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EPIC Semiconductors
Project description:
EPIC Semiconductors is looking to establish a partnership with an industrial manufacturer to develop and deploy a comprehensive blockchain secured, AI supported production chain using its proprietary Smart Dust sensors (microscopic AI sensor chips) for Industry 4.0 solutions.
THEIR EXPERTISE:
To meet the growing need for connectivity, EPIC Semiconductors has developed microscopic Artificial Intelligence Chips that can Feel, Think and Learn.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR:
Industrial manufacturers with facilities that are interested in working with EPIC Semiconductor.
Mazlite Inc.
Project description:
To deploy their industrial IoT sensor platform for direct imaging of sprays and powders in industrial spaces. Their sensor measures sprays and performs real-time analysis for QA/QC and preventative maintenance. The sensor images the nozzle and sprays and generates real-time analytics using machine vision and AI. Their sensor can add value to every stage of a spray process, including nozzle selection, process parameters selection, and in-situ real-time monitoring to reduce defects and waste. This project would help validate the use of our technology and quantifiably determine the savings obtained by leveraging our platform in an industrial spraying application.
About MazLite:
Mazlite offers an industrial optimization platform targeting sprays and powders in manufacturing. Mazlite’s cloud-based platform combines a unique Industrial IoT sensor for direct measurement, custom software with real-time analytics/AI, and an end-to-end cloud data management system. Mazlite provides a complete solution to improve spray processes in manufacturing.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
THEIR EXPERTISE AND ROLE IN THE PROJECT:
Combined 50+ years research experience in sprays and atomization
Our equipment has been validated by major pharmaceutical and automotive paint companies
Utilise our sensor measure the sprays in industrial spraying and provide real-time feedback
Data acquisition and processing of all data from our sensor and all other performance data from the customer
Machine learning and AI algorithm development
EXPERTISE THEY ARE SEEKING:
A suitable partner would be interested in optimizing their complex spraying processes in industrial applications. They may be facing issues in nozzle selection, determining the optimal spray operating settings, or maintaining consistency in their spraying process in order to reduce waste and increase the quality of work. Alternatively, a suitable partner could be a company that works alongside another customer that has issues with their spray processes. In this case we could consider a joint partnership project.
If you are interested please complete the following form.
Mech Solutions Ltd.
Project description:
Cloud 3D Print is a cloud-based software and hardware platform that links up 3D printing workspace and lets users manage the project workflow remotely. By using an IoT control panel, called the Cloud 3D Panel, users can connect multiple 3D printers and control and monitor them through the software platform. Features include 3D Printing online slicing, control and monitor, project management, online storage, and 3D printing reporting. Cloud 3D Print is designed to make a leap forward in the ease of use and affordability of 3D printing by focusing on key issues; it reduces failed prints and shortens printing time, prompt if failures happen and creates a comprehensive management software.
About Mech Solutions
Mech Solutions Ltd is an Ontario-based 3D printing company, started in January 2017. It provides one time stop for all 3D printing needs. The service includes 3D printing retailing, 3D printing service, mechanical design, simulation, and 3D printing related software.
Since 3D printing technology is evolving very quickly due to rapid changes in the industry, innovation is key to remaining competitive and leading the industry. Our team consists of well trusted 3D printing professionals who have several years industry experience and are continuously being trained in the use of new technologies like Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT).
Our mission is to take 3D printing to the next level by introducing efficiencies in the 3D printing process by focusing on crucial issues revolving around additive manufacturing technology primarily in the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) printers. In addition to working on increasing 3D printer efficiencies, we are also working on making improvements to the 3D printing process so that it is accessible to more people through our Cloud 3D Print management software.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
Development of a 3D printing management platform that integrates all major 3D printing procedure onto one platform, reducing printing costs, print errors and making the overall 3D print process more accessible.
Introduce efficiencies in 3D printing process through AI and deep learning to reduce costs of failed prints.
Establish Mech Solutions as a leader in 3D Printing technology innovation with the ultimate goal of manufacturing smart 3D printers.
THEIR EXPERTISE AND ROLE IN THE PROJECT:
They have developed a comprehensive 3D printing management system which includes online slicing, control, monitor, project management, storage, and failure detection.
They can also provide customizable 3D printing solutions based on their partner’s request.
Comprehensive R&D knowledge of 3D printing technology and software development with a team that has been working on this project for the last few years.
EXPERTISE THEY ARE SEEKING:
A company who is manufacturing 3D printers and will allow us to test our technology in collaboration with their software and hardware platforms. We are liking to collaborate with high end print manufacturers or companies having access to high end printers to test our software with.
Additionally, we are looking for a company that is also doing R&D work with any type of 3D printers (FDM, SLS, SLA etc.) and can offer new innovations that we can collaborate on together to make the 3D printing process more robust.
If you are interested please complete the following form.
Empower Operations
Project description:
Many manufactures already collect production data, but rarely exploit it. This project aims to exploit existing manufacturing process data (additional data acquisition also possible). The data provided by the partner will be analysed and utilized in support of machine learning in order to improve the manufacturing process.
About Empower Operations
Empower Operations is an AI algorithm company specializing in industry applications including product design, process improvement, and data management and analytics. Clients include a number of Fortune 500 companies.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
Link defects to their causation
Determine appropriate thresholds for manufacturing parameters based on data (not engineers experience / guessing)
Improve product quality
Reduce/remove reliance on experience and trial-and-error methodologies
Create software tools for efficient future application of technologies
THEIR EXPERTISE AND ROLE IN THE PROJECT:
Machine learning and AI algorithms
Data acquisition and processing
Optimization algorithms
Software development
EXPERTISE THEY ARE SEEKING:
Manufactures in metals/plastics industries (e.g. casting, injection molding)
Preferably medium to high volume
Preferably with existing production data acquisition systems in place
Desire to improve one or more of: quality, yield, process control, process understanding (link defects to causation)
Ability to quantify improvement that the application of technology has yielded
If you are interested please complete the following form.
Cast Analytics
Project description:
For a manufacturing process, via the use of; computational modeling, optimization & software tools:
About Cast Analytics
Cast Analytics is focused on improving manufacturing processes via the application of computational modeling tools and numerical optimization. A strong emphasis is placed on understanding the fundamental physics of the manufacturing process and validation against acquired high resolution production data sets.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
Reduction in process development time and cost
Increase productivity
Improve product quality
Reduce/remove reliance on experience and trial and error methodologies
Create software tools for efficient future application of technologies
THEIR EXPERTISE AND ROLE IN THE PROJECT:
Developing validated computational models
Optimization and AI algorithms
Software development
EXPERTISE THEY ARE SEEKING:
Manufactures in metals/plastics industries (e.g. casting, injection molding)
Preferably medium to high volume
Desire to improve one or more of: quality, productivity, development process
CAE software tool providers
If you are interested please complete the following form.
Boardera Software Inc.
Project description:
Boardera and its partners intend to create an online marketplace to provide a fair, open platform for electronic manufacturers and customers to connect and quickly turn designs into finished products. This marketplace will utilize Boardera’s eManufacturing software to accurately capture the design intent and drastically reduce the time and cost required to bring a new PCB product to market.
About Boardera Software Inc.
We are a Canadian software company enabling other Canadian companies to bring their electronic products to market faster, with fewer errors and for less expense.
We are significantly lowering the barrier to market for start-ups and at the same time allowing large companies to reduce their R&D expenses and time to market.
All of this is accomplished by virtually manufacturing their product in Boardera’s webapp before the first prototype is built, which identifies problems not only with the design but also with the supply chain. Once all the issues are corrected the customer can simply 'add to cart' and receive their products. www.Boardera.ca
PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
Launch a Canadian based PCB/PCBA marketplace
Increase Canadian Contract Manufacturer’s global competitiveness
Remove barriers for hardware start-ups to get to market
Simplify PCB/PCBA manufacturing processes
THEIR EXPERTISE AND ROLE IN THE PROJECT:
Contribution of background IP of webapp for PCB and PCBA intent capture
Industry leading software automation development team
Extensive experience digitizing the electronics manufacturing process
Project leadership, sales, marketing and project management
EXPERTISE THEY ARE SEEKING:
1.Electronics Engineering to assess onboarding and ordering of PCB/PCBAs, contribute to requirements and overall user experience.
2.Manufacturing partner to test and provide input regarding manufacturing packages, patterns and processes .
If you are interested please complete the following form.
AutoMetrics
Manufacturing Technologies Inc.
Project description:
This project leverages a tier 1 and 2 metallic structural component manufacturer’s process data and automated welding facility to elevate AutoMetrics’ machine learning-powered system for production-level deployment and to equip the manufacturer with the latest intelligent welding process monitoring technology capable of providing automated feedback and integration with closed-loop control systems.
About AutoMetrics
AutoMetrics is an industrial automation startup company focused on development and commercialization of automated and responsive process monitoring systems primarily for robotic welding industry. The company is committed to deploying advanced technologies to give machines the intelligence to understand welding and quality!
Our team has an excellent track record in developing enterprise-level machine-learning powered software solutions with expertise in modern manufacturing technologies, robotics, artificial intelligence, software development, and hardware design.
At AutoMetrics, our product design, and development is aligned with three key features: remote monitoring, modular integration, and robust performance.
Project objectives:
Deploy real-time monitoring system in a large-scale operation platform
Aggregate data for further development, via field-tests and existing data
Pilot finalized welding monitoring system with automated feedback module
Validation tests as required for launching a seamless-integrable system
Their expertise and role in the project:
AutoMetrics will incorporate their monitoring system featuring camera, electrical, and positional sensors. This includes process deviation detection components that are tested for accuracy and real-time performance. They look to aggregate data for validation, performance improvement, and development of the automated feedback module. Their system is modular and will monitor ongoing operations without interruption.
They will base the deployment in operation lines on our in-house developed user interface and systematically work with partners to customize to their operation. They are open to discuss exclusive software/user-interface customizations given the scope of the partnership.
Expertise required:
They are looking for tier 1 and 2 manufacturers with expertise in metallic structures with mission-critical weldment. The manufacturer has strict weld quality requirements and facilities including multiple robots, welding machines, and ideally vision and control systems.
If you are interested please complete the following form.
CAST Group of Companies
Project description:
To demonstrate tracking of employees, equipment, robots and carts exposed to hazardous areas, machinery and robotics in environments where humans and these factors interact on a daily basis. Ideal scenario would be multiple tiers of access to different areas. Using BlackTrax and some customized software we can provide the location (real-time and historical) to stop machinery, send alerts, or signals to managers as well as flag unauthorized access to areas where there are major safety and or security concerns.
About CAST:
At CAST, we value developing products that allow people to be more innovative and daring by realizing efficiencies through our technology. Our mission is to design products that are robust, practical, and adaptable. We believe that our products should interconnect with all the significant entertainment hardware available from various manufacturers.
CAST has over 25 years of experience in innovation development and fostering new ideas in technology and innovation. Starting with our CAD based lighting visualization software WYSIWYG we changed an entire industry, how they operate and turned a large energy consumption endeavor such as pre-viz for a live event and turned it green through digitalization.
CAST is proud to be a wholly Canadian owned company that has thrived on innovation and automation through its product offerings. We come to the table with a worldwide network of partners and distributors.
Project objectives:
Provide Historical and Real-Time location information via BlackTrax
Create series of alerts, flags and actions based on the movement of people
Intermediary software to layout floor plans, create zones, triggers and logging.
Partnership with experiences Manufacturing and warehousing company
Their expertise and role in the project:
We have an already tested and seasoned tracking system of 10 years +. Our Real-time tracking used in the live entertainment, broadcast industry and custom interactions deployments through the employ of lighting, robotics, media and more is used worldwide
Using our open sourced protocol we are able to connect to many and any systems simultaneously delivering sub-millimeter accuracy in X,Y,Z, Yaw, Pitch, Roll. We employ a fully aided tracking system through employing Visual based data, IMU and algorithmic data.
Depending on resources and funding we would be able to create the necessary interaction software and link it with our BlackTrax Tracking System as well as our WYSIWYG Visualization software.
Expertise required:
Manufacturing integration and infrastructure partners.
Robotics and Factory/warehouse/manufacturing partners.
Automation in Manufacturing and warehousing experts and influencers
If you are interested please complete the following form.
Pacefactory
Project description: Pacefactory has developed a real-time production efficiency monitoring solution using video analytics to track combined machine and human performance metrics. This analytical approach can simultaneously find quality and safety anomalies in production patterns, while visually representing problem solving examples for teams to collaborate on. The result is a consultative problem solving tool that rapidly increases productivity and profitability of manufacturing operations
Pacefactory is a video analytics software company that uses computer vision, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies to help manufacturing companies in the areas of worker safety, product quality and production efficiency. It is essentially a new technology for industrial applications to help improve safety and profitability of companies.
Project objectives:
Evaluate complex manufacturing environments
Identify top losses including labour utilization
Use video examples for problem solving and training
Use real time computer vision and AI to sustain results
Expertise and role in the project:
Providing software development resources
Expertise needed:
Manufacturing sites with complex issues in efficiency, quality or safety
Labour or capacity constrained environments
Change management, training and implementation expertise
Manufacturing consultants
If you are interested please complete the following form.
CCRM Enterprises
Project description:
PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
Process development and scale-up for 5-7 SME’s with novel CGT IP
Develop a novel platform technologies for advanced CGT manufacturing
Integrate SME processes and manufacturing platforms into a best-in-class CDMO serving the North American CGT market
OUR EXPERTISE AND ROLE IN THE PROJECT:
Process development (PD) and scale-up for new CGT technologies and products.
Facilities for Phase I and II clinical grade production of GMP products.
Advanced manufacturing platforms (e.g. closed, automated, scalable, and quality systems) for CGT manufacturing.
Understanding of industry and global network.
EXPERTISE WE ARE SEEKING:
Companies with CGT therapy products at TRL 4 – 6 requiring PD and GMP manufacturing.
Companies with CGT manufacturing platform technologies that can be developed and integrated into the CDMO as a service offering to SMEs.
Partners in regulatory approval; training; logistics; supply chain; and distribution.
If you are interested please complete the following form.
JITbase
Project Description: Dynamic scheduling for CNC production.
Complete integrated dynamic scheduling solution that includes optimal scheduling, GPS for the CNC machinist on the shop-floor (JITbase current product), and automatic rescheduling based on live production data.
JITbase will provide:
Looking for:
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