Category Archives: Product Design & Development
New Research Supports the Positive Effect of Co-locating Production and Innovation
The preliminary results of a new research report on innovation in manufacturing caught our eye here at MAGNET recently. In 2010, MIT’s President, Susan Hockfield, launched the MIT Production in the Innovation Economy (PiE) research group to answer the question: … Continue reading
Engineering and Manufacturing Career Day
On February 2, MAGNET partnered up with the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center to have a fun and informative day learning about the different careers in the manufacturing and engineering fields on . This interactive event (held at the CVCC) provided … Continue reading
CES’s Annual Industrial & Manufacturing Conference Highlights
Cleveland Engineering Society’s annual Industrial & Manufacturing Conference was held Nov. 8 at LaCentre in Westlake. The theme was “Engineering Solutions to Energy & Environmental Challenges.” Headlining the conference was Roger Saillant, Ph.D., a fuel cell pioneer and former Ford executive who … Continue reading
Meet MAGNET’s New Incubator Tenant, Biolectrics!
Biolectrics LLC is a start-up company that is developing a battery powered device aimed at treating severe gingivitis and other forms of gum disease with less pain and at a lower cost than current therapies. This new dental device is … Continue reading
Looking Towards 2013
Before we know it 2013 will be upon us. Tell us what challenge your company faces in the coming year.
Alternatives to Screw Connections That Won’t Kill Your Tooling Budget
Mike Keller Senior Product Development Engineer Screws are ugly…cap covers to hide screws are uglier. There are many options for eliminating the need for screw connections in an injection molded part assembly. Unfortunately, most will send your tooling budget through … Continue reading
Out of Your Mind and in to Your Hands With Rapid Prototyping
Rapid prototyping technology machines print physical models from virtual designs. These machines layer materials in to super tiny layers-anywhere from about .0006 – .01 inches thick! The benefit to this type of fabrication is that it’s inexpensive for producing small quantities … Continue reading
Determined Innovators Face Risk to Reap Rewards
Everyone wants an advantage. Relative to their competitors, all businesses want to be seen by customers as the go-to provider. My favorite race car driver and boyhood hero the late Mark Donohue was labeled as always having an “Unfair Advantage” … Continue reading
MAGNET Engineer Works on New Wind Turbine at Progressive Field
Recently Progressive field, home of the Cleveland Indians, installed their revolutionary wind turbine making them the leading stadium in the United States on sustainability. MAGNET Senior Design Engineer, Dave Pierson, is helping with the controls and system integrator on this structure … Continue reading
New Incubator Tenants
Two new startups recently moved into The Incubator at MAGNET: Motion Resolution and Real Time Imaging. Motion Resolution is working on a new pedal design for high-end cyclists. Early tests have shown a dramatic increase in efficiency using the new … Continue reading
