A New Era of Efficiency: Enhancing the Prototype to Production Process
Supporting customers along their prototype-to-production journey has always been an important part of our mission at Sweeney Metal Fabricators. Now that we’re part of the GTR Manufacturing family, our capabilities in this area have grown dramatically, enabling us to get you into production faster, transition you into higher volumes of production, and provide you with an even greater variety of precision fabrication capabilities–including full electromechanical assembly.
3 Reasons to Choose Sweeney for Prototype to Production
With the full support of GTR Manufacturing behind us, Sweeney is now an even better partner for your prototype to production work. Here are three reasons why.
#1: Rapid prototyping services
Before our acquisition by GTR Manufacturing, we’d be looking at a 4-5 week turnaround time for most prototype parts. During that time, we’d spend a few weeks helping our customer work through the design process and then need a few weeks to build the prototype.
Because GTR has a dedicated prototyping facility (not to mention an entire engineering team), that timeline has now been slashed in half. Now, we get prototypes out the door and into your hands for verification faster than ever before.
How fast? GTR’s motto for their rapid prototyping services says it all: “parts in days, not weeks.”
#2: A seamless transition into production
Low-volume production work is our sweet spot at Sweeney Metal Fabricators. So, while GTR perfects your precision fabrication prototype, we’ll be hard at work ensuring everything is set up and ready for your first small production run. As soon as your prototype is approved, we’ll be able to start making your parts immediately.
If a high-volume production run is in your future, GTR Manufacturing will lay the groundwork. Their engineering team will ensure parts are optimized for high-volume production during the design process, and their fabrication team will determine the best approach to quickly getting you the high volume of parts you need.
#3: Greater in-house assembly services
While Sweeney Metal Fabricators is certainly no stranger to assembly work, the GTR team has an entire facility dedicated to complex chassis and electromechanical assemblies. Having these precision fabrication capabilities in-house significantly benefits Sweeney customers, who can leverage GTR’s expertise in these areas—without paying an extra subcontractor fee for these services.
Your Single-Source Solution for Prototype to Production Work
The relationship between Sweeney and GTR has allowed us to build efficiencies into our process that save customers money and get them the parts they need faster—all while maintaining the same high-quality service they expect from the Sweeney team.
If you’ve juggled multiple vendors in the past, you know how challenging this task can be—and the headaches it can insert into the production process. From delays to high costs to quality issues, the more vendors you manage, the more points of failure you can expect.
Now that Sweeney and GTR Manufacturing have joined forces, we’ve grown into a complete single-source solution that makes the prototype-to-production process easy.
Ready to experience the difference for yourself? Request a quote for our precision fabrication services!
