LKprototype CNC (also shortened to LK) includes complete-service design optimization. LK analysis software for its designs can achieve up to 30% part weight savings utilizing topology optimization algorithms but maintaining 98% of structural integrity (supported through FEA simulation). Through LK’s manufacturability Design (DFM) optimization, a medical device customer reduced the titanium alloy surgical forceps’ processing steps from 12 to 7, raised the material utilization rate from 65% to 88%, and reduced the unit cost by 22% (from 320 to 250). In 2023 statistics, LK’s design support has reduced customers’ average product development cycle by 40% (from 14 weeks to 8.4 weeks).
Design verification capability enhances efficiency significantly. LK’s virtual processing system can predict 92% of process conflicts (e.g., tool interference and thermal deformation). High-temperature alloy turbine blades made by a specific aerospace firm have successfully been verified by simulation on LK. Trial production time has been reduced from 5 to 1, conserving prototype costs of $15,000 per unit. Its ASME Y14.5 standard-based tolerance analysis module has improved the assembly matching precision to ±0.015mm (industry average ±0.03mm), and helped one automaker increase the yield of motor housings from 82% to 99%.
The design of complex structures has broken through. LK facilitates conformal cooling waterway design (3D printing+CNC composite process), increasing injection mold cooling efficiency by 50% (reducing cycle time from 28 seconds to 19 seconds). The folding screen hinge (0.3mm wall thickness stainless steel) of one of the consumer electronics customers has doubled the fatigue life from 100,000 times to 500,000 times (measured data) by improving the stress distribution of LK, and the processing cost has been reduced by 38% (from 85 per piece to 53 per piece).
Cost control runs through the entire design process. LK’s material selection database contains over 200 metals and engineering plastics. By proposing substitute solutions, an energy company replaced the Inconel 718 component with the design-optimized 17-4PH stainless steel. The power was maintained at HRC 40-45, and unit cost reduced from 1,200 to 650. Its module library of standard modules (with over 500 standard features) has increased the reuse rate in design to 73% (industry average is 45%), and a specific robot joint project saved development costs of $82,000 by utilizing the gearbox structure.
Industry cases validate the value of services. LK optimized the carbon fiber fuselage structure of a specific unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer. Through lattice filling design, it reduced the weight by 25% (from 1.2kg to 0.9kg) and increased the flight range by 18%. Its thermal deformation compensation software (prediction accuracy ±0.005mm) enables the dimensional stability of the PEEK sensor housing to reach 99.7% (tested within an 85°C environment), enabling customers to cut the IATF 16949 certification cycle by 60%.
Data-driven design iteration. LK’s cloud collaboration platform conducts real-time analysis of over 15,000 historical project data. The AI-driven optimization suggestion generation speed has been three times faster compared to before (from 6 hours to 2 hours). One customer of LK’s diffraction surface shape optimization service achieved reduced lens imaging error from λ/4 to λ/10 (ISO 10110 standard) and saved R&D cost by $120,000. These quantitative milestones prove that LK’s design services are a technology driver in the field of precision manufacturing.