Value Added Engineering

Frontier proposed an unsolicited redesign of the existing SB-4229/SP RADDS Switchboard. The result has been a dramatic savings in cost, space, downtime and maintainability.

                                      

Old SB-4229/SP Design

  •    Weight 400 lbs

  •    Volume 24.4 cu. ft.

  •    Circuit Card Assemblies 97

  •    Parts Count 10,000

  •    MTBF 2,000

  •    MTTR 30 Minutes

 

 

 New SRS-88 Design

  •    Cost $40,000

  •    Weight 90 lbs

  •    Volume 7.08 cu. ft.

  •    Circuit Card Assemblies 27

  •    Parts Count 1,500

  •    MTBF 5,000

  •    MTTR 15 Minutes

 


%Reduction/Improvement

  •    Cost 67%
  •    Weight 77.5%
  •    Volume 70.9%
  •    Circuit Card Assemblies 72.2%
  •    Parts Count 85%
  •    MTBF 150%
  •    MTTR 50%