Custom Pump Engineering & Design

(add some language about Custom, Engineer-to-Order, Configure-to-Order)

With detailed requirements defined and agreed, and a sales contract acknowledged, Cascon will commence the engineering and design of your new pump, or derivative of another Cascon product, through the following three distinct and sequential design stages:

1. Concept Design – The concept design stage is intended to ensure that your functional requirements, such as performance and envelope, are met and result in adequate definition to support a fixed-firm proposal for the remaining development activities plus rough-order-of-magnitude cost estimates for prototype and production hardware.
   • A typical data deliverable from this design stage is a Technical Report describing the design approach and key functional elements.
2. Prototype Design – This design stage further enhances the concept design in support of the release of product documentation adequate for the manufacture of prototypes and product verification per your requirements. Inputs to the prototype design process are based on the output of the concept design and any agreed refinements to your specifications. A manufacturing plan is typically not necessary at this stage.
   • Typical data deliverables from the prototype design stage include:
     • Top-level Product Drawing*, and
     • Prototype Design Review Report
   • Upon completion of the assembly and verification testing of prototype hardware, an additional Engineering Report is completed to document the verification results and indicate open issues that may need to be addressed prior to release to ongoing production.
3. Production Design – This final design supports the release of all product documentation necessary to support ongoing production of the newly developed end-product such that it consistently meets your requirements. Inputs to the Production Design Release process are based on the output of the prior two stages, concept and prototype. Inputs will also include “lessons learned” from the prototype stage and preventative actions. The Production Design shall have as its outputs all the components from Prototype Design, typically with refinements, plus a detailed manufacturing plan.
   • Typical data deliverables from this final design stage include:
     • Top-level Product Drawing*, and
     • Final Design Review Report

*Product Drawing: The Product Drawing is the primary document for communicating product related information. It contains interface dimensions and critical input and output parameters necessary for use of the product. It shall also contain reference to customer or third-party specifications to which the product has been engineered to conform. The product drawing number shall also be considered as the resultant product part number.