Product & Industrial Design Services
Do you need a new product designing?
Or do you need help with a product that you have designed but need to make manufacturable?
Concept
You may or may not have a clear idea of what your how your product will look or function. We can develop a concept as a starting point for product development.
Prototype
It is usually essential to design and build a prototype of your product to test fuctionality, aesthetics and usability. We can provide all you need.
Development
You may already have a prototype but need help in turning the this into a production ready design. Or maybe you need to update and modernise an existing product.
Production
To develop a production ready design that is feasible and cost effective, you need in-depth knowledge of manufacturing methods. We have the experience to get you the results you need.
To explain a little about our approach to industrial and product design:
We maintain that, if we give great value for money, we will always keep our valuable customers.
This approach has served us well of the years and, as far as we know, not a single customer that has drifted away to use a rival design company.
As well as designing products, we also help manufacture them as well. This means that we have superior knowledge over most design companies on how products are manufactured. So we can design your product to be manufactured in the easiest and most cost effective way.
Design Strategy
When we are tasked to design a new version of an existing product, we will always investigate what has gone before and look at the good and bad points of existing designs.
We will look at what already works well and what we can improve on. We aren’t ashamed to use parts of an existing design if we think they can’t be improved (IP permitting of course).
There is no point in re-inventing the wheel (as some designers insist on doing). We won’t waste your money re-designing for the sake of it.
Research and Development
Often there is no existing product, because the product is totally new, and never been done before. We have a reputation amongst our regular customers for finding ingenious solutions to new problems.
Have you got a product design problem that needs solving?… Why not get in touch and tell us about it. We’ll give you a totally honest answer to whether we think we will be able to help and we are more than happy to sign a mutual NDA to protect your ideas.
Plus the IP of any designs we undertake for you will pass into your ownership entirely on receipt of payment for the work.
Frequently asked questions:
Q: “Will any Intellectual property generated by Alphatech belong to me or Alphatech?”
A: Once the work that we have undertaken has been paid for in full, then all Intellectual Property rights are transferred to you.
Q: “Can I patent any product or process that Alphatech has created on my behalf?”
A: Yes, if the product or process is patentable and Alphatech has been fully paid for the work then by all means you can apply for a patent.
Q: “Will the work that Alphatech does for me be confidential?”
A: Yes, we will not disclose any sensitive or confidential details of projects that we are working on without your express permission and we are always happy to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements (subject to the wording being acceptable).
Q: “Can you design something that I can patent?”
A: “Possibly, but we cannot guarantee that the product can be patented or hasn’t been produced before.
Q: “Do you do patent searches?”
A: No, you would have to employ a specialist patent search company to do this for you.
Q: “Are you able to provide a fixed price for my design?”
A: As long as we can clearly define the process and end product that is required then, yes.
Q: “Do you discard the design data after the project has finished?”
A: No, not unless you request us to. We keep data indefinitely. But we cannot guarantee this, so please make sure that you also keep copies and backups of any data we supply to you.
Q: “Can Alphatech build my prototype for me?”
A: Yes, we can build most prototypes unless they are very large, very heavy or not safe to build or run in an office environment.
Q: “Can Alphatech make my finished products?”
A: Generally no, but if it is low volume and small then this might be possible. However we do have partners that can build and assemble your product for you.
Q: “Do you offer training courses?”
A: No, we do not have any teaching facilities.
Q: “Can one of your designers come and work onsite with our team?”
A: Generally no, but exceptions could be made depending on the circumstances.
Q: “Do you work for overseas clients?”
A: Yes, not all of our customers are based in the UK.
Q: “Do we need a face to face meeting before you can work on my project?”
A: Not necessarily. The internet and video conferencing makes it easy to communicate ideas. We have never met a lot of our regular clients face to face.
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