The time required to design a new electric pencil sharpener will vary depending on a variety of factors, including but not limited to design complexity, technical implementation difficulty, team experience, market research depth, number of prototyping iterations, and testing cycles. Here’s a rough time frame, but please note that this is just a guide for electric pencil sharpeners and actual times may vary:
- Concept and market research (1-2 weeks):
- Determine product positioning, target users and market demand.
- Collect competing product information and analyze advantages and disadvantages.
- Initial conception of product design concept, functional features and appearance style.
- Detailed design and scheme design (2-3 weeks):
- Deepen the design concept and draw preliminary design sketches and 3D models.
- Select key components such as motor type, transmission mechanism, blade material and structure.
- Develop electrical and control system plans, including battery selection, charging management, motor drive, etc.
- Conduct design evaluation and adjustments in terms of safety, durability and ease of use.
- Prototyping and testing (2-4 weeks):
- Prototype, which may require multiple rounds of iterations to resolve issues in the design.
- Conduct functional tests, including pencil sharpening effect, noise control, battery life, etc.
- Safety testing to ensure that the product has no safety hazards such as sharp edges and leakage.
- User experience testing, collecting feedback for product optimization.
- Appearance design finalization and mold development (3-5 weeks):
- Adjust the appearance design based on feedback and determine the final plan.
- Make appearance models for presentation and marketing.
- Mold design and manufacturing to prepare for mass production.
- Mass production preparation and trial production (4-5 weeks):
- Prepare raw materials, accessories and production line equipment required for production.
- Conduct small batch production tests to verify production efficiency, quality control and cost-effectiveness.
- Adjust production processes and techniques based on trial production results.
- Marketing and sales preparation (1-2 weeks):
- Develop marketing strategy, pricing strategy and sales channel strategy.
- Prepare product instructions, packaging design and marketing materials.
- Train sales staff and customer service team.
