NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

bd3T finds markets for new product development ideas, often by commercialisation of research. These opportunities usually impact upon manufacturing process improvements and here, bd3T has proven expertise.

bd3T has led the commercialisation of emerging technologies of new product developments (NPD) into market ready state, throughout the process of Stage Gate development management to winning first orders.

New business developments have thus advanced traditional industries and taken them into new markets and higher margin opportunities. This has considered and addressed

• Intellectual Property (IP) and protection of novel inventions and design rights
• Standards and Quality Management System compliance
• Testing and validation for proving benefits, to manage risk of outcomes and justify cost of change.

“Working as part of the eminate team, bd3T has provided an important component in our product development – leading to the first sale of a novel technology-based product to the food sector. This was within twelve months of first considering the potential of the original research activity, which was designed for orthopaedics.” Roger Carline CEO Eminate Ltd

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Increasingly the work of bd3T involves design process developments, reducing time to market (time-compression) and Proof of Concept and/or viability. This has closed the loop with Non Destructive Testing (NDT) as a complimentary activity.

Emerging NDT techniques and instruments for commercial delivery of NDT services have been used by bd3T to provide images and data that help prove the fit-for-purpose state of products, compliance with Standards and simulation of in-service product life.

“We expanded our expertise in an emerging testing market – offering practical advice and solutions to meet future demands.” Phil Morris, Operations Director, NDT Services

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Product test data is increasingly providing product and process in-service information that optimises designs, the decisive stages of a successful product’s life. Hence through feedback loops better performance satisfies expectations.

Particularly relevant to the increasing scope of applications for metallic and plastic composites and the need to prove bond integrity of jointed assemblies. Applied across industry sectors, bd3T has won orders for new product developments used in aerospace, nuclear, marine, civil, food, rail and automotive product applications.

Ability to test and analyse designs under dynamic ‘live’ conditions, non contact and non destructively, using instruments sensitive at the micro/nano scale is particularly useful. Identification of stress raisers and strain effects in products and the full extent of damage, or repair integrity, have proven Shearography speckle-interferometer vision systems and increased the volume and quality of useful data.