipate any supply problem
• Cabling the prototypes thanks to éolane dedicated team (card cabling, wire cabling, product assembly / integration, etc.)

• Industrialisation that relies on the R&D teams skills at the center of multidisciplinary teams in permanent contact (Qualification Lab, Methods, Purchasing, Quality, etc.)
• A attentive team and flexibility that allows R&D to intervene at any time during the life of the product and to adapt to needs
• A very wide variety of products already manufactured across many business sectors, on production volumes ranging from very small series to large series
• More than 20 years average experience