On September 30th, we introduced to the NFT community a revolutionary product, DeFrame, a web3-native digital art frame that preserves NFT ownership across blockchains in real life. We are extremely fortunate to be trusted by supporters from around the world who believed in our mission, purchased our products, and became our companions in this daring adventure pursuing a grand vision - creating a decentralized network of digital art.
The public sale marked the beginning of this journey and our team has dedicated all our time and effort to move things forward such that DeFrame can be delivered to the hands of our supporters as soon as we possibly could.
We are immensely proud of what we have achieved and have decided to document the ongoing production and development process in public so our supporters and the general NFT community can witness the creation of this amazing product.
So, what have we done in the past few weeks?
Precision matters when it comes to mass production. A single point of failure can render a whole batch of products obsolete during the production stage. Even though we have already performed a few rounds of prototyping before launch, we feel obligated to carry out a final round of control experiments in order to ensure that the parameters we obtained from previous prototypes can reproduce consistent results and comply with our specifications and product requirements.
Our team of industrial engineers, mechanical engineers, and electronic engineers spent two weeks on the final pre-production unit. A series of evaluations were conducted to examine the integrity of assembly methods, color consistency, material tolerance, mechanical stability, and a wide spectrum of quality-related product attributes.
All parameters passed the acceptance threshold and we are confident to proceed to the production stage.
The pre-production unit provided positive signals to initiate production. It’s time to apply those precise parameters to our manufacturing process to ensure consistent product quality at scale.
We transferred the CAD file, Bill of Materials (BOM), and all required schematics and documentation to our manufacturing unit. The on-site production manager and mechanical engineers began producing the metal mold and related developer toolings.
Workers at the manufacturing unit are given the standard operating procedure which contains precise guidelines for every individual step in the manufacturing and assembling process. Production will begin once the metal mold and developer toolings are ready (~ 1 week).
An initial batch of production-grade units will be produced with the given specifications. Quality assurance tests will be carried out to examine the performance of the designed manufacturing process and parameters.
Mass production will begin once the results are satisfactory.
Laboratory certification. In order to obtain the required documents for customs clearance.
Distribution. We’ve employed an experienced logistics company that handles global shipping.
Everything is looking great to this point. Our team will continue to stretch our limits and relentlessly push the manufacturing process forward. We can’t wait to deliver DeFrame to your hands.
Stay tuned to our next progress update!
Monumint Labs, Creator of DeFrame