Precise Engineering Models

Micro-modeling techniques are readily used to make scaled down model of complex engineering products like electric motor, transformer etc. These engineering models resolve pressing issues of engineering products and systems that are critical for their presentation and selling. Size of engineering products is often a big hindrance in exhibition, work-study and training of the product. These models overpower the visualization limits imposed by a large product, e.g. a military tank or a megawatt range of power transformer, by reducing them over a large scale e.g. 1:200. During interaction with customers, product promotion is usually done through brochures, engineering drawings or product description and the only way a customer could see such products is after they have been built over several months and are already paid for; or visits another customer, who has bought a similar product. But these engineering models can come handy in a situation where a customer wants to have the physical feel of the product before giving an order.

Micro-Models

Micro modeling is an engineering practice that allows representation of real life objects, however, large and complex, into smaller scale, to provide utilities that are not readily fulfilled by original objects owing to size, cost or location constraints. Organizations are taking advantage of micro-modeling technique as a novel “marketing/ selling tool” to reduce the distance between actual product/site and stakeholders that are involved in decision making through enhanced visualization. There may be number of uses of these micro-models like showcasing any plant or project or equipment in exhibition, employee’s training, working demonstration, showing cut-sectional view of complex engineering products etc. Micro-models, when used for the right purpose, provide significant cost and productivity benefits to organizations by enhancing visualization of their products. Various industry stakeholders, who are using micro-models, include product manufacturers, suppliers, consultants, contractors, design engineers, training institutes, e-learning organizations and exhibitors.


Prototype Model

Research and product development organizations pass through a series of prototyping exercises that also includes critical issues related to design patenting. Micro modeling is actually an integral part of such an exercise series. Beyond products, micro-modeling has a very big role in structural projects that are built using a number of individual products. A switchyard, power plant or a cement mill is such an example, whose miniaturization provides enormous benefits to project team as well as the operational team.

Cut Sectional Models

The more complex a product, more involved is the internal review of product development. In internal reviews on products during new product development as well as during product re-engineering, micro-modeling helps by offering same views to all the players in the supply chain and avoids any defects owing to non-coherent visualization of the product complexity. Intricate details of products like turbine, motorized drive etc can be shown by making the cut sectional model using the techniques of micro modeling. Cut sectional miniaturized models help organization by enhancing visualization and in turn increasing the productivity of design engineers.