PROTOTYPES
Laystrom has a number of approaches that will allow us to meet your prototype needs and we work closely with our customers to produce parts for engineering evaluation and initial production.
Integrated Approach
We integrate our skilled engineering group, our quality team and fabrication department specialists in order to give you prototypes when you want them, and at a reasonable price. This multi-discipline approach allows us to make a wide variety of prototypes with the highest quality and the best methods to achieve your design criteria.
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Lower Costs and Quicker
By being your source for both the prototype and production phases of a project, Laystrom can help you reduce your total cost, your lead-times (as little as one or two days), and the learning curve associated with new projects.
MATERIALS
Laystrom can work with a wide variety of materials in thicknesses up to ½”, depending on the process chosen.
Cold Rolled Steel
Hot Rolled Steel
Stainless Steel
Coated Sheet Steel
Aluminum Sheet
Brass and Copper Alloy Sheets
FINISHING
Laystrom offers a full complement of finishing services
Plating
Painting
Silk Screening/Pad Printing
Vibratory Deburring and Burnishing
Shot Blasting
Stainless Steel - Passivation
Aluminum Anodizing
Heat Treating
SCHEDULING / DELIVERY
Laystrom can adapt to customer scheduling and delivery needs and can control production to their individual requirements. We also work to optimize inventories through Kanban pull systems, consignment programs, and annual contracts, and focus on continuous improvement to customer processes by making suggestions to customers based upon a review of their inventory systems.
By working closely with customers we can adapt to scheduling changes in order to ship exact quantities to meet their individual needs.
SUPPLY CHAIN
Laystrom has built a trusted network of suppliers over 60 years in order to provide the necessary products and services to effectively produce finished products for customers. From metals, to hardware, to finishing services and more, Laystrom’s approved list of vendors work closely with the Company and are periodically reviewed to ensure performance and quality. Laystrom regularly measures and monitors supplier performance in order to continually improve on this key area.
Trusted Networks
Periodic Vendor Reviews
Continual Performance Improvements
DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING / ENGINEERING SUPPORT
Laystrom works closely with customers during new product design reviews, making suggestions regarding cost reduction and quality improvements that result in more robust design concepts. Through the development of product prototypes and interaction with customer engineering departments, Laystrom can help ensure a better product. Laystrom has a number of approaches that will allow us to meet your prototype needs.
Work with Your Team
Cost Reduction
Quality Improvments
Effcient Prototyping
