The Estes Accelerator Product Development & Prototyping team has added more capability with the addition of 3D printing technology to help streamline prototyping from concept to reality. The company’s new Bambu Lab X1E polymer filament 3D printer can produce tangible prototypes from CAD drawings in significantly less time without a full machining process. Estes Accelerator…
Estes Accelerator recently had the opportunity to partner with Tony Parker, Design Engineer and Owner of Avance, LLC. Avance is a product development company that specializes in industrial design and 3D engineering. Tony had a global client in the vacuum products and leak-detection industry that needed a new generation of an enclosure unit re-designed. The…
In order to better serve our customers’ need for improved speed to market, we are combining our Estes Express Prototyping department and Product Development team into an all new group called Estes Accelerator! Estes Accelerator is a dedicated product development and prototype shop designed to respond to customers’ product development and speed-to-market needs. The Accelerator…
Estes’ Desire to Help With the looming crisis and global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic reaching far and wide, Vice President of Operations, Ron Estes, was actively seeking for ways Estes Design and Manufacturing could help meet some of the needs created by the spread of the virus. With this desire to contribute on a…
The road from product conception to full production is often full of unexpected obstacles, twists, and turns along the way. A prototype, which you can test in the real world, helps to smooth out that road on a smaller scale. The prototype process allows you to pivot quickly to rectify errors or omissions before…
The Hitzfield Group is a group of companies that design, engineer and install state-of-the-art building envelopes and structural façade components. They serve a wide variety of industries across the nation and have partnered with companies such as FedEx and Eli Lilly on various construction projects. Estes Design and Manufacturing recently had the privilege of partnering with…
Although 3D printing is quickly becoming a popular choice for manufacturing, there are times when sheet metal can serve as a better alternative. Depending on your project, sheet metal may be a superior choice over non-metal options or other metal manufacturing processes. But not all sheet metal is created equal. Each material type has…
Even as US manufacturing continues to be the global leader for goods produced ($2.3 trillion in 2018), high operating costs threaten that leadership position. To be competitive, it is imperative that manufacturers reduce costs and increase efficiency in their operations. Many companies implement processes such as Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, 5s, and/or Kaizen to increase…
Taking the Waste out of Medical Product Development Medical Product Outsourcing (MPO) recently featured Estes Design and Manufacturing in its May issue based on our expertise in the product development and production of precision sheet metal products for the medical industry. Our process for taking a product from design to physical product has undergone many…
At Estes Design and Manufacturing, our philosophy is to profitably produce fabricated metal products with a level of service and quality preferred by the customer. This philosophy has four main areas of focus: 1. Creative, Innovative Thinking 2. People of High Character 3. State-of-the-Art Technology 4. Continuous Improvement Over the next few months, we…