Researchers at Lambton College’s Lambton Manufacturing Innovation Centre (LMIC) have answered the call for personal protective equipment (PPE) for front-line healthcare workers at Bluewater Health in Sarnia and Petrolia during the COVID-19 pandemic. After supply chains and equipment availability for PPE were disrupted during the early stages of the global…
Researchers at Fanshawe College are studying ways to stop the coronavirus’s spread in the body and reduce its inflammatory response – findings that could translate into an effective treatment for COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Abdulla Mahboob, PhD, manager at Fanshawe’s Centre for Applied Research and Innovation in…
In the battle against the COVID-19 crisis, researchers at the Research & Innovation labs at Niagara College’s Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (WAMIC) continue supplying thousands of face shields to essential workers by producing hundreds of the PPE each day. Since the start of the effort in March to help…
A network of academic institutions in Ontario’s manufacturing sector is responding to an urgent need to protect the health and safety of communities and those on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, the federal government put out a call to action to manufacturers with equipment or facilities…
The making of holes is a common operation in machining, yet it’s also one of the most complex, with frequent tool failure. When a company annually produces 18 million parts with holes, it stands to reason improving tool life makes a significant impact on their bottom line. Bettering their drilling…
In a world of innovative ideas, sometimes it makes more sense to reinvent the product, and not the entire wheel. Take dental implants, for example: the titanium screw that fuses to bone is the wheel, but everything else about the implant, the material and procedure can be redesigned and reinvented….
History has shown us that a company’s success depends on how well it innovates. Niagara’s Hamill Machine Co. knows this well, having relied on its ingenuity to successfully reinvent itself in the face of an ever-changing landscape. When owner Bob Benner took over Hamill two decades ago, he knew the…
In the emerging industry of fabric sensing technology, one Toronto-based company has invented a revolutionary bed sheet that also functions as a patient health monitor, without the use of any wired attachments to the body. And they are praising a unique research collaboration for advancing their smart device to market….
Just as additive manufacturing is revolutionizing global health care, one collaborative company is set to help advance this life-improving medical technology right here in Canada. Using innovations in customized, digital technology, it will mean less time spent both in surgery and healing for patients. ADEISS (Additive Design in Surgical Solutions…
We’ve all been there: idling at a traffic intersection – alone – waiting for the light to turn, and wondering why traffic lights can’t be smart enough to recognize that it’s safe to proceed. Fortunately, Stinson Owl-Lite, a major player in the traffic management industry, is inventing just such a…
