Solution 09
Prototypes & first articles
One-off prototypes and first articles, built to your drawing or sample and signed off by you before anything is repeated. Quantity and feasibility are confirmed project by project rather than promised in advance.
First article on the bench, with measurements
Capabilities
What this service covers
Typical working ranges. Outside them? Send the drawing anyway — we check it with the supplier and tell you what is possible.
| One-off prototypes | Built from your drawing or sample to check fit, pinout and length |
| First articles | Photos and measurements sent with the article for your approval |
| Sign-off | Nothing moves past the first article until you approve it |
| Revisions | Changes between prototypes are confirmed in writing and carried into the drawing |
| Records | What comes with a first article is agreed in the quotation |
| After sign-off | The first batch and the repeats after it are quoted as low-volume production |
How it runs
How a prototype reaches sign-off
01
Requirement in
A drawing or sample, with open questions raised before quoting.
02
Prototype build
A first article built to the agreed requirement.
03
Your sign-off
Photos and measurements; you approve it or ask for a revision.