Lower unit costs. Equal or better function.
We systematically reduce the cost of existing drive systems — through redesign, value engineering and alternative sourcing. The lever is engineering knowledge: we understand why a drive costs what it costs, and which function actually needs that money.
The same function. A better price. Proven.
Teardown, redesign and requalification — the drive you already build, engineered to what it should cost.
From teardown to a proven, cheaper drive.
What your drive really costs
We take your drive apart and price every component bottom-up — materials, processes, tolerances, assembly. The result is a ranked list of levers: which measure saves what, at which risk.
You receive — Should-cost breakdown per component and a ranked list of levers
Same function, lower cost
The biggest savings come from redesign, not renegotiation: alternative topologies, materials and tolerances wherever the function allows it. We are technology-open with no product line of our own to defend — so the comparison stays honest.
You receive — Redesigned parts with the cost effect quantified per drawing
Proven equal — before it enters your product
Every changed part goes back to the test bench: performance against the original, lifetime against the real load spectrum. Nothing ships on the promise of being 'equivalent' — you get the evidence.
You receive — Equivalence report — cost-down version vs. original, on the bench
Supply security included
For critical components we qualify a second source alongside the redesign — audited, sampled, approved. Supply security and negotiating room, in one move.
You receive — A qualified second source with approved samples
A decision you can defend
You decide on numbers, not promises: savings per unit, one-off invest, break-even volume and the risk — per measure. Quick wins ship early while deeper redesigns are still in qualification.
You receive — Savings, invest and break-even — per measure, decision-ready
cost-down draws on everything we do: the engineering depth of custom development, the qualified alternatives of our sourcing network, and the test benches that prove equivalence.
How we deliver it — analysis and redesign happen in Austria; alternative parts and processes come from our qualified network in Asia. Requalification runs against your original specification, and DRIVS takes responsibility for the result.
Cost-down is engineering work.
Your teardown is not handed to a purchasing team — it is run by the same engineers who design drives from scratch. You discuss levers, risks and trade-offs directly with them, in German or English, and every measure comes with its technical reasoning.
Start with a teardown.
Send us your drive — or its BOM and drawings. You get a first cost assessment: the levers we see, each with an estimated saving and its risk. Happy to sign an NDA first.