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NCMS Partners with the University of Michigan for Michigan Robotics Day

The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is hosting its fifth annual Michigan Robotics Day bringing together on April 9, 2015 at the University of Michigan’s North Campus Research Complex. The University of Michigan’s Department of Engineering has been a partner of the NCMS for this event since 2011, and together the organizations are proud to host this event for the state of Michigan. This year, Ford Motor Company is the exclusive automotive sponsor for the event.

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CTMA Recently Completed Projects

2D/3D Data Model Collaboration Between FRC Southwest, FRC East & FRC Southeast The project focused on allowing resources from other FRC locations to participate in any portion of the Manufacturing Model Management System process via remote access to FRC Southwest’s PLM environment to prove the “One FRC” concept promoted by COMFRC. Capabilities to search and […]

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CTMA Project Announcement: Joint Intermittence Testing (JIT) Capability – Phase II

Intermittent faults are a growing problem in electronic equipment, and many of the maintenance problems are due to material fatigue and inter-connectivity problems between electronic components or assemblies.  Hard failure, where wiring issues are consistent, are relatively routine to detect and fix.  However, major electrical issues occur when the electrical fault appears only intermittently, in […]

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NAMC Publishes Defense Mobility Enterprise (DME) FY15/16 Annual Plan

December 18, 2014. The National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC) published the Defense Mobility Enterprise (DME) FY15/16 Annual Plan on December 18th, 2014. This marks the first step in an Annual Plan cycle which includes industry white paper submissions and eventually project proposal submissions. The Annual Plan contains 148 projects the Government is seeking to fund in FY15 & FY16 under their Section 845 Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) managed by the Vehicle and Robotics Alliance Program Office (VRA PO) at TARDEC in Warren, MI.

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Exoskeleton Technology Comes Down to Earth

November 18, 2014 – When Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) strapped on that massive combat exoskeleton in the 1986 movie, Alien, you knew the rampaging extraterrestrial was in for a world of hurt.

More recently Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems have been designing and testing their own exoskeletons – but rather than combating murderous aliens, these suits are destined for more benign uses.

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Cumul8 Helps Manufacturer Increase Productivity

November 14, 2014 Earlier this year Cumul8 signed its first manufacturing client, ACE Clearwater Enterprises. Established in 1949, California-based ACE Clearwater is a leader in the aerospace and power generation industries.

A video case study of the project is now available for viewing on the Cumul8 website (http://cumul8.com/approach). This video shows the Cumul8 team working directly with the client, using an innovative approach to solving its data challenges and demonstrating the benefits of the Cumul8 product. The results are expected to increase productivity and communication flow between ACE Clearwater and its end customers.

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NCMS joins the National Alliance for Jobs and Innovation (NAJI)

October 6, 2014 – Washington, DC- The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) has joined the National Alliance for Jobs and Innovation (NAJI), a partnership of concerned businesses and industry experts working together to stop unfair competition from the use of stolen intellectual property (IP), whether it be through piracy, counterfeiting, or trade secret theft.

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