Tender is a Somerville based company that aims to address climate change brought about by the agricultural industry by producing the next generation of alternative meat products.
The mechanical engineering team served as the backbone of developing in-house systems for manufacturing product.
Crab Cake Mold
Upscaling Support | 2 Weeks
Co-workers in the production team wanted a way to produce more than one crab cake at a time.
Food-safe device designed in accordance with FDA regulation to produce 16 crab cakes.
Collected user feedback from co-workers to optimize handle design for ease of use with wet and slippery gloves in a kitchen.
Product proved successful and has been adopted by food production staff.
Sanitary Adapter
Upscaling R&D | 1 Week
Engineering team wanted to try swapping parts between 2 different manufacturing systems, but they needed an adapter to make the pieces fit.
Food-safe product that was designed to allow the engineering team to experiment with different product manufacturing systems
Product designed in Onshape and 3D-printed with Onyx®
Product successfully allowed the engineering team to mix and match components to explore different manufacturing systems.
Value Awards
Company Culture | 1 Week
Tender has a culture of giving out awards every quarter to their employees to celebrate the successes of their employees, particularly those who embody the values of the company
HR lead wanted to create trophies for the awards to help boost company morale
Product designed in Onshape and 3D-printed with Onyx®
Trophies were well received amongst coworkers and company value awards became more popular