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Slingshot PDG innovated with Huber Engineered Woods to develop a new generation of industrial grade Tape Applicators. Slingshot's industrial designers developed prototype concepts that provided solutions to the ethnography and front end research conducted around use scenarios for the tape applicator. The team gathered feedback from the client and end user while incorporating anthropometrics to develop a manufacturing-ready design.
After executing a DFMEA (Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis), the Slingshot PDG team coordinated manufacturing with one of their overseas partners to generate tooling and begin sampling parts. During the pre-production run, Slingshot worked together with Huber for quality control testing and setting up a QC/QA plan in compliance with AQL (Acceptance Quality Level) standards for mass production. Slingshot's vertically integrated expertise resulted in a successful product innovation and launch for the client.
The ZIP System®, by Huber Engineered Woods offers structural panels with built-in protective overlays that eliminate the need for housewrap or felt forever. Simply install the panels, tape the seams with the specially designed ZIP System® Tape and Tape Dispenser and you're done. You can install siding and roof covering directly on top of ZIP System® roof and wall sheathing. The new Tape Dispenser creates a user centered solution that makes loading and unloading tape a positive experience; helping Huber and the Zip System® build a stronger brand.
