The Money Clip
Inventor Glenn Sims originally fabricated The Money Clip with traditional metal forming fabrication processes, and needed to find a way to reduce fabrication costs for mass producing of his product idea.
The Money Clip Prototype
Glenn Sims / Detroit, MI
After submitting his idea for a patent disclosure, Glenn came to TEDAC to re-design his idea and confirm manufacturing costs with prototyping
Glenn approached TEDAC to redesign his product to be mass produced
The final prototype functioned as design and met all technical requirements
Costs reduced by 75%
How a change in invention design and manufacturing methods make a big difference
TEDAC conducted design for assembly (DFA) and design for manufacturing (DFM) to reduce costs and assembly time
Design reduced to 4 part counts
Updated design features provide a low profile industrial look for added aesthetics