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Small and medium-sized manufacturers, particularly those serving the aerospace and defense industries, have access to a wide range of services through CCAT. And because many of these programs are funded through a range of federal or state grants, services are either free or significantly discounted for eligible companies. Servicing manufacturing companies remains a core goal of all of CCAT's mission, and we are constantly evaluating new services to add to our portfolio. Our main services comprise the following:
 A key facet of improved efficiency is knowing how a business compares with its competition; in other words, benchmarking. Benchmarking is a major service provided by CCAT's Manufacturing and Supply Chain Initiative (MSCI). This service is provided to manufacturers and other businesses to help them evaluate their productivity and opportunities for improvement. The benchmarking process allows for a focused assessment of technical capabilities, operating efficiency, lean maturity and market potential. The assessment tool also provides specific opportunities for improvement. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Energy Initiative can connect businesses and other entities with grant programs and other assistance to help trim costs, optimize use and find alternative sources of energy. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. The Connecticut Quality Council (CQC), which is part of CCAT's Manufacturing and Supply Chain Initiative (MSCI), offers a wide range of programs and services aimed at helping organizations in all sectors to improve their quality level, productivity and efficiency. Workshops are developed to provide comprehensive and practical knowledge aimed at successful culture change for the benefit of customers, companies, and employees. Public workshops offer diversity of participant perspective and experiences. CQC also provides private workshops and facilitated hands-on sessions at customer sites or at CCAT’s facility in East Hartford. Conducting a program within an organizational setting allows a company to experience customized content with company-specific exercises. CQC instructors are highly experienced practitioners, and educators who have the ability to custom design and copyrighted their own material. Instructor backgrounds range from professional engineers, certified quality engineers, certified quality auditors, to Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award examiners and Ph.Ds
To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT’s Energy Initiative works with state and local government, renewable energy advocates and other stakeholders to promote advanced renewable energy technologies. This includes working with the Connecticut Agriculture Wind Initiative to identify appropriate sites for wind turbines, and the Low Head Hydropower Initiative, which works with the state, educational institutions and other stakeholders to identify appropriate sites and technologies for hydropower in Connecticut. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Manufacturing and Supply Chain Initiative (MSCI) maintains a tool that allows the user to locate Connecticut Aerospace & Defense Suppliers by capabilities. To use the Supplier Locator, click here.To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT provides a wide range of services for helping companies develop, extend and/or improve supply chains -- all with the goal of linking manufacturers' capabilities and needs with demand for their products. These services can mean different things for different businesses. For OEMs, CCAT can identify local suppliers to meet their needs while reducing costs. For small- and medium-sized manufacturers, CCAT can help these companies evaluate and acquire new business opportunities, as well as assist with growth and expansion. For entrepreneurs, CCAT can match manufacturers to satisfy prototyping needs with a focus on design for producibility. For international companies, CCAT can help create a domestic presence in the United States. For all U.S. manufacturers, CCAT can help penetrate international markets.
To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT’s Education Initiative develops curriculum for programs that enhance student engagement and achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) content areas. CCAT's curriculum modules focus on advanced technology disciplines and emphasize skills such as problem-solving, collaboration and innovation. Recognition of our expertise by formal and informal organizations -- including the CT State Dept. of Education -- has positioned CCAT as a leader in STEM curriculum development. For more information on STEM curriculum development, contact Susan Palisano.
CCAT's Manufacturing and Supply Chain Initiative also works on curriculum development at the community college level. For more information on these programs, contact Bob Torrani.CCAT's Education Initiative spearheads a number of efforts to develop strategic partnerships aimed at offering programs to improve education and workforce development in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT works to foster collaboration between industry, academia and government to find the best way of training the future workforce in advanced technology. This includes the Manufacturing Consortium, which works to ensure that the workforce entering the manufacturing field possesses the skills the industry demands. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. The Connecticut Quality Council (CQC), which is part of CCAT's Manufacturing and Supply Chain Initiative (MSCI), offers a wide range of programs and services aimed at helping organizations in all sectors to improve their quality level, productivity and efficiency. Workshops are developed to provide comprehensive and practical knowledge aimed at successful culture change for the benefit of customers, companies, and employees. Public workshops offer diversity of participant perspective and experiences. CQC also provides private workshops and facilitated hands-on sessions at customer sites or at CCAT’s facility in East Hartford. Conducting a program within an organizational setting allows a company to experience customized content with company-specific exercises. CQC instructors are highly experienced practitioners, and educators who have the ability to custom design and copyrighted their own material. Instructor backgrounds range from professional engineers, certified quality engineers, certified quality auditors, to Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award examiners and Ph.Ds
To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Energy Initiative administers Connecticut's Biodiesel Production and Distribution Grant Program, in partnership with the Department of Economic and Community Development. This program funds Connecticut biodiesel producers or distributors looking to advance and strengthen their business capabilities. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Energy Initiative performs energy analysis to help businesses find more efficient ways of using energy. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. Energy planning represents a significant mission of CCAT's Energy Initiative, which encourages technically supported and environmentally sound energy plans for local communities. CCAT uses a comprehensive process to identify and balance community energy loads with renewable resources, transmission and distribution capabilities and the use of clean and efficient technology.
CCAT can help manufacturers and other energy-intensive businesses evaluate their energy needs and find optimal ways to reduce both cost and waste. This includes finding ways to integrate alternative forms of energy, such as fuel cells. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Energy Initiative is involved in a wide-range of activities aimed at promoting the growth and use of hydrogen/fuel cell technology to meet the region's energy needs. CCAT also administers the Connecticut Hydrogen/Fuel Cell Coalition. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Collaboration Center, which is available for use by outside organizations, includes capabilities for video conferencing, webcasting and other cutting-edge features that foster collaboration. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT operates an in-house incubator which houses technology-focused start-ups. We offer some of the region's best incubator space along with providing tenants access to different programs to assist them in managing and growing their businesses. With two existing facilities and one under development, we currently have over a dozen existing clients that live in a collaborative environment with CCAT's Initiatives, Centers and Laboratories, and their fellow technology based businesses and academic partners. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Laser Applications Laboratory (LAL) researches and field-tests potential new uses for lasers to solve manufacturing, repair and overhaul problems. The LAL conducts laser materials process development and assists in implementation in the areas of drilling, welding, additive manufacturing (cladding), marketing, cutting, machining, coating removal, surface modification and localized heat treatment. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. The Modeling & Simulation program operates a stereo three-dimensional theater which can be used for virtual factory modeling and other manufacturing optimization tools. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Energy Initiative administers four biodiesel programs which are designed to help offset the cost to produce and distribute biodiesel. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT can help companies to obtain funding for research, development and commercialization of nanotechnology. This includes CCAT's Manufacturing and Supply Chain Initiative spearhead The Applied Nanotechnology Consortium (TANC). It also includes the CT SBIR Office, which involves businesses and universities in a grant process that fosters nanotechnology research and potential commercialization. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. Using specialized software, CCAT's Modeling & Simulation program works with companies to build 3D models to visualize and validate process design for assembly and disassembly. These virtual tools allow engineers to determine the best assembly and disassembly process for a given part, and can be used for shop floor instructions, maintenance instructions and training. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Modeling & Simulation program offers specialized services in the areas of computer-assisted design (CAD), computer-assisted manufacturing (CAM) and reverse engineering. For CAD, CCAT works with both SolidWorks® and Autodesk® products, as well as other 3D design validation, product data management and product documentation software. CCAT can help companies to access a set of tools to build virtual prototypes that can analyze how a product will work under real-world conditions before its ever built -- reducing the need for building multiple prototypes.
CCAT also advises companies in the use of CAM software -- such as MasterCAM® and EdgeCAM -- to demonstrate advances in tool path methods, NC file setup and optimization and interoperability with CAD software.
CCAT can also assist companies in the process of reverse engineering a virtual model of an existing part for use in CAD, CAM, Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) and other animation/visualization software. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Modeling & Simulation program has access to the latest software tools to help small manufacturers design and optimize their composite manufacturing processes. The tools include physics-based models for draping fabric onto contoured molds, and resin flowing into shaped performs during the resin transfer molding [RTM] process. Using these tools can give insight into the total process and enables virtual process iterations to save time & money. CCAT continuously looks for emerging tools and helps small manufacturers to determine if they can improve the design of their part manufacturing processes. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Modeling & Simulation program can perform Ergonomic Simulation Analysis, which allows companies visualize and evaluate work cell designs to see how human operators interact with parts, fixtures and tools in a virtual 3D environment. Detailed analysis reports rate workcell designs and operator safety using industry standards. Ergonomic Simulation Analysis software allows saves time and money by identifying accessibility and human safety issues before they become a problem in the real world To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Modeling & Simulation program helps companies apply advanced manufacturing products for metal working process optimization. For CNC milling and turning the trained staff can apply a number of products including AdvantEdge™, Production Module™, Optipath®, CutPro®, and ShopPro® to reduce cycle time, increase tool life, improve surface finish and reduce scrap/rework. Grinding processes can also be analyzed and improved. With the help of GrindSIM a better surface finish and increased wheel life can be realized. Additionally, for broach processes much of the process parameters are built into the tooling. For this the CCAT has acquired Broaching Operation Simulation Software (BOSS) to analyze and design a better broach cutter to optimize the broaching process. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Modeling & Simulation program can advise companies and educators on the use of new methods of measurement techniques, such as non-contact measurement, which can give quicker and more complete information on a particular part. CCAT is also exploring the latest capabilities in traditional contact measurement approaches, including new software tools for more efficient programming of Coordinate Measurement Machines (CMMs). To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Modeling & Simulation program offers several online training programs for manufacturers. CCAT is a training partner of Immersive Engineering and their online virtual CNC machine/programmer training system. This learning productivity tool offers unlimited access to train and rehearse in the Virtual Training Environment for CNC machining. The system enables learners to develop greater confidence and proficiency prior to performing actual procedures and operating equipment. Students can learn to program virtual mills and lathes, gain experience with industrial control panels, edit, load, run and save NC programs, set tool and work offsets, operate touch probes, experiment with stock material removal, apply canned cycles and respond to control alarms.CCAT also offers training in Immersive's online virtual Mastercam software system via the CNC machine/programmer training environment. This includes online, self-directed training for Mastercam computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software users looking for quality Mastercam training. The system allows students to learn at their own pace and benefit from the knowledge of expert corporate trainers who bring their extensive industrial experience and Mastercam mastery to each lesson To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Modeling & Simulation program can help companies to perform robotic feasibility studies and programming in an environment where product data and manufacturing resources can be integrated into a single 3D model. This model forms the basis for the development of robotic processes. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT works with a wide variety of manufacturing companies to deploy technologies that can boost efficiency of factories. A core component of these services involves Value Stream Mapping (VSM), which helps companies to streamline the method in which products move through their manufacturing process. CCAT also advises companies on the use of Statistical Process Control (SPC) programs, which are used to analyze variations in a manufacturing process. Using these and other tools, CCAT's Modeling & Simulation program provides insight into how low-level decisions affect the overall operation of a manufacturing system, as well as the effects of process variability, machine downtime, and resource allocation on system throughput, inventory, and many other metrics. Using this information, CCAT can help companies make smarter decisions about how to increase manufacturing capability. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Laser Applications Laboratory performs equipment evaluation and initial system design for the use of lasers in manufacturing settings. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT Laser Applications Laboratory performs a wide range of activities aimed at field testing and training companies in the use of lasers to drill, weld, cut, machine, mark and notch, as well as research into additive manufacturing, design review and process feasibility. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT's Modeling & Simulation program researches and field tests applications of software technology for improving manufacturers' efficiencies. This includes a wide range of services aimed at optimizing manufacturers' efficiency, as well as training to help companies tackle efficiencies-related issues. Among the area that optimization services are available: assembly sequence development, computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), electronic work instruction analysis, factory modeling, interactive online NC, virtual NC programming and robotic work cell design and offline programming. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT works with a number of partners and organizations that are researching applications of nanotechnology. CCAT can help companies to obtain funding for research, development and commercialization of nanotechnology. This includes CCAT's Manufacturing and Supply Chain Initiative, which facilitates The Applied Nanotechnology Consortium (TANC). For information on TANC, contact Bob Torrani.
A key facet of improved efficiency is knowing how a business compares with its competition; in other words, benchmarking. Benchmarking is a major service provided by CCAT's Manufacturing and Supply Chain Initiative (MSCI). This service is provided to manufacturers and other businesses to help them evaluate their productivity and opportunities for improvement. The benchmarking process allows for a focused assessment of technical capabilities, operating efficiency, lean maturity and market potential. The assessment tool also provides specific opportunities for improvement. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here.
CCAT can help connect new businesses with other business and market analysis providers.
CCAT's Manufacturing and Supply Chain Initiative assists manufacturing companies in creating mutually beneficial, joint marketing efforts. This includes one of CCAT's major events, the Air Show Exhibit Program, in which local aerospace companies participate in an annual trip to either the Farnborough International or Paris Air Show. For more information on the Air Show Exhibit Program. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. CCAT provides a wide range of marketing and communications assistance to client companies. This includes developing brochures, graphics, press releases and performing other public relations efforts to help bolster a client's image and brand. To contact CCAT about this service, please click here. The Connecticut Quality Council (CQC), which is part of CCAT's Manufacturing and Supply Chain Initiative (MSCI), offers a wide range of programs and services aimed at helping organizations in all sectors to improve their quality level, productivity and efficiency. Workshops are developed to provide comprehensive and practical knowledge aimed at successful culture change for the benefit of customers, companies, and employees. Public workshops offer diversity of participant perspective and experiences. CQC also provides private workshops and facilitated hands-on sessions at customer sites or at CCAT’s facility in East Hartford. Conducting a program within an organizational setting allows a company to experience customized content with company-specific exercises. CQC instructors are highly experienced practitioners, and educators who have the ability to custom design and copyrighted their own material. Instructor backgrounds range from professional engineers, certified quality engineers, certified quality auditors, to Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award examiners and Ph.Ds
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For information on services not mentioned above, please contact CCAT.
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