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prototypes</h1> </div> <div class="fhg-grid-item empty"></div> </div> </header> <div class="fhg-main fhg-grid fhg-grid-3-columns"> <div class="contentPar parsys"><div data-emptytext-sectionParsys="section_component_hint" data-emptytext="Drag components here" class="sectionComponent parbase section" data-emptytext-teaserParsys="section_component_marginal_column_parsys_hint"><div class="fhg-grid-section"> <div class="fhg-grid fhg-grid-3-columns"> <section> <div class="sectionParsys parsys"><div data-emptytext="linklist_add_items" class="fhg-content-article fhg-grid section"><article> <div class="row"> <div class=" fhg-grid-item fhg-grid-3-2-1"> <div class="fhg-content fhg-richtext"> <p>Before series production starts, many practical questions have to be clarified: Many of them deal with the product design, which must not only find acceptance among users and be technically functional, but also be produced at an economically and ecologically justifiable cost. To this end, prototypes can be used to prove that all requirements have been met. Likewise, manufacturing plants can be prototyped and interconnected to form process chains in order to verify whether they are capable of producing the desired product in the required quality and in an economically efficient manner.</p> <p>Simulations and other digital technologies, as well as high-precision measurement processes, help to ensure that the product idea can first be turned into a functional prototype and later into a reproducible, high-quality end product. The trend is increasingly moving away from the iterative production of countless prototypes and toward digital decision-making aids that are so precisely oriented to the later physical product that – in the spirit of more sustainable manufacturing – only a few trials are required to achieve the perfect component, the ideal system or the fully functional component.</p> <p>At Fraunhofer IPT, we use digital methods to optimize manufacturing processes and process chains as much as possible: our goal, especially for particularly costly components and processes, is to ensure that the first part comes out of the machine ready for use – in line with the "first-part-right" principle.</p></div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div></div> <div data-emptytext="teaser_overview_parsys_hint" class="teaser section"><div class="sep sectionseparator"><script data-scf-json="true" type='application/json' id='/en/offer/processdevelopment-prototypes/jcr:content/contentPar/teaser_overview_copy/sep'>{"id":"/en/offer/processdevelopment-prototypes/jcr:content/contentPar/teaser_overview_copy/sep","resourceType":"fraunhofer/components/sectionseparator","url":"/en/offer/processdevelopment-prototypes/_jcr_content/contentPar/teaser_overview_copy/sep.social.json","friendlyUrl":"/en/offer/processdevelopment-prototypes.html"}</script><div class="fhg-section-separator"></div> </div> <div class="fhg-grid teaser-layout fhg-grid-4-columns"> <div class="fhg-grid-item teaser-layout__title "> <h2 class="teaser-layout__title-headline fragment" id="Prototyping-from-A-to-Z">Prototyping from A to Z</h2> <p class="teaser-layout__title-subheading">Serial production is usually preceded by countless attempts to optimize production. How well this succeeds also depends on the quality of the prototypes that precede the series. With our experience from the production of various industries and comprehensive knowledge of the use of the latest digitization technologies, we accelerate your prototype production and thus get to the ready-to-use product faster.</p> </div> <div class="fhg-grid teaser-layout--masonry js-teaser-layout--masonry" data-config-masonry='{"horizontalOrder":false}'> <div class="fhg-grid-column-sizer"></div> <div class="teaserPar parsys"><div data-emptytext="linklist_add_items" class="teaser__item section"><div class="fhg-grid-item teaser-default teaser-default--size-1x1 teaser-default--variant- teaser-default--color-accent js-teaser-ellipsis"> <div class="teaser-default__content"> <div class="teaser-default__text"> <div class="teaser-default__text-caption js-teaser-default__text-caption"> <h3 class="teaser-default__text-headline">Agile methods for product development</h3> <div class="teaser-default__text-richtext"><p>Using agile methods, our expert teams support their product development – from pilot to enterprise-wide rollout.</p></div> </div> <div class="teaser-default__text-cta js-teaser-default__text-cta"> <a href="/en/offer/strategy-planning/agile-hardware-development.html" class="teaser-default__text-cta--button" target="_self" title="Agile product development to enable development of disruptive innovation">Agile development methods</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-emptytext="linklist_add_items" class="teaser__item section"><div class="fhg-grid-item teaser-default teaser-default--size-2x1 teaser-default--variant- teaser-default--color-white teaser-default--has-image js-teaser-ellipsis"> <div class="teaser-default__content"> <a href="/en/offer/technology-qualification.html" class="teaser-default__image teaser-default__image--linked teaser-default__image--large large" style="background-image: url('/en/offer/processdevelopment-prototypes/jcr:content/contentPar/teaser_overview_copy/teaserPar/teaser_1232403635_co/image.img.2col.large.jpg/1701788147046/panthermedia-02463579.jpg');background-position: 50% 50%" target="_self" title="Technology qualification and evaluation "> </a><div class="teaser-default__text"> <div class="teaser-default__text-caption js-teaser-default__text-caption"> <h3 class="teaser-default__text-headline">Technology qualification and evaluation</h3> <div class="teaser-default__text-richtext"><p>Do you love it when a plan works? Before you get down to work, we carry out feasibility studies to check whether your ideas are viable and evaluate the costs and benefits for your company.</p></div> </div> <div class="teaser-default__text-cta js-teaser-default__text-cta"> <a href="/en/offer/technology-qualification.html" class="teaser-default__text-cta--button" target="_self" title="Technology qualification and evaluation ">Pre-project phase</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-emptytext="linklist_add_items" class="teaser__item section"><div class="fhg-grid-item teaser-default teaser-default--size-1x2 teaser-default--variant- teaser-default--color-green js-teaser-ellipsis"> <div class="teaser-default__content"> <div class="teaser-default__text"> <div class="teaser-default__text-caption js-teaser-default__text-caption"> <h3 class="teaser-default__text-headline">First understand, then act!</h3> <div class="teaser-default__text-richtext"><p>Using state-of-the-art equipment and measuring systems, we analyse the 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