Defense
Tent design
Trigano, which specializes in the supply of leisure products, wants to re-enter the military tent market. In this context, the industrial department asked Axsant to study the exoskeleton of a large tent in response to DGA's specifications, with constraints in terms of climatic compliance, mass and assembly time. What's more, some of the competitors' concepts were patented. There was of course a cost objective to convince the DGA to choose them.
Our mission
- Research existing patents and identify them so as not to conflict with them.
- Carry out a functional analysis to guarantee all functions to be delivered.
- Define a design verification plan.
- Define the product to meet explicit and implicit customer requirements.
- Verify design through simulation and prototyping.
- Produce manufacturing drawings.
- List technical arguments for sales to DGA.
Results achieved
- Production of a reduced-scale presentation model that convinced the DGA.
- Design verified and compliant with requirements.
- Prototype manufactured right the first time, particularly in terms of perceived quality.
- The DGA agreed to include the prototype in the next request for quotation
- Economical and technical targets achieved regarding assembly time, mass and climatic resistance.
- New patent registered concerning the locking system.
Customer quotes
We'd never had a prototype right the first time.