1 / 26

EIGERlab

EIGERlab. What is an EIGER lab ?.

etan
Download Presentation

EIGERlab

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. EIGERlab

  2. What is an EIGERlab? EIGERlab is a centrally located, state of the art, mixed-use incubator facility serving the region with leading edge business and engineering support services. Whether you are a startup or an existing company interested in expansion EIGERlab is our one stop shop for business growth. Entrepreneurship Innovation Growth of wealth and primary jobs Education Regional focus

  3. Regional Collaboration Business RAEDC Education RVC Government SBA | EDA

  4. EIGERlab Business Units • Incubator • Soft Landings • Accelerator • Workforce Development • Product Development | Prototyping

  5. Incubator Services • Lease space at low cost rates • Includes furniture, utilities, meeting rooms, Internet, copy/fax • Participate in focus groups | Launch & Learns • One stop business service center • SBDC | PTAC | ITC | Export Center | SCORE • Links to qualified investors, mentors and advisors • Design and analysis engineering services • Prototyping services • Commercialization Assistance

  6. Soft Landings • In 2012, EIGERlab will initiate an NBIA “International Soft Landings” program. • Target foreign-owned companies with interest in growing a US market presence. • Rockford has sister city status in these countries: • Sweden | China| Italy | Romania | Ukraine Germany | France | Hungary

  7. Targeted Accelerators • Programming combines virtual and onsite services specifically targeted at Aerospace, IT, CleanTech, and Consumer Goods commercialization. • Boot camp Retreats • Investor Presentation Prep and Introductions • Mentor Identification and Assistance • Advisory Board Development • Peerspectives Roundtables

  8. TechWorks • Our 2,000 square foot facility in Rockford, IL dedicated to training and improving individual advanced CNCmachining skills. • Fast-Track Training | A 150 hour, six week, NIMS Credentialed training program for workforce development • Job Readiness | Safety | Tooling | Blueprint Reading | Shop Math | Metrology | Hands-on CNC machine operations • WorkKeys Assessment | NIMS Credential • Customized, onsite CNC machine training that includes blueprint reading, GD&T, shop math, CNC lathe & mill operation

  9. State of Ingenuity (SOI) EIGERlab is a lead partner in a Regional initiative that combines: • Two States • Six Counties • Six academic institutions • Nine partners • Thirteen projects Goal = Maximize current business and educational support services to identify, assist and grow entrepreneurial and innovative companies in the Region

  10. What is Rapid Prototyping/ Additive Manufacturing? EIGERlab’s Rapid Prototyping/ Additive Manufacturing facility takes virtual designs from computer aided design (CAD) systems, transforms them into thin horizontal cross sections and creates each cross section in physical space, one after the next until the model is finished.

  11. Paradigm Shift • Rapid Prototyping technology has changed the Product Design and Development Process • Old Process…engineering design to shop floor to engineering analysis to shopfloor using subtractive manufacturing = Weeks/ Months • New Process…3D CAD to RP supplier to analysis = Hours/Days

  12. Rapid Prototyping Capabilities • Fusion Deposition Modeling (FDM) is an additive manufacturing technology commonly used for modeling, prototyping, and production applications. • Stereo lithography (SLA) is an additive manufacturing technology for producing models, prototypes, patterns, and in some cases, production parts. • Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) is an additive manufacturing technique that uses a high power laser to fuse small particles of plastic, metal, ceramic or glass powders into a mass that has a desired three-dimensional shape. • Polyjet usesink-jet technology combined with UV curable materials to quickly and economically produce highly detailed and accurate physical prototypes • Z-Print creates prototypes by solidifying layers of deposited powder using a liquid binder with full color capabilities. • Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) is an additive manufacturing technique that uses a high power laser to fuse small particles of plastic, metal, ceramic or glass powders into a mass that has a desired three-dimensional shape.

  13. 3D PROTOTYPINGFrom virtual to reality

  14. Fused Deposition Modeling

  15. Stereolithography

  16. Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)

  17. Z Print

  18. Poly Jet

  19. 3D Scanning

  20. Other Prototyping Capabilities • Casting • Urethane, Bronze, Aluminum & Stainless Steel • Thermoforming • Injection Molding • Mold Making

  21. Prototyping Success Stories Jugbuddy • It was one year ago that Foster had Stan McCord from Rock Valley College (RVC) make up an initial prototype half the size of the actual model. Foster then connected with Pam Schallhorn from the IL Small Business Development Center (SBDC) of RVC, located at the EIGERlab (E-L) where he received assistance with his business. At the E-L, he was also able to have a 3-D drawing made of his invention and a prototype. • The Jugbuddy is a freestanding funnel which virtually eliminates spills and frustration because it overcomes the natural limitations of standard funnels.

  22. Prototyping Success Stories Smart Hook • Dian Valentine was reading the newspaper and read about a Patent Workshop being held through the IL SBDC of RVC located at the E-L. Valentine took her first step by attending the workshop, pitched her idea and ended up meeting Gil Krahn, the project designer for her first invention, The Smart Hook. Valentine then had her first prototype made at the EIGERlab in June 2009. “Without the resources of the IL SBDC at RVC and the networking connections I made at the EIGERlab, I wouldn’t have known what to do next,” states Valentine. • The Smart Hook is a bag/purse secure latch and hanger made to attach to the handle of any bag with a decorative flair.

  23. Prototyping Success Stories Users of EIGERlab’s Rapid Prototyping capabilities see it impact their business growth. Jeff Sorensen, President of Inhibitor, states “I was able to concept with my customer on Monday, design and build a sample in two days, return to the customer with a sample on Friday and win an order for 30,000 pieces.”

  24. Prototyping Success Stories AVA Power • Installed their first windgenerator in Durand, IL onSeptember 15, 2010.

  25. Prototyping Success Stories Chris Hardwick, the Head of Mechanical Design at B/E Aerospace Environmental Systems stated: “All in all, the EIGERlab RP capabilities helped reduce B/E’s design cycle from 1 year to approximately 6 months, with functional, loadable hardware for evaluation at each step of the process.”

  26. Prototyping Success Stories Dr. Harry Spell The Michelangelo Project

More Related