The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) announced the official launch of its Manufacturing Innovation Fund Engineering Internship Program. CCAT is partnering with the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), and innovative companies across the State, to create a vibrant student-employer community that fosters professional and personal development and exposure to rewarding careers in manufacturing.
Bill Waseleski shares how he solved his supply chain issue and remained competitive through free state resources, 3D printing, and the Advanced Technology Center.
Bill Waseleski hit a wall during his search for a replacement part. He wasn’t able to order it from the original manufacturer or anywhere else. The president of Century Spring Manufacturing Co. in Bristol was starting to worry that his shop’s productivity would take a dip if he didn’t find a replacement soon. READ MORE
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To bring leading-edge metrology solutions to the U.S., last year Sensofar added its 3D optical, non-contact measurement systems to the metrology capabilities within our Advanced Technology Center. Developing strategic partnerships with technology leaders like Sensofar allows CCAT to deliver the greatest value to the manufacturing supply chain — increasing its…
Last year, Carlton Industries was struggling with outdated equipment that was slowing productivity. For this, they turned to Connecticut’s Money for Manufacturing program for support — matching grant voucher programs for manufacturing companies, powered by CCAT. We recently visited Carlton’s facility to talk with Vice President Weston See who oversees production and quality, to see how the company’s technology investments are going.
The State of Connecticut is focused on supporting and expanding its significant defense technology research, development, and production capabilities. The State is working to ensure that the Connecticut supply chain is positioned to implement modern manufacturing tools to compete favorably against any manufacturing sector in the world. Adoption of digital manufacturing tools, specifically model-based definition (MBD), will be a future requirement for suppliers to meet cost and performance standards on next generation programs of record.
The State’s Chief Manufacturing Officer, Paul Lavoie, explains the value of the Digital Model Initiative at the state and national level here.
CONNSTEP, Connecticut’s NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), developed the Guide to Digital Transformation (right).
The main objective of this program is to help Connecticut small and medium sized defense suppliers adopt MBD digital manufacturing technologies through six pilot cases. This includes:
MBD file handling tutorial
Creation of CNC toolpaths in Solidworks
Inspection programming in Geomagic
Automated First Article Inspection
Automated CMM programming
Benefits of MBD for CNC programming
Machine Tool Probing
Renishaw
Automated Metrology in Solidworks
Origin CheckMate
In Solidworks: CAD, CAM and CMM
CCAT
Creation of QIF Dataset
CAPVIDIA
Evaluation of Quality Results
CAPVIDIA
Creation of Technical Data Package SIEMENS
This product was funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation. The grant was awarded to the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development for use during the Digital Model Initiative and does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Defense. The U.S. Department of Defense makes no guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, with respect to such information, including any information on linked sites and including, but not limited to, accuracy of the information or its completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability, or ownership.
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This week Made in America with Ari Santiago is on the road for a special episode at the Advanced Composites Technology Center at Goodwin University, featuring Jacquelynn Garofano, Chief Technology Officer at CCAT. Jackie and Ari tackle some of the hottest topics in the manufacturing industry including great career opportunities,…
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