Industrial Innovation Studios for Accelerated Product Development

Developing, Advancing, Applying Discoveries and Breakthroughs To Drive Innovation-Catalysed, Enduring Competitive Advantages

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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.

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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.

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INNOVATION
INFRASTRUCTURE

Forge’s Innovation Infrastructure includes the various machinery, equipment, and tools to help innovators design, build, test, and manufacture industrial tech solutions. This comprehensive infrastructure setup comprises 3 labs including Product Innovation Labs, Product Compliance Labs, and Pilot Production Facilities.

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Product Design & Development

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:

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS & COBOTICS

6-Axis Multifunctional Industrial Robot, Robotic Controllers, Robotic Design & Build Tools

ELECTRONICS DESIGN, TEST & VERIFICATION

Multifunctional & Mixed-Signal Oscilloscopes, Function/Signal Generator Network/Spectrum Analysers, Industrial Grade Simulators

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN & FABRICATION

Machining Workbench Tools, Power Tools & Laser Cutters Advanced CAD/CAM/CAE Design & Simulation Tools

ACCELERATED COMPUTING SYSTEMS

Edge IoT & Edge AI Processors and Advanced Workstations

CYBER PHYSICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS

Vision Intelligence Systems, Drives & Actuators for Automation & Mechatronics, and HMI & PLC Systems

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Industrial-Grade Multi-material 3D Printers and 3D Scanners

ELECTRONICS RAPID PROTOTYPING

PCB Assembly & Testing Station, PCB Design Software, and Electronics Prototyping Toolkits

INDUSTRIAL METAVERSE

VR/MR Headsets, CAD/CAM to AR/VR Translation Softwares Metaverse SDKs, and 3D Visualisation Softwares

Product Verification, Validation & Pre-Certification

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.

Electrical Compliance

Electrical Compliance

ESG Testing, Hipot Testing, Earth Testing, Current Leakage Testing, Harmonic Analysis, Battery Testing, and Motor Analysis

Mechanical Compliance

Mechanical Compliance

Vibration Testing, Sound Level Testing, Coating Thickness Measurement, Dimensional Measurements, Flaw Detection, Ingress Protection Test Chambers, and Coordinate Measurement Machines

Electronics Compliance

Electronics Compliance

Flying Probe Testing and EMC/EMI Testing & Compliance

Low Volume Production of Hardware Products & Industrial Systems

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.

Electronics Manufacturing

Electronics Manufacturing

PCB Design, Fabrication & Assembly

Mechanical Fabrication

Mechanical Fabrication

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
ACCELERATION

Supplementing its world-class technical infrastructure, Forge.Labs also provides the requisite processes, tools, techniques, and technical expertise applied in product development to help innovators build industry-grade products that achieve Product-Market Fit in the shortest time, at the lowest cost, and with minimal risk.

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Startup Product Management (SPM) Practices to Accelerate Product Market Fit (PMF)

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

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

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

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.

Accelerating the Translation of Industrial Tech IPs into Commercial Products

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:

Innovation Grants

Innovation Grants for Product Development

Enabling prototypes to mature into market-ready solutions.

Techno-Managerial Expertise

Techno-Managerial Expertise

Access to in-house and external experts offering techno-managerial expertise.

Human Resource Augmentation

Human Resource Augmentation

Scaling up product development capacity by augmenting additional resources.

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