A manufacturer of military
gear such as combat uniforms and allied protective gear needed to
develop a new range of products for an important customer. The
regulatory requirements and design specifications for the product
range required a significant improvement in the nature of fabrics
they were receiving from their supplier. With an approaching
deadline for prototype development, the manufacturer was in a
quandary, since their supplier was not able to meet the
requirements. A potentially valuable & long-term assignment
seemed to be in jeopardy.
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At SNF, we had the required
infrastructure for meeting the prototyping needs of the customer. We
undertook the process as per the requirement and quickly designed a
fabric with high tenacity and used a specialty yarn for achieving
the required thickness. We also focussed on the knitting technique
for reducing the weight of the fabric. The entire, prototyping
process, designing a material in accordance with the given
requirements was done in a period of 10 days, thus saving on cost
and time.
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