Wave Water Heater Design

Name: Wave Water Heater Design
Brand: AMD Techlab

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Manufacturing-Ready Design

Developed with production feasibility as a primary objective, ensuring the concept is suitable for high-volume manufacturing while minimizing tooling complexity, production costs, and assembly effort.

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Injection Moulding Optimized

Designed using Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles including controlled draft angles, consistent wall thickness, generous radii, and tooling-friendly geometry for reliable injection mould production.

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Production-Oriented Engineering

Engineered with a practical component architecture that supports repeatable manufacturing, efficient assembly, simplified tooling, and dependable long-term production scalability.

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Service-Friendly Construction

Internal packaging allows straightforward access to functional components, improving assembly efficiency, future maintenance, and overall product serviceability throughout its lifecycle.

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Premium Consumer Appliance Styling

Wave-inspired surface detailing creates a refined visual identity while maintaining clean proportions, balanced form, and manufacturing-friendly surfaces suitable for modern appliance production.

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The engineering behind it.

The objective was to create a modern storage water heater with a softer, more premium visual language than conventional flat-panel appliances.

The enclosure was developed around injection moulding best practices, ensuring the decorative wave surfaces remained practical for tooling while preserving structural integrity and production efficiency.

Particular attention was given to balancing aesthetics with manufacturability. Surface transitions were simplified, wall sections were controlled for mouldability, and the internal architecture was planned to support straightforward assembly and servicing.

The resulting concept combines premium industrial design with production-ready engineering, delivering an appliance that is visually distinctive, practical to manufacture, and suitable for scalable consumer product development.

Draft Angle Analysis

Every face verified for clean ejection.

Parting Line Optimisation

Positioned to minimise slider actions and tooling cost.

Wall Thickness Mapping

Uniform walls for consistent fill and no sink marks.

Ejection & Cooling Layout

Ejector and cooling-channel strategy defined for the toolroom.