Portescap manufactures high-quality miniature electric motors for integration into medical and industrial products. During product development, the engineers and product developers of Portescap’s clients often need to obtain sample products to test in their potential designs. Sifting through Portescap’s extensive catalog for products that fit clients’ specific application needs can be challenging, so DMC helped develop the Portescap MotionCompass site to meet this need.
This project started with Portescap's internal motor selection algorithm. Portescap developed a system that allows the user to input the desired motor torque, speed, power, and other criteria, such as size and electrical requirements. The algorithm then returns motors that fit the user's application based on the target specs. DMC worked with Portescap to transfer this algorithm to the web, giving end users the ability to browse the product catalogue and compare product specification and operating graphs at the operating points specific to their application.
DMC and Portescap worked together on a UI design concept phase to determine the layout of the tool's desired features. The process included brainstorming sessions, research, sketches, and complete design mockups.
Motion Compass uses a SQL server database backend containing the catalogue and an ASP.NET front end with custom C# code. The system is built using existing third-party tools, such as DNN for user integration, to reduce development time and cost. Other features include Salesforce integration, allowing Portescap to use this as a lead generation tool for new users that register on the site, and E-commerce and order fulfillment integration. DMC hosts the development site locally to test upgrades and changes before deployment with the help of Portescap's IT department.
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