Athritis Rehabilitation Device: The JYM
Company: Nigami
Country: Australia
Owner: Michel Jones
Units Manufactured: 10,000
Michael Jones is a young entrepreneur from Australia who spotted the need for an easy to use exercise device that allows the user of any level of fitness to train a variety of muscles. He came to Titoma with 130 pages of market research and had already made 15 rounds of prototypes himself, including a proof of concept cobbled together from elements of a weighing scale.
After Michael had consulted many product development and manufacturing companies in Australia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, they concluded that Titoma was to be their best partner to help bring the JYM to market.
Developing this product was Michael’s personal motivation. JYM is a compact and revolutionary device that combines isometric and static exercises using the body’s own resistance to strengthen and tone muscles and reduce pain and strain on joints. However transforming his vision in a real product was difficult because of the high development and production costs. A company able to optimize his project to reach high qualities standards and low cost manufacturing was what he was looking for.
The numbers quoted to him by companies in Australia were around 100% higher on NRE (Non Recurring Expenses, i.e. design and molds) and 50% on the products. Of course it would have been cheaper still to go directly with a factory in China, but Michael was worried about quality issues and IP protection.
“More importantly,” Michael said, “most factories in China do not have adequate design capabilities. And if you pay peanuts you get monkeys.”
Originally, Titoma had intended to develop the JYM with a sporting goods manufacturer, which was logical, but that would have made development more costly. So Titoma found a skilled factory that was able to make the key components for a more competitive price.
Even while working with an excellent facility, issues popped up during the development and manufacturing stages, and Titoma had resolve issues to ensure the success of the project. One issue involved the housing material because the first prototype had some shrinkage on the grips. Not only did the new material resolve the shrinkage problems, it also gave the device better handling. Additionally, Titoma engineers made modifications to the original design: There was not enough room for the rubber grip, the display was not perfectly centralized, and the PCB mold had to be changed.
According to Michael, “Nigami already has products lined up for the coming year, and we look forward to working with Titoma again.”
Titoma provided turnkey development on the JYM, which included:
Development
Industrial design in 3D
Mechanical engineering
Electronic Development
Prototyping (In Form Factor)
Manufacturing ramp-up
RoHs/CE approval
Tooling
Tooling for top housing
Tooling for lower housing
Tooling for LCD lens
Tooling for battery cover
Tooling for handle pieces
Tooling for PCB
Tooling for Packaging, Manual
Certification
ROHS Testing and Report
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