Thermo Fisher Scientific develops advanced electron microscopes at its Eindhoven site. For a customer‑specific configuration, additional functionality had to be integrated into an existing platform without increasing the footprint and while fully maintaining the machine’s Design for Serviceability philosophy.
To support this, PDM collaborated with Thermo Fisher’s engineering team to design the cable infrastructure for the added systems and peripherals. The task: fit new control, sensor and power cabling, fluid hoses, mechanical brackets and dynamic breaches into a tightly packed 3 × 3 × 5-meter housing, with enough structure and space left for future options.
Throughout the project, both Thermo Fisher and the end customer continued to refine requirements. This made adaptability essential. PDM ensured the design remained robust, modular and easy to service, while still flexible enough to accommodate frequent updates. By clustering the additional cabling into clear modules and routing them cleanly along existing mechanical structures, the upgrade aligned seamlessly with the architecture of the base machine.
The result is a clear and repeatable design package: 3D representations of the cabling routes, supported by structured documentation including cable length tables. This allows Thermo Fisher to reproduce the configuration consistently for future customers — and maintain serviceability even as systems evolve.
As Thermo Fisher put it:
“PDM was flexible with our customer’s changing new insights.”
— Project Leader, Thermo Fisher Scientific
