New, standard warranty covers core and high-tech products in addition to OSP and FANUC machine controls.
Okuma America Corp. is offering a standard warranty program for new machine tool purchases, including coverage for all Okuma core and high tech products as well as OSP and FANUC controls.
The core product lineup carries a standard, 3-year machine warranty and a 5-year warranty on Okuma OSP controls. Core products include:
The high-tech product lineup carries a standard 2-year machine warranty and a 5-year warranty on Okuma OSP controls. High tech products include:
All FANUC controlled machines carry a 2-year warranty for the machine and control. Warranties for Okuma products also include 1 year of labor coverage.
“Our mission at Okuma is to passionately pursue a customer for life. Our new standard warranty shows our customers we stand behind them and their decision to purchase an Okuma machine tool. We take pride in creating a customer experience that is unrivaled in the marketplace and one that includes taking care of our customers at every stage of their business cycle,” says Jim King, president and COO of Okuma.
Researchers develop a pacifier biosensor that could help monitor newborn health.
Wearable biosensors non-invasively monitor health and fitness but adapting technology for use with infants is difficult because the devices are often bulky or have rigid surfaces that could cause harm. Now researchers say they have developed a pacifier-based biosensor that tracks real-time glucose levels in saliva. It could ultimately help diagnose and treat diabetes in the smallest of patients.
So far, all of the wearable devices made for babies measure only physical characteristics, such as heart or respiration rate, and not biomarkers such as glucose. Continuous glucose monitoring in newborns, only in major hospitals, usually requires piercing the infant's skin to reach interstitial fluid. Joseph Wang, Alberto Escarpa, and colleagues wanted to develop a baby-friendly biosensor.
As a proof of concept, researchers made a pacifier with a nipple containing a narrow channel. When an infant sucks on the pacifier, small amounts of saliva transfer through the channel to a detection chamber. There, an enzyme attached to an electrode strip would convert glucose in the fluid to a weak electrical signal, which could be detected wirelessly by a cell phone App. The strength of the current correlated with the amount of glucose in saliva samples. The researchers haven't yet tested the device with babies, but they conducted a preliminary analysis with adult type 1 diabetes patients. Using the pacifier, the team detected changes in glucose concentrations in the patients' saliva before and after a meal. The device could someday be configured to monitor other disease biomarkers, the researchers say.
The abstract that accompanies this study is available online.
Autocam Medical manufacturing equipment to WMU AMP Lab; CNC Software welcomed local students; CGTech, LNS, High QA appointments; Method Machine Tools partners with OKK.
Since October hasn't ended (not yet) we are still talking about events promoting manufacturing - such as MFG DAY - and supporting local universities that support and advance training for the industry. Beyond that, as we head into the weekend, leaves are changing colors, Halloween is fast-approaching, and here's your weekend recap of some industry chatter.
CNC Software Inc. hosted a Manufacturing Day event Oct. 4, 2019 hosting students interested in manufacturing and acting as a showcase for opportunities within the industry. Attendees at CNC Software’s Manufacturing Day event were shown how to start their careers in manufacturing. A panel with representatives from various departments within the company spoke to students about their jobs and backgrounds and answered questions. Students watched a Design then Cut demonstration that followed the process of designing a part within Mastercam all the way to cutting the part with a CNC machine. The students also had the opportunity to get a close-up look at the University of Connecticut’s Formula SAE car, an example of student-led design and engineering. In their downtime, the students ate pizza and had a chance to interact with each other and members of the SAE team to ask any questions about the program.
High-tech equipment from Autocam Medical installed in WMU AMP Lab Autocam Medical, a contract manufacturer of precision surgical and medical components and devices, had three new pieces of their manufacturing equipment installed in Western Michigan University’s (WMU) regional state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Laboratory (AMP Lab).
The equipment is just one example of Autocam Medical’s commitment to creating a skilled workforce. They are also a key partner in the AMP program, which is focused on encouraging and facilitating the development of students pursuing careers in engineering and manufacturing. In addition, they participate in a CNC Machinist Apprentice program in which they send workers to college to receive training in computer numerical control (CNC) machining. Students that complete 728 hours of classroom instruction while maintaining a full work schedule receive their journeyman’s card in CNC Machining and 27 college credits towards an associate degree.
Now students in the program will have access to some specialized equipment. The AMP lab equipment, a DMG MORI DMU 50 CNC 5-axis mill, Citizen Cincom M32 Swiss lathe, and a 3D metal printer, will provide engineering students and current engineers and designers with an opportunity to experience the high-tech devices needed to develop and test new products and prototypes.
CGTech welcomes Mark Forth Mark Forth has been appointed global business development manager at CGTech. Forth has more than 25 years’ experience in the CAD/CAM industry, during which time he has held roles at Delcam and Autodesk within applications, sales, product management, marketing, and business development.
LNS appoints Josh Hudson Josh Hudson has been appointed sales manager for LNS North America’s Southeast Region, serving customers in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, and Puerto Rico.
Drawing on more than 10 years of experience in manufacturing, Hudson will aid customers in optimizing CNC machine performance with LNS bar feeders, Turbo chip conveyors, ChipBLASTER coolant management systems, air filtration products, and work holding devices.
High QA establishes European Headquarters High QA Inc., developer of Inspection Manager Quality Management Software, has established a headquarters operation in Sevenum, Netherlands. It will be headed by its European Sales Director, Hans Derks, a 30-plus year veteran of the manufacturing software industry. High QA Europe concentrates on providing quick, local response to customers and prospective customers across Europe, including installation, training, and support for High QA software and its growing selection of related software products.
Methods Machine Tools’ partnership with OKK Corp. Methods Machine Tools Inc. is representing OKK Corp. in North America, effective Oct. 1, 2019. OKK machines have a rigid construction and versatile design, and offer more than 60 models of horizontal, vertical, and 5-axis machines. Methods is currently representing OKK in North America with the exception of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Virginia.
Congratulations to the six awardees who demonstrated excellence in social media efforts.
Cleveland, Ohio – GIE Media is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 GIE Media/Hannover Fairs USA Social Media Awards. Six manufacturing companies have been named the winners of the awards, celebrating their strong multi-media presence and commitment to further engage with their audience.
The Social Media Awards program began at IMTS 2016, presented by GIE Media’s Manufacturing Group and Hannover Fairs USA, and have now been expanded to off-IMTS years as well.
“With social media constantly growing, we felt it was important to continue to recognize these companies for their efforts every year,” says Mike DiFranco, group publisher for GIE Media. “This year’s winners were chosen based on their successful marketing efforts via their respective social media platforms.”
Nominations were submitted via the Aerospace Manufacturing & Design, Today’s Medical Developments, and Today’s Motor Vehicles websites, with the nominees explaining why they felt each specific company deserved the award. The 2019 winners are as follows:
Best Blog Solution Systems www.solsyst.com
Most Engaged LinkedIn Group DMG MORI USA www.dmgmori.com
Best use of Twitter Haimer USA www.haimer-usa.com
Best use of Facebook GF Machining Solutions www.gfms.com
Best use of Video Sciaky www.sciaky.com
Best Website Iscar Metals USA www.iscar.com
Each winner received a letter and a plaque to honor their achievements.
About GIE Media, Inc. GIE Media, based in Valley View, Ohio, was founded in 1980 and has grown over 36 years into a leading marketing and communications business-to-business media company serving 17 industries -- including the manufacturing industry through the publications Aerospace Manufacturing & Design, Today’s Medical Developments, and Today’s Motor Vehicles. The goal of Group Interest Enterprises is to publish the highest quality business magazines, websites, e-newsletters, conferences, reference books and other forms of business media in growth industries, with a quality standard based upon editorial value and market leadership. The company employs more than 100 editors, publishers, sales representatives, marketers and other professionals. www.GIEMedia.com; www.AerospaceManufacturingAndDesign; www.TodaysMedicalDevelopments.com; www.TodaysMotorVehicles.com
About Hannover Fairs USA Hannover Fairs USA, Inc. (HFUSA) is the United States subsidiary of Hannover, Germany’s Deutsche Messe – one of the world’s largest and most active event organizers.
HFUSA – located in Chicago, Illinois – assists U.S. companies in expanding both domestically and internationally through exhibit and sponsorship opportunities at Deutsche Messe’s worldwide portfolio of events. With exhibitions and conferences located in North America, Hannover, and key emerging markets such as China, India, and Turkey, participation offers an unparalleled opportunity for business development.
Providing a platform for U.S. companies to reach a global audience, HFUSA acts as a vital business partner in connecting them to their target clientele with the goal of building quality contacts, establishing leads, entering new markets, creating new business, and forming lasting partnerships.
Interdisciplinary research team led by Northwestern University and Washington University at St. Louis receives NIH grant worth up to $10 million for five years.
Researchers are developing an implantable device that can sense the effects of a potentially fatal level of ingested opioids and then automatically and immediately deliver a life-saving dose of naloxone. The interdisciplinary research team, led by Northwestern University and Washington University at St. Louis, recently received a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Helping to End Addiction Long-term (NIH HEAL) Initiative to accelerate its research.
The first phase of the program aims to develop and demonstrate the devices in animal models. The second phase, contingent on the first, will advance to the technology into a form suitable for use in humans. The full funding corresponds to $10 million over five years. Engineering development will occur at Northwestern, while in vivo testing will be performed at Washington University.
“Deaths from opioid overdose represent a human health crisis of epic proportions,” says Northwestern’s John A. Rogers, co-principal investigator on the project. “We envision an engineering-oriented approach to this crisis that exploits innovative bio-integrated electronic technologies.”
“When an opioid user goes through treatment or serves time in jail and does not use for several weeks, that person quickly loses the tolerance they have built up over years of opioid use,” notes Dr. Robert Gereau, co-principal investigator on the project. “If that person then has a setback and uses again, that individual won’t be able to tolerate the same dose of the drug as before that period of abstinence. Such people are at high risk for overdose death – and even though naloxone is becoming more widely available, there isn’t always someone nearby to recognize the danger and administer the naloxone to rescue that person.”
Rogers is the Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery in Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering and Feinberg School of Medicine. He also is the director of the Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics.
Gereau is the Dr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine.
Rogers’s and Gereau’s device would bypass all these barriers, as an automated form of emergency response and intervention. The complete system, which is about the size of a small USB thumb drive, can be implanted superficially, just beneath the skin, either in the abdomen, lower back or near the collar bone. Patients with a history of opioid use, who are at particularly high risk for overdose, could choose to have the implantation.
“These small, wireless implants support compact, sealed reservoirs filled with naloxone,” Rogers says. “A miniaturized, continuous sensor of tissue oxygenation identifies overdose episodes that lead to dangerously low oxygen supply, thereby automatically triggering the immediate release of a life-saving dose of naloxone – as an autonomous emergency response.”