Developing, Advancing, Applying Discoveries and Breakthroughs To Drive Innovation-Catalysed, Enduring Competitive Advantages
The aggregate of Forge.Labs’ technology infrastructure & resources offers tools, resources, and expertise to translate innovative ideas across the defence, manufacturing, precision health, climate mitigation, mobility & sustainability domains into factory-scale industrial-grade solutions - faster, better, and cheaper, by driving accelerated product development through infrastructure across the entire product innovation-compliance-certification-pilot production lifecycle.
Forge operates a Network of Industrial Innovation Labs spanning 7 different cities of Tamil Nadu, which constitutes the largest network of Fab Labs accredited by the Fab Foundation, USA - that deliver India’s ONLY university-accredited Innovation Practicum. These Industrial Innovation Labs have state-of-the-art lab facilities equipped with advanced digital fabrication tools such as 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, and electronics prototyping equipment with the primary objective to democratise access to manufacturing technologies across students, innovators, startups, and industrial companies.
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Housed at Forge.Factory - Forge’s headquarters in Coimbatore, TN’s foremost industrial hub, the HWjunction is an MIT Accredited Digital Fabrication Lab offering digital manufacturing technology through industrial-grade fabrication and flexible computer-controlled tools.
The FORTs (Force of Rapid Transformation) serve as world-class Open Industrial Innovation Ecosystems, offering comprehensive deep technical infrastructure, services, and resources to seed, nurture, and accelerate the development of technologically advanced innovations into industrial-grade solutions ready for deployment at scale.
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The InnovateTN labs across 4 cities in TN operate as self-contained Integrated Industrial Innovation Labs, creating a robust innovation ecosystem in and around these industrial hubs by leveraging an Open Innovation Model for government, MSMEs, technology providers, academia, R&D, innovators & startup entrepreneurs, investors, and incubators to collaborate and co-create industry-oriented cutting-edge technology solutions.
Product Innovation Labs help startups, industrial companies, and student innovators with product design & development of industrial solutions. The Product Innovation Labs comprise of machineries & equipments in the following 8 Industrial Technology Domains:
6-Axis Multifunctional Industrial Robot, Robotic Controllers, Robotic Design & Build Tools
Multifunctional & Mixed-Signal Oscilloscopes, Function/Signal Generator Network/Spectrum Analysers, Industrial Grade Simulators
Machining Workbench Tools, Power Tools & Laser Cutters Advanced CAD/CAM/CAE Design & Simulation Tools
Edge IoT & Edge AI Processors and Advanced Workstations
Vision Intelligence Systems, Drives & Actuators for Automation & Mechatronics, and HMI & PLC Systems
Industrial-Grade Multi-material 3D Printers and 3D Scanners
PCB Assembly & Testing Station, PCB Design Software, and Electronics Prototyping Toolkits
VR/MR Headsets, CAD/CAM to AR/VR Translation Softwares Metaverse SDKs, and 3D Visualisation Softwares
Product Compliance Lab provides the necessary resources and services to verify, validate, and pre-certify products, ensuring they meet regulatory & industry standards. By facilitating rigorous testing and compliance checks, the lab helps innovators and startups navigate the complex approval processes efficiently, reducing time to market and mitigating risks associated with non-compliance.
Vibration Testing, Sound Level Testing, Coating Thickness Measurement, Dimensional Measurements, Flaw Detection, Ingress Protection Test Chambers, and Coordinate Measurement Machines
Flying Probe Testing and EMC/EMI Testing & Compliance
ESG Testing, Hipot Testing, Earth Testing, Current Leakage Testing, Harmonic Analysis, Battery Testing, and Motor Analysis
Pilot Production Facilities offer plug & play manufacturing setups tailored for startups and MSMEs working on new product innovations. They bridge the gap between prototyping and large-scale manufacturing, enabling startups to transform into the next generation of industrial tech majors by offering them pilot-scale manufacturing infrastructure & capabilities that drive production while these startups navigate the market stage, to arrive at a Minimum Viable Product, and optimise unit economics & Product-Factory Fit.
PCB Design, Fabrication & Assembly
Covering both additive and subtractive manufacturing processes, the facilities include Vertical Milling Centres, MIG, TIG, and Arc welding machines, sheet metal cutting machines, turning machines, vacuum casting, and dough moulding
Product Innovations come with inherent risks, relating to
problem definition, problem significance, customer selection &
specificity, customer motivation to solve the problem,
acceptance of the Value Proposition by the target customer,
among others. Validating these risks is crucial for startups
to reduce the likelihood of the product failing in the market.
Forge's Startup Product Management (SPM) helps startups with a
structured approach to validate these inherent risks by
linking their progress to customer acceptance and customer
commitment, thereby building a product that customers are
willing to buy & use. SPM essentially helps startups in
Defining the Right PRODUCT, Building the Right PRODUCT, and
Building the Product RIGHT.
DEFINING THE RIGHT PRODUCT
Defining the Right PRODUCT is essentially about defining the Right Problem/Need, identifying the Right Customer and offering the Right Value Proposition. This ensures that the right product is built downstream, enabling a seamless adoption of the product by customers.
Building the Right PRODUCT
Building the Right PRODUCT is all about building a product that most efficiently solves the problem while effectively delivering the value proposition. The Right PRODUCT is the one with the Right Utility (Features & Functions), Right Usability (UX, Integration & Operations), and Right Quality (Performance, Reliability & Standards).
Building the Product RIGHT
Building the Product RIGHT focuses on building the product by applying best practices in design and engineering for industrial-grade solutions. This includes timely integration, trials, and certification to minimise technical debt and prevent costly failures. This also ensures that the product is designed for manufacturability at industrial standards of scale, and reliability while ensuring easy extensibility, upgrades, and maintenance in line with industrial standards.
Forge offers a comprehensive range of services to support innovators and startups throughout their product development journey. In addition to providing expert guidance on product management practices, Forge also offers:
Enabling prototypes to mature into market-ready solutions.
Access to in-house and external experts offering techno-managerial expertise.
Scaling up product development capacity by augmenting additional resources.
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