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14 Low cost alternatives to pricey
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18 Top 10 best practices of successful
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37 Canadian photography drone
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Contents | Volume 60, No. 6
IN THE NEWS
8
Newly formed Amec
Foster Wheeler
reveals leadership
8
Delcam to open
Quebec office
8
IDC pegs IoT market
at $3T by 2020
8
Winnipeg pooch
receives 3D printed
kneecap
8
Canadian device
turns old auto into
smart car
10
Canadian sunscreen
marker wins James
Dyson Award
runner-up spot
10
Canadian $100 3D
printer draws closer
to release
12
General Dynamics
Canada lands two
defence contracts
Columns
14
14 CAD Report
MCAD for Less: Low cost 2D/3D
alternative CAD applications give top-level
software a run for the money
20 CAD Beat
Optimizing Built-in Tire Pressure
Monitoring Sensors: Schrader Electronics
leverages COMSOL multiphysics simulation
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6 EditorialViewpoint
Blood Sport
M
odern surgical procedures depend on blood donation, typically five units per
patient, but it has never been easy to get people to donate. According to Canadian
Blood Services, the not-for-profit organization that manages the country’s blood
supply, only about 3.5 percent of eligible Canadians donate blood annually.
So when a pair of young Toronto-based creative professionals, Taran Chadha and
Jamie Umpherson, came up with a novel way of attracting new blood donors, you’d
think it would be a welcomed innovation. Kickstarter.com, however, didn’t think so,
and suspended the pair’s crowd-funding campaign a few short days after it launched.
Their project is a video game console hack called “Blood Sport” which, as its inventors describe it, is “the ultimate in immersive gaming.” The idea is simple – whenever
a player receives virtual damage during game play, a small amount of their real blood
is intravenously drawn.
According the project’s Kickstarter page, the hack takes advantage of the vibration
feature common in modern console game controllers. When a player takes damage in
the game, the electrical signals that cause the vibration are also passed to an Arduino
controller, which in turn instructs a standard blood collection machine to draw a small
quantity of blood. Before playing, users input their age and weight so the system knows
when to stop collecting, presumably before they pass out from blood loss.
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country for blood donation gaming events,” the Blood Sport Kickstarter campaign
page states. “We are not a charity and we are not a game manufacturer. We are simply
creating the gaming hardware that will allow us to get gamers thinking about more
important issues while still doing what they love.”
The idea is a bit ghoulish but would most likely attract a demographic of eligible
donors: Healthy 20 and 30 something males who probably aren’t the first in line at
blood drives. For its part, Kickstarter says it isn’t their policy to comment on why it
suspends a particular campaign. In this case, it may been the fact that the system’s
creators were offering the Blood Sport code to any $5,000 and up donor. Presumably,
the site felt the project, in the wrong hands, was a PR disaster waiting to happen.
In any development process, there’s a point when a product’s design has to factor in
its foreseeable unintended uses. Of course, designers can’t be expected to thwart the
creatively reckless, but they can do their best to protect the merely stupid, especially
when a gamer’s blood and honor are on the line.
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UP FRONT
Newly formed Amec Foster Wheeler
reveals leadership
Amec Foster Wheeler plc, the
new global engineering firm
formed following the merger of
AMEC plc and Foster Wheeler
AG, announced the appointment
of its leadership team. Under CEO
Samir Brikho, the company’s
group presidents include Simon
Naylor (Americas); John Pearson
(Northern Europe & Commonwealth of Independent States); Roberto Penno
(Africa, Middle East, Asia & Southern Europe); and
Gary Nedelka (Global Power Group).
Amec Foster Wheeler designs complex infrastructure projects with an emphasis on the onshore
and offshore oil and gas market. The new company
has a workforce of more than 40,000 in over 50
countries with revenues of £5.5 billion last year, the
U.K.-based company says.
www.amecfw.com
Delcam to open Quebec office
Delcam announced it will open an office in Quebec
to meet the growth of its Canadian French-speaking
customer base, the company says. To support the
new office, Delcam has brought on board the staff
of its former reseller, Technologies C.F.A.O. Inc.
The new office joins the existing sales, support
and training network for Canada in Windsor and
Toronto. The company’s other direct offices in North
America include Salt Lake City, Utah; Fort Washington, Pennsylvania; Rockford, Illinois; and Pasadena,
California.
www.delcam.ca
IDC pegs IoT market at $3T by 2020
According to analysis by International Data Corporation (IDC), the worldwide Internet of Things (IoT)
market will grow from $1.3 trillion in 2013 to $3.04
trillion by 2020 with a compound annual growth
rate (CAGR) of 13 percent. For the report, IDC
defines the IoT as a network of networks of
uniquely identifiable endpoints (i.e. things) that
communicate without human interaction using IP
connectivity. The research firm’s view of the IoT
ecosystem includes intelligent systems, network
equipment, connectivity services, data integration,
and other types of software, applications, services
and security.
www.idc.com
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Winnipeg pooch receives
3D printed kneecap
T
he Winnipeg-based
Orthopaedic Innovation
Centre (OIC), a research and
testing facility for the medical device market, announced
that has successfully 3D
printed and implanted a
replacement
kneecap
(patella) for a six-year-old
dog named Oreo.
In 2012, a Winnipeg veterinarian called OIC hoping
to find a potential option for the mix-breed. Oreo had suffered a
dislocated left hind patella that was surgically removed to relieve the
pain, but left him with a limp after surgery.
Although the OIC regularly uses additive manufacturing to shorten
production cycles and create customized products, 3D printed objects
can’t be used directly in humans yet. Oreo, therefore, presented a
perfect opportunity to demonstrate the procedure’s viability.
To create the new canine
patella, OIC 3D scanned a
donated kneecap to create a
CAD model that was then
modified based on an X-ray
of Oreo’s other patella. Using
a Stratasys Fortus 400mc,
OIC built the replacement
kneecap from a biocompatible polycarbonate. After testing it for mechanical strength, the implant was then attached to Oreo’s tendon and quadriceps using polypropylene sutures.
According to his owners, Oreo recovered full function of his leg
within two months following the surgery and today, more than three
years later, leads an active lifestyle without complications.
“FDM is an ideal 3D printing technology for implant manufacturing because it is capable of producing strong, durable, biocompatible
parts with the right physical properties,” said OIC president Martin
Petrak. “With FDM, we can tailor the implant to perfectly match the
recipient’s anatomy which has the potential to provide dramatic
improvements in functionality and recovery time.”
www.orthoinno.com
Canadian device turns old auto into smart car
A Vancouver startup is looking to connect older model cars to the
Internet with a cellular device called Mojio and open some interesting IoT-type functionality. According to the company, the connected
automotive market will be worth $422 billion globally by 2022, consisting of 700 million newer model connected cars and 1.1 billion
aftermarket devices.
Mojio consists of a small device that plugs into a car’s onboard
diagnostic port and connects to a cellular carrier’s network via an
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data, including speed, location and diagnostics, as well as tap
into information from the driver’s smartphone.
At launch, the company says Mojio will come with a set of
standard smartphone apps, although the device’s open platform
will allow 3rd party develops to add to its functionality. At the
most basic level, Mojio will provide vehicle diagnostics by interpreting a car’s ODB port codes and alert drivers if something
goes wrong.
Using the device’s built in GPS and accelerometer, Mojio will
also monitor a vehicle’s location and notify
drivers if the car is moved when they
aren’t in the car. In addition, an app will allow
users to share vehicle
location and estimated
arrival time without having to text while driving.
For safety, an app will alert
users if the car is driven above
a set speed limit or disable text and in
coming calls when the car is in motion.
According to the company, Mojio will be available later this
year and carried over the TELUS wireless network.
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Canadian sunscreen marker wins
James Dyson Award runner-up spot
For the first time, a Canadian team has made it to the final stage
of the international James Dyson Award. The group of fourthyear University of Waterloo nanotechnology engineering students
landed the international runner up spot in the annual product
design contest with its skin-care product, Suncayr.
Applied with a dry erasure-style marker, Suncayr incorporates
a UV-sensitive nano-particle ink that changes color when
exposed to sunlight. Users draw a design on their skin before
applying sunscreen. When the sunscreen washes or wears off,
the ink changes colour, signaling when it’s time to reapply.
While the product possesses a certain amusement appeal, it
addresses a serious problem. According to the Canadian Skin
Cancer Foundation, more than 80,000 Canadians are diagnosed
with skin cancer each year. In fact, one in every three cancers
diagnosed worldwide is skin cancer.
As a runner-up of the James Dyson Award, the group will
receive approximately $9,000 CAD (£5,000) to further develop,
test and ultimately commercialize their project.
The 2014 James Dyson Award international winner was a
low cost, inflatable incubator called MOM, created by James
Roberts, a recent graduate from Loughborough University, UK.
Designed for use in the developing world, the incubator inflates
manually and is heated using ceramic heating elements. More
importantly, it costs just £250 to manufacture but performs as
well as a £30,000 modern incubation system.
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The creators of the Peachy Printer, the Canadian-made $100
3D printer that raised more than CAD$650,000 on Kickstarter
last year, have released the latest test prints of its unique machine.
Since its crowd-funding campaign wrapped in October of 2013,
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initial backers and pre-orders.
Unlike typical entry-level 3D printers that are driven by an
x- and y-axis extruder nozzle, the photo-lithographic Peachy
Printer uses laser light, reflected by two electro-magnetically
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polymer. The z-height is controlled by a drip system that raises
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Similarly unconventional, the Peachy Printer receives model
geometry via the audio-out port of a computer sound card rather
than by USB. 3D data created or imported into the open-source
3D modeler, Blender, is output by way of a plug-in. Each slice
of the overall geometry is converted to a digital waveform that
controls the Peachy Printer’s mirrors and thereby
dictates where the laser will solidify the polymer
for any given layer.
At the beginning of October, the Rinnovated
Design team announced that, through its work
and contributions from beta testers, the team
has rooted out a number of
technical challenges that
pushed back the final ship
date by four months. At
present, the team anticipates an early summer
2015 ship date.
www.peachyprinter.com
General Dynamics Canada lands
two defence contracts
General Dynamics Canada announced that it has been awarded
two Canadian defence-related contracts totaling more than $350
million. Worth CAD$59.1 million, the first contract is for the
design and build of seven Mercury Global anchor stations across
Canada. The network will provide access to the Wideband Global
Satellite (WGS) constellation and Canadian Forces with high
speed secure communications. The defence contractor will also
provide support services, worth an additional $8.5 million.
In a separate contract, General Dynamics Land SystemsCanada was awarded a contract to equip 66 upgraded Light
Armoured Vehicles (LAV) with a new reconnaissance and
surveillance system. The system improvements include integration of radar sensors within the LAVs and new infra-red equipment to improve night-time vision as well as upgrades to the
vehicle’s firepower and mobility.
According to the company, the new contract will maintain
60 full-time positions at General Dynamics, mainly in its London, Ontario facility.
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MCAD
for Less
Low cost 2D/3D alternative CAD applications give top-level
software a run for the money.
By Ralph Grabowski
O
n average, the price for MCAD software
starts at around $5,000 and then goes
up from there. Autodesk’s Ultimate bundles,
for example, cost as much as $10,000, while
installations of Pro/E and Catia can add up
to $15-$20,000 a seat, once all the bells and
whistles are accounted for.
Prices have always been high, but when
the recession of 2008 hit, it affected sales
of CAD hardware and software for the first
time in the history of computer-aided
design. During previous recessions, CAD
was seen as a cost-saving move; companies
laid off employees to pay for the new technology, which in turn made their design
offices run more efficiently.
This time around, with the CAD market nearing saturation, CAD users are
looking elsewhere for efficiencies. Smaller
companies like Bricsys, Graebert, IMSI/
Design, and ZWSoft offer versions of their
MCAD-capable software in price ranges
that tend to hover around $1,000:
Bricsys BricsCAD: $610 (Pro) to $1,530
(Platinum with Communicator)
Graebert ARES: $795 (the price of 2D
ARES Mechanical is unknown)
IMSI/Design TurboCAD: $130 (Deluxe)
to $1,695 (Platinum bundle)
ZWSoft ZW3D: $1,300 (Lite) to $4,000
(with three-axis machining)
As I recently returned from conferences
put on by two of the vendors, I’ll describe
their current offerings, future plans and
rationale for charging four times less than
the big boys.
MCAD from Graebert
Graebert Gmbh is headquartered in Germany, and has been writing its own DWGNovember/December | 2014
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ARES, but you probably have heard of
DraftSight, the free drafting software from
Dassault Systemes, or maybe even
CorelCAD. (See figure 1.)
CEO Wilfred Graebert is not all that
interested in selling his flagship ARES
software through dealers. That’s because,
in the 1990s, he found a better way: OEMing. He licenses his software to other
companies, who then sell it under their
names. A number of surveying companies
use Graebert’s SiteMaster software, and
some CAD vendors resell ARES under the
brand names DraftSight, CorelCAD and
progeCAD for Mac. Graebert handles tech
support for the OEMed brands.
When it comes to the MCAD market,
Graebert is taking a two-prong approach.
The first involves improving the very interesting relationship the German company
has with Dassault Systemes. Back in the day,
the French company was irritated by
Autodesk’s aggressive marketing of its thennew Inventor against Solidworks. In
response, Dassault launched DWG Editor,
a free IntelliCAD-based CAD program
designed to attack sales of AutoCAD. It
didn’t turn out well. Autodesk sued Dassault
over using “DWG” in the name. What’s
more, the IntelliCAD consortium in those
days didn’t update its code quickly enough.
Dassault instead turned to Graebert and
licensed ARES under the name “DraftSight,” still distributing it as a free version
to keep poking a stick at Autodesk, and
adding Pro and Enterprise versions for
which annual fees apply.
The second attempt has been more successful. According to Dassault, approxiwww.design-engineering.com
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mately 3 million free and paid licenses of
DraftSight are currently in use, second only
to AutoCAD,
Enthused by the rousing success, Dassault went further and transferred some of
its MCAD technology to Graebert, such as
its mechanical parts library and a brandnew API. I don’t know what sort of deal is
going on behind the scenes, but I wonder
if the tech transfer is in lieu of royalties
Dassault might not want to pay Graebert
for the unexpectedly large number of
downloads, from which Dassault mostly
doesn’t receive income.
Whatever the case, Graebert is in the
envious position of possessing an economical CAD system that’s, in part, supported technically and financially by the
world’s largest CAD vendor.
The second of Graebert’s two prong
strategy involves the company writing a
new 2D MCAD program meant for areas
such as factory planning, a field that combines architectural design with 2D mechanical planning. Graebert already has
architectural versions of their software that
targets building owners, surveyors and
kitchen designers, and now they want the
other side of the market, mechanical.
Launching a new CAD program in 2D
seems counterintuitive in today’s
3D-obsessed MCAD market. However,
attend any user conference and the biggest
cheers are reserved for new functions that
save labour on the 2D side of things, like
automatic balloon placement. In any case,
Graebert is limited to 2D so as not to compete with Solidworks.
To distinguish it from competitors, such
as TurboCAD Platinum and AutoCAD
Mechanical, Graebert is designing the new
software for infrequent users, and so the
Hatch command, for instance, is modified
to place mechanical patterns with a single
click. Advanced users still have access the
Hatch dialog box. Other ideas being worked
on include:
• Factory planning functions, such as
minimum distances
• Highlighting dimensions modified as a
result of change requests
• Snapping to the object in focus, depending on the target layer
The company hopes to ship the first beta
of ARES Mechanical early in 2015.
MCAD from Bricsys
Belgium’s Bricsys NV had its initial claim to
fame in the 1990s when they sold their TriForma architectural software to Bentley
Systems. They regrouped using IntellICAD
as the platform for BricsCAD, but when they
became impatient with the pace of development, they branched off with their own code.
CEO Erik de Keyser feels the key to his
company’s success is third-party developers,
the people who write add-ons that customers want and so incidentally purchase BricsCAD. Today, the company is closing in on
Autodesk with 900 third-party developers
who offer 1,200 add-ons. When third-party
developers don’t write add-ons Bricsys feels
Figure 1: ARES 2015 in drafting and annotation workspace
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are important, only then does the company take the plunge.
As a result, the company invested
heavily in MCAD development. They
acquired employees and purchased
source code to a parametric engine and
a 2D/3D constraints manager from
Russian software firm Ledas. With this
talent, they wrote a 3D direct modeler
inside BricsCAD (Autodesk had to
write a separate one, Fusion), added
2D and 3D constraints (AutoCAD has
only 2D constraints), parametrics,
kinematics, assemblies, parts library
and a sheet metal module – all for 900
bucks. (See figure 2.)
Figure 2: BricsCAD designing a sheet metal part
Currently, the company is working
on hooking BricsCAD up to CAM through the XML-based OSM structure recognition, and then import assembly structures
(open sheet metal) format from LVD Group; it is also available as from Solidworks and Inventor. It’s a big hill to climb; we’ll see
a plugin for Solidworks.
if the company reached the summit a year from now.
Next year, Bricsys plans to add more MCAD functions to
Bricsys is one of the very few MCAD vendors to have its own
BricsCAD, like lofting, mirrored and arrayed parametrics, clash high-end R&D division, giving it the advantage of not having
detection and exploded views. To tweak the noses of big com- to pay royalties, or rely on release schedules of components like
petitors, the company also plans to add automatic assembly D-Cubed by Siemens PLM Software.
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How Can MCAD Be Priced So Low?
One reason for MCAD’s expensive price tag is that it’s what the
market bares; it costs $5,000, because customers will pay $5,000.
Another reason is the overhead. Old-style corporations like
Autodesk and Dassault employ thousands of employees (7,400
and 10,100 respectively) and spend lavishly each year on marketing. By contrast, Bricsys and Graebert have around a hundred
employees each. The marketing budgets are small – to their
detriment, I would say.
So where is the catch? All these small companies are privately
owned, and so we know nothing of their financial situation.
Programs like ARES and BricsCAD simply don’t do as much as
the Solid Edges and Creos of the world. You pay less and get less.
In the real world, however, this sometimes doesn’t matter.
When I speak with users at conferences, many come from
medium-size shops (75 or 150 seats) that still have AutoCAD
or another heavyweight CAD program on approximately ten
percent of their workstations
These high-end CAD applications remain to be compatible
with clients and for creating things like dynamic blocks, which
the low-cost systems don’t do yet. The other ninety percent are
BricsCAD or DraftSight seats handling the grunt work of detailing or even just plain being legal with licenses.
Replacing 90 percent of seats with licenses that are 75 percent
cheaper is attractive to firms looking to complete with firms
overseas. To cut costs even further, both CAD vendors offer
Linux versions with almost identical feature sets to the Windows
one. Graebert also has a Mac version, and Bricsys hopes to ship
a Mac version soon. Running on the free Linux operating system
saves on Windows license fees.
One more benefit to consider is that these low-cost MCAD
systems don’t use proprietary formats, as do Inventor and others. Instead, BricsCAD and ARES store their data in DWG files,
which eliminates most of the translation problems other MCAD
users face.
I say most, because some graphical elements are stored as
proxy data, and BricsCAD’s constraints are incompatible with
AutoCAD’s. Compatibility extends to APIs: Both programs run
LISP and DCL, as well as their own versions of ARx, which are
mostly compatible with Autodesk’s API.
Companies like Bricsys and Graebert don’t have the marketing budgets of the big five CAD vendors, and so have a hard
time selling into the North American market. Nevertheless,
both companies have 30-day demos available, giving you a
chance to test out how well their AutoCAD workalikes operate.
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Best
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Innovative industry leaders share what puts their Canadian companies ahead of the pack.
By Arlene Gould, Kevin Stolarick and Melanie Fasche
D
esign plays an increasingly vital role in innovation, competitiveness and the determination of economic value. It’s
also a crucial factor in many activities that successful organizations do well, from innovation and new product development,
to operations and human resource management, to communications and branding.
To find out why successful organizations have invested in
design and how their leaders think about design’s role in innovation, the Design Industry Advisory Committee (DIAC),
working with the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman
School of Management, University of Toronto, conducted a
series of video-taped interviews with industry leaders. The
people interviewed lead internationally recognized organizations
working at the cutting edge of innovation.
The companies interviewed include plastic plumbing products manufacturer, Canplas Industries; Healthcare Human
Factors in the University Health Network; MEC (Mountain
Equipment Co-op); office systems and furniture manufacturer,
Teknion; and housewares manufacturer, Umbra.
Although these organizations operate in different sectors,
their leaders all expressed a common set of design-related best
practices, summarized below, that are important to the sustainability of their organizations:
Far-Sighted: Positive impact of design comes with long-term
investment and some short-term risk. All of the subjects
interviewed talked about the importance of investing for the
long term and continuing to invest in design even in recessionary times.
Disruptive: Design is a catalyst for change. All of those
interviewed talked about using design as a disruptive force
for change and differentiation in their industries with positive
financial implications.
Embedded: Design is embedded in the culture of these
organizations; everyone thinks like a designer, including
the CEO. These leaders view design not as a discrete discipline
but as integrated with other disciplines.
Intensely Focused: These leaders are intent on getting to
know their clients and customers. They invest in research
to track behaviours and workflows and then conceive solutions
to address unmet (and often unarticulated) needs.
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Owned by the CEO: Design leaders are extremely passionate about innovation and achieving their goals. They own
the design vision and the implementation of that vision. Many
of them are involved with innovation and design projects in a
hands-on way.
Tested: Quality is closely aligned with design excellence, brand
building and fostering trust with stakeholder groups. Early
stage prototyping, attention to detail, continuous testing and
evaluation of feedback ensure that usability and resilience are built
into the end products by the time they reach the marketplace.
Technology-Centric: Advanced technology is central to
innovation in these organizations; there is a symbiotic relationship between technology and design. Design makes new technology accessible to users and ensures that the specific technology
products are matched to user needs.
Process-Driven: Designing the process is as important as
the end result. Sophisticated process and systems design
ensure that these organizations are using human, physical and
financial resources efficiently, with minimal waste. Process design
is also linked to sustainable business practices in operations,
facilities, manufacturing and product life-cycle management.
Holistic: These organizations take a holistic approach to
the design disciplines, going beyond products to invest in
brand management, and strategically designing workplace
environments, retail stores and showrooms to reflect the organizations’ vision and values.
Diverse: These organizations work with a diverse creative
talent pool comprised of staff and external consultants.
Diversity on creative teams (i.e. a mix of different disciplines,
cultures and professional experience) is key to achieving the
vision. Continuously engaging creative staff in challenging
innovation and design projects is a way to keep valuable employees interested and committed to the organization.
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Insights from Industry Leaders” co-authored by the Design Industry Advisory Committee and the Martin Prosperity Institute.
Funding for this research was provided by Industry Canada, with
additional support from the City of Toronto. For the complete
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OPTIMIZING
Built-in Tire Pressure
Monitoring Sensors
Miniature sensors that regulate automobile performance are designed in a very particular way to
operate properly while housed directly on moving automobile tires. They need to have the sensitivity to pick up measurements while in motion
and the durability to withstand the elements.
By Laura Bowen
T
ire pressure is the unsung hero of automobile performance.
When inflated to the proper pressure, tires are the exact
shape that the designers intended. As air pressure decreases, the
tires need more energy to move.
Drivers can easily forget to maintain their tire pressure in
the day-to-day routine of moving from one place to another.
Punctures can take place and go completely unnoticed.
That is why having an onboard sensor that alerts the driver
when it’s time to add more air makes all the difference. Creating
these sensors requires careful consideration of all the fine details,
and simulation provides the tools for finding just the right
design.
Tire Pressure Sensors Shape Driving Experience
One consequence of low tire pressure is a significant reduction in fuel economy. Additionally, vehicles running on low
tires can add tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere over
time.
Low tire pressure can also make it hard for the vehicle to
stop, or cause the car to slip on wet surfaces. Automakers are
generally required to attach pressure monitoring sensors to
wheels that inform drivers if a tire falls below the intended
pressure, and Schrader Electronics is currently the global market leader in tire pressure monitoring technology.
The company manufactures 45 million sensors annually and
provides sensors to leading automotive companies including
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Figure 1. Top: A Hi-Speed Snap-In Tire Pressure Monitoring Sensor
(TPMS) used to monitor tire pressure and send measurement info.
Bottom: 10x amplification of stress and deformation on the transmitter
housing as a result of centrifugal loading produced by the wheel’s
rotation.
GM, Ford and Mercedes. For a sensor to survive road conditions
throughout the life of a vehicle, reliability and durability are
key.
Consideration is given to shock, vibration, pressure, humidity, temperature, and various dynamic forces when designing
for the necessary functions, geometry, and materials.
Christabel Evans, an engineer with the Schrader Electronics
mechanical design team, has been using finite element analysis
(FEA) and multiphysics simulation to build successful, efficient
tire sensors for all kinds of vehicles.
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Designing Better Sensors with FEA
The Hi-Speed Snap-In Tire Pressure
Monitoring Sensor, shown in Figure 1, is
a frequently-used product at Schrader
that mounts directly on the wheel assembly and measures tire pressure—even
when the car is in motion. When the tire
pressure decreases too much, a warning
goes off, alerting the driver that it is time
to stop and re-inflate the tire.
Schrader Electronics has been creating
sensors for almost 20 years, but Christabel
Evans and her colleagues wanted a more
efficient approach for product design and
testing. They simulated their designs using
FEA and iterated the process—this allowed
them to minimize experimental cost
and to evaluate design performance
during development.
Schrader Electronics found that
the existing FEA software options
were expensive if they wanted to
deploy it to their entire team. They
turned to using the Structural Mechanics Module and the CAD Import Module of COMSOL Multiphysics. They
started with a series of tests, comparing
standardized samples with simulations to
validate the software and build confidence
in the results.
Improving Sensitivity and Durability
Over time, the researchers began incorporating more natural parameters into their
simulations, from dynamic loads such as
centrifugal force, to environmental stresses
such as temperature change, to static factors
such as pressure and crush load.
The Hi-Speed Snap-In TPMS consists
of a transmitter made up of a circuit
housed in an enclosure and attached to
a valve stem with a cap. The valve stem
connects to the tire rim and allows air
to pass through. On the Hi-Speed
TPMS, the valve geometry includes a
rib that helps retain the assembly in the
rim hole.
In Figure 1, Schrader Electronics measured the stress on the enclosure from
outside forces like tire fitment, shock, or
vibration from the road conditions, and
the deformation that occurs when the
device is loaded under these conditions.
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Figure 2 shows a component designed
for a spin test machine that rotates the
part at high speed. This component was
analyzed to verify that the material
choice would be able to handle the
required loads.
By analyzing several models simultaneously, Evans and her team were able to
find the one that works best and improve
upon their design. They focused on testing different geometries, materials and
load scenarios.
Figure 2. A spin test simulated on the collar
of the device shows stress induced by the
centrifugal force concentrated at the bolt
locations.
The researchers at Schrader were able
to learn COMSOL Multiphysics software
much faster than similar simulation packages, and deployment through the organization was easier because of flexible
licensing options.
According to Evans, “COMSOL is userfriendly and it is fast to learn—the engineers picked it up right away.”
At the moment, Schrader plans to
spend most of their focus on design and
growth, with some emphasis on failure
analysis, but they hope to improve their
development-focused approach with the
aid of simulation tools. They are working
hard to improve driver comfort, environmental impact and road safety with each
new design.
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Ontario’s Lost
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OSPE research reveals only one third of engineering degree holders work as engineers.
By Lee Weissling, PhD and Terra Lariviere
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engineering were actually working as engineers or engineering
managers. This is in stark contrast to other regulated professions,
ast spring, OSPE published the results of a study that raised such as law, medicine or nursing, where the number of those
some troubling questions about Ontario’s engineering working in the professions they studied and/or trained for were
graduates and their employment situations. Using data from the often about twice the rate of engineers.
Canadian National Census 2011 National Household Survey
Reasons for this mismatch are speculative and varied. Other
(NHS), the report (From Classroom to Career: A Snapshot of OSPE research has found, for instance, that employers often
Employment and Underemployment among Ontario’s Engineering seem to prefer hiring graduates who have had co-op experience.
Graduates) highlighted a number of issues relating to the employ- Perhaps some engineering graduates who aren’t working in
ment of engineers in Ontario that seem to be unique or certainly engineering jobs lack this experience and are losing out in the
more pronounced here than in most other parts of the country. job market to those who do. It could be that there’s a glut of
One particularly striking finding was that only 29.7 per cent engineers in the job market or too few engineering jobs being
of employed people who held a Bachelor’s degree or higher in created. Perhaps employers are looking for candidates who bring
specialized knowledge or skills to the job, saving them
the cost and time of training them, or universities are
graduating engineers who just don’t have the specific
skills employers are demanding.
For whatever reason — social pressure, parental
direction or encouragement, or just misguided decisionmaking — students may be deciding to pursue engineering studies when they really lack the aptitude or the
sustained interest to be good engineers. This “lack-offit” may be coming through during the engineering
job-search-selection process and discouraging employers from hiring them. Or the candidates themselves
Figure 1: Comparison of employed holders of Bachelor’s degrees and higher in
may just not be pursuing engineering jobs, or not
engineering in Ontario with other major regulated professions (Source: StatiStic
pursuing them as aggressively or enthusiastically as
canada, 2011 national HouSeHold Survey)
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OSPE Report
It may not be a coincidence that these two provinces
contain two of the top three cities (Toronto and Vancouver) known to attract the greatest numbers of
immigrants. Historically, immigrants have a higher
rate of underemployment than those educated in
Canada.
No matter what the cause or the term used — skills
shortage, labour shortage, skills mismatch, underemployment — finding a remedy for this situation of
university-educated engineers working in non-engineering jobs and in jobs not necessarily requiring a
Figure 2: Comparison of employed holders of Bachelor’s degrees and higher in
degree must involve all stakeholders to tackle the
engineering in Canada and other provinces (Source: StatiStic canada, 2011 national
problem. OSPE will continue to address these issues
HouSeHold Survey)
and work to improve the situation through its advocacy
A second interesting finding relates to geography. Compared efforts with government, and its partnerships with educational
to several other provinces, Ontario lags in the number of organizations and industry associations to help foster better
people with engineering degrees who are actually working in alignments between learning and the skills our industries need.
engineering jobs. In Alberta, 46 per cent of those with engineer- The future of our profession just might depend on it.
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British Columbia surpasses even Ontario in the “underem- This article first appeared in the Fall 2014 issue of The Voice. Lee
ployment” of engineers, with 35.4 per cent of engineering Weissling, PhD is Manager, Policy and Government Relations at
graduates working in jobs that don’t necessarily require a uni- the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers. Terra Lariviere is a
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LIVE LONG
and PROSPER
Vitaliti, the Cloud DX Top-10 Finalist Entry in the Qualcomm Tricorder
XPRIZE, consists of four wireless devices, connected to and managed
by a mobile application running on a tablet or smartphone.
Toronto’s Cloud DX aims to win the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE with mobile
diagnostic device.
By Treena Hein
A
Star Trek-style tricorder that can diagnose medical problems
instantly has been a science fiction staple for decades but
such a device may soon become reality. This is due, in large part,
to the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE competition, an international contest that promises $7 million to the first team to deliver
a portable instrument capable measuring key health metrics
and diagnosing 16 health conditions.
This past August, the field of tricorder contenders was narrowed to ten finalists. Of them, Toronto-based Cloud DX is the
only Canadian company remaining in the competition. For Joel
Yatscoff, lead product designer at Cortex Design—one of eight
partner companies on the Cloud DX team—the opportunity
represents a significant historical first for Canada.
“It’s amazing,” says Yatscoff, whose firm is responsible for the
XPRISE entry’s design and project management. “Not only are
we the only Canadian team in this competition, but also the first
Canadian team to have ever become a finalist in any XPRIZE
competition. That feels really great and adds that extra desire to
do really well.”
Established in 2014, Cloud DX’s genesis began in 2009 as
Cloud Diagnostics, a healthcare IT distribution company
acquired by medical device manufacturer Biosign Technologies
Inc. in 2010. During that period, the company developed the
Pulsewave Health Monitor, a multi-function virtual medical
device and cloud diagnostics software application.
“At the start, all that we could measure was blood pressure,”
recalls Cloud DX president and CEO Robert Kaul, who founded
Cloud Diagnostics, served as Biosign CEO and led the by-out that
created Cloud DX earlier this year. “By 2011, we could measure
respiration rate, and in 2012, we introduced the heart rate anomaly detector. So we’ve added more capability over time.”
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Today, Pulsewave is the only automated wrist blood pressure
platform approved in Canada, Europe and by the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration that can measure both heart rate variability and respiration (in beta release now).
For the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE competition, Cloud
DX is taking its Pulsewave technology to the next level with
Vitaliti, an integrated health tracking system that will monitor
five vital signs continuously for 72 consecutive hours, process
blood, urine and saliva samples, analyze the data and return a
diagnosis that’s comprehensible by a layperson.
Providing all this in one system is a tall order and it’s being
developed at lightning speed, as the Qualcomm Tricorder
XPRIZE competition ends in May 2015. Is Cloud DX feeling the
pressure? Kaul admits the pressure is substantial, but feels they’ve
assembled a really strong team – from medical experts to user
interface and hardware designers – that will rise to the challenge.
Dealing with Pressure
Any XPRIZE Tricorder entry team must first figure out a way
to accurately monitor a user’s vital signs, including electrocardiogram (EKG), blood pressure, pulse O2 saturation and core
body temperature – but do this in an unobtrusive way. According to Cortex Design’s Yatscoff, getting a consistent blood pressure reading without repeatedly using a cuff over time is
particularly difficult.
“It’s not a simple procedure to measure blood pressure: The
cuff needs to be wrapped tightly around your wrist/arm, inflated
to constrict the blood vessels and then deflated in steps,” he
explains. “Doing this every 30 seconds or so, for hours on end,
would likely mean we’d receive a lower overall user-experience
score from the judges, and so we knew we had to come up with
a novel solution.”
The solution is a Vitaliti Continuous Vital Signs Monitor
(CVSM), a collar-like device with electrodes that lay against the
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upper chest. These sensors form a sinDX team, he says, is to integrate them
gle-lead EKG that monitors the user’s
together into a cohesive and easy-to-use
heart rate. In addition, an earbud-like
device – and one that goes well beyond
device wired to the CVSM houses an
simply performing diagnostic tests.
infrared thermometer, to monitor body
temperature, and a PPG (PhotoplethysTaking Samples
mogram) sensor to monitor blood
In addition to vital statistics, the winoxygen saturation.
ning medical Tricorder must also preBased on the data from these two
cision-measure blood, urine and saliva
devices, both respiration rate and blood
samples. For this component, Cloud DX
pressure can be derived—the latter by
is developing the Vitaliti In Vitro Diagusing the PPG and EKG signals to pronostics Platform (IVDP), a customized
duce ‘pulse transit time,’ which, Kaul
version of the LRE Compact Point-ofexplains, researchers have shown are
Care Reader developed by German
related. In addition, the CVSM is calimedical instrumentation manufacturer,
brated once or twice a day with a traLRE Medical GmbH.
ditional cuff reading.
Similar to a home insulin tester,
“The programming involves conusers interact with the IVDP by pricktinuous simultaneous vital sign gathering their finger and placing a drop of
ing, advanced digital signal processing
blood (and other bodily fluids) in a
and some pretty high level math,” says
multi-strip IVD test cassette. The casKaul. “Part of the challenge is also to
sette is then inserted into the IVDP,
compensate for noisy signals generated
which takes measurements and sends
by movement and other signal artifacts.”
the collected data to Vitaliti App. As
After collection, vital sign data is then In addition to heart rate, the Vitaliti smartphone
with the Vital Signs Monitor, data protransferred by Bluetooth to the Vitaliti app displays all pertinant vital signs and medical
cessing is performed either locally or in
app running on a smartphone or tablet condition diagnoses through easy-to-understand
the cloud and the results are then disand uploaded to the company’s servers graphics and plain language explanations.
played. The Vitaliti App presents inforwhere it is parsed by Cloud DX’s algomation to the patient on vital signs and
rithm. The filtered data is then sent back and displayed on the medical conditions mainly using easy-to-understand graphics.
tester’s smartphone. In total, the system returns ten results, Supporting text explanations are given in plain language: No
including blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, medical jargon but lots of detail and appropriate terminology.
body temperature, EKG, average respiratory rate and heart
Once a diagnosis is given, the Cloud DX Tricorder also educates
arrhythmias.
the user about his or her condition, as well as things like the mar“In material selection, we need to address user comfort over gin of error for the tests that have been conducted. Links to prethis prolonged period that includes sleeping, exercising, work- screened healthcare information on third-party websites may be
ing, making dinner and so on,” says Yatscoff. “So it’s a significant offered, along with explanations about additional steps to confirm
task to select forms and materials which hopefully will be what’s been found and to give guidance on pathways of treatment.
unobtrusive at worst and comfortable at best.”
At the same time, symptoms are tracked and, if they persist
It’s all about answering the question of whether hardware or worsen, the system will initiate contact with a provided
should be hard and conform as much as possible to the body’s healthcare professional/facility, or one that’s found within the
natural contours, or soft and embedded with technology. The Cloud DX database. The software can also import contacts from
Cloud DX team is heading down the middle.
social media apps if the user would like to share information
“We are trying to blend soft and hard, hopefully making the with others, but strict privacy controls are in place at all times.
most of both worlds,” Yatscoff says. “Most likely, we’ll be encasing
Many other challenges lay ahead in this truly multi-faceted and
the hardware in protective enclosures and connecting these ‘shells’ colossal undertaking, but trust among team members is strong.
with soft flexible segments or over molds made from a low durom“We have all the people in place we need to complete the project
eter silicone or other similar material. This gives the benefit of and have the confidence that we will do really well given the
traditional hardware retainment in plastic, with the soft sections abilities of everyone involved,” Yatscoff says. “Milestones still to
creating some compliance to adjust to different body shapes.”
come are getting the highest possible accuracy from the vital sign
Yatscoff points out that all the diagnostic software and devices monitoring devices, accurate diagnosis from our In-Vitro Diagto win this competition already exist in one form or another. nostic Platform, integrating the whole thing together, and producBecause of the tight timeline, the team has had to make a lot of ing 50 prototypes for May 2015…We’re a little busy.”
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a typical product development process. The challenge for the Cloud tricorder.xprize.org
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Some
HEFT
Behind It
Additive manufacturing speeds Canadian
“Dragons’ Den”-funded consumer product
to market.
R
egardless of your current climate, it’s likely that your weekends or after work hours have been dedicated to raking
leaves, digging gardens or shoveling snow. No matter the chore,
raking, shoveling or digging can all be strenuous and can amount
to various aches and pains. A Canadian entrepreneur set out to
change the way individuals use day-to-day tools while avoiding
the associated aches and pains.
The concept for the HEFT (Highly Effective Fulcrum Tool)
came to fruition after co-inventor, Marco Longley, was severely
injured in 1990 after being hit by an impaired driver while
riding his bicycle. After the accident, Marco went through major
back surgeries as well as the re-building of his shoulder, making
physical activities, such as shoveling snow and raking leaves,
extremely painful and difficult. Ultimately, the discomfort lead
Marco to create the original design for the HEFT—a tool which
made such strenuous activities more feasible.
Development of the HEFT started in Marco’s garage in 2008
where he began to create the original prototype for the product.
After different ideas and iterations, Marco’s wife and HEFT
co-inventor, Anne, suggested that a change to the HEFT’s collar,
which lead to the patented locking collar design used in the
original product design.
The original handmade prototypes crafted by Marco were
very time consuming to create and originated from fiberglass,
metal inter core and PVC piping. Nearly four years after the
original idea came to life and Marco had a working prototype,
he pitched his idea on the iconic Canadian television series “DragNovember/December | 2014
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Through consultation with additive manufacturing products and services
firm Cimetrix Solutions, Canadian entrepreneur and inventor, Marco
Longley 3D printed these prototypes of his Highly Effective Fulcrum Tool
(HEFT). Made from PC-ABS, the functional prototypes helped secure a
deal with a national retailer to distribute across Canada.
ons’ Den,” airing during the Christmas special in 2012. The idea
was well received and sparked the interest of all of the Dragons,
but an agreement was ultimately made between Marco and Arlene
Dickinson. After much deliberation, Arlene’s group decided to
pass on the HEFT due to the high cost of manufacturing.
Fortunately for Marco, approximately two weeks before the
airing of the Dragons’ Den episode, Start Up Canada, a network
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of entrepreneurs who seek to develop environments where all
entrepreneurs can develop platforms together, took a tour of
AssentWorks. A not-for-profit Maker-space and idea hub located
in Winnipeg, AssentWorks dedicates itself to providing hands
on access to 3D printing and rapid prototyping equipment to
innovators and community members alike.
Start Up Canada connected Marco with AssentWorks’ cofounder, David Bernhardt. With an extensive background in
industrial design and an excellent knowledge and connection
to the world of 3D printing, David turned to additive manufacturing technologies to redesign the HEFT and create less expensive, functional prototypes.
Within two weeks of accessing the concept for the HEFT,
David had altered the design and had created four functional
prototypes with the use of AssentWorks’ uPrintPlus 3D printer.
David presented his ideas to Marco and his family at the Dragons’ Den airing party. The sleek, light and functional designs
were well received; so well in fact that they captured the attention of another Dragon: David Chilton. Chilton heard about
the expedited prototypes and was very interested to see them
first hand. After seeing the prototypes and testing them, Chilton only had one thing to say “I’m in.”
Then, the real challenges began: Testing and manufacturing.
Although the uPrint ABS parts were great for preliminary testing and communication, they needed something more robust
for functional testing. Bernhardt contacted the experts at
Cimetrix Solutions for advice on material selection as well as
injection molding applications. The new prototypes were printing on a Fortus 400mc using PC-ABS allowing for a strong part
with some flexibility.
“We were able to do all of our ergonomic and functional testing with the PC-ABS prototype,” explains Bernhardt. This would
ultimately be the prototype in which the HEFT team secured a
deal with a national retailor to distribute across Canada.
The implementation of 3D printing proved to have a significant impact on the product design as well as the production
of the prototype. From the ideation stage to manufacturing,
over 40 prototypes were produced, some of the earlier ones were
basic wire to foam and PVC seen on the Dragons’ Den pitch.
Although effective, manufacturing of these prototypes was very
time consuming and cumbersome.
As with most products, the HEFT was not an overnight
success. It was a five-year journey from idea to retail with many
hiccups throughout the development. Once additive manufacturing was introduced, however, communication between all
parties became clear and it went from prototype to product in
less than a year.
The product hit the store shelves of Home Hardware across
Canada this fall in conjunction with an update feature on Dragons’ Den, which aired in October, 2014, as well as a Home
Hardware commercial with details about the HEFT and where
it can be purchased.
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www.theheft.com
www.cimetrixsolutions.com
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Motors
Open Induction Motors
WEG Electric released a line of
open, three-phase induction
motors, available in standard frame
sizes – from NEMA 254T to
L6808/09. The W40 motor line
comes with a rated output of 60Hz
at 15 to 2,250 HP and either 2- or
4-pole models. Input voltage can be from 208 to 4,160V available
with ODP (IP23) protection for frames 256T to L5810 and WPI
(IP24) protection for frame L6808/09. As an option, models are
also available with 5,000 – 6,000V, 6- or 8-pole, and WPI and WPII
protection for frame sizes 5010 and up. W40 motors come standard
with ball bearings, grease nipples, Class F insulation and are suitable
for inverter operation up to 460V.
www.weg.net
Motor and Drive System
Baldor Electric Company introduced an adjustable speed direct
drive cooling tower system that combines the company’s Baldor
Reliance RPM AC motor with an adjustable speed drive that replaces
the right-angle gearbox and jack shaft installation found in many
conventional industrial process cooling towers. The fan couples to
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the motor and is controlled by the
ABB ACS880 cooling tower drive.
This drive offers specific cooling
tower parameters and provides a
“quick start assistant” specifically
for cooling tower applications.
www.baldor.com
Ironless Linear Motors
ETEL unveiled its ILF and the ILM series of ironless high-speed
linear motors. Built for use in the semiconductor and electronics
industry, the series utilizes an iron-free coil design, which guarantees zero-attraction force between the carriage and the magnetic
way ensuring smooth motion along its length of travel with no
force ripple. The ILF is a smaller-sized motor suited for high dynamic
and low-moving mass applications, while the ILM is a more powerful version and has an option to be
air-cooled. The ironless motors come in
a variety of lengths and heights, which
offer different degrees of forces and
also share the same profile for interchangeability. Each is also able to reach
speeds of up to 20 m/s and reach a peak
force of up to 2,500 N.
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Automation
Servo Drive
Rockwell Automation released its Allen-Bradley Kinetix 5500
servo drive with integrated safety that uses the EtherNet/IP
network for machine safety functions. In addition, the system
allows users to unlatch the safe torque off function, program an
unlimited number of set points, change safety zoning and re-use
code to maintain system validation. End users also gain improved
diagnostics information through the drive’s integration with the
GuardLogix safety controller. Details on safety-related faults, such as safe torque off requests,
are shown on the drive’s LCD display. This information can also be pulled into existing information databases and reporting solutions already in use.
www.rockwellautomation.com
Embedded PC
Beckhoff Automation unveiled its medium-performance
CX5100 series of fanless embedded PC controllers with Intel
Atom multi-core CPUs. The processors’ 22-nm technology
maintains thermal balance and extended operating temperature range. The DIN rail-mountable series is offered in
three different processor and housing sizes including the
CX5120 (single-core, 1.46 GHz Atom CPU); CX5130 (1.75 GHz, dual-core); and CX5140
(1.91 GHz, quad-core). The basic interface equipment corresponds to that of Beckhoff’s
CX5000 devices: Automatic recognition of K-Bus I/O or EtherCAT Terminals; two independent Gigabit-capable Ethernet interfaces, four USB 2.0 ports; a DVI-I interface and a
“multi-option” interface to support a variety of fieldbus systems. The series offers an
extended operating temperature range of -25 to +60°C.
www.beckhoffautomation.com
HMI/PLC
IDEC has added the FT1A Touch 14 I/O to its series of
combo HMI+PLC units. The HMI/PLC provides up to 158
discrete and analog inputs and outputs (using FT1A
controllers as remote I/O slaves), PID control and Ethernet
communications plus a built-in 3.8-inch touchscreen. The unit also features
14 I/O consisting of eight discrete inputs (two of which can be configured as
analog) and four discrete outputs and two analog outputs. The discrete inputs
can handle switching frequencies up to 10kHz. The analog inputs and outputs
can be configured as either 0-10Vdc or 4-20mA. PID control functions include auto-tuning,
anti-reset windup and bumpless transfer. The unit is CE, cULus, Class I Division 2 for hazardous locations, and has a -20 to 55°C operating temperature.
www.IDEC.com
Quadlinear Camera
Teledyne DALSA introduced its Piranha4 2k quadlinear line scan
camera featuring RGB outputs plus a Near Infrared (NIR) channel for
multispectral imaging. The CMOS image sensor design features
wafer-level dichroic filters that enable spectrally independent RGB
and NIR outputs. The camera is available in 2k resolution, with 14.08
micron pixel size and delivers a maximum line rate of 70kHz. In
addition to its multispectral capability, the camera also features sub-pixel spatial correction,
horizontal parallax correction, multiple AOI and ROI and independent exposure time for
each color channel. Flat field correction can be done on each channel or as a group.
www.teledynedalsa.com
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Controllers
Servo Controllers
Sprint Electric introduced its XLV range of servo controllers
designed for permanent magnet brushed DC servo motors
rated from 4 to 12 Amps. Suitable for use on DC supplies up
to 48V, the controllers can be used in either current (torque)
or speed control modes. The 400 XLV model for motors rated
up to 4A, the 800 XLV for 8A and the 1200 XLV for 12A are
additions to the miniature 200 XLV model. Despite measuring
60mm wide, 120mm high and 105mm deep for the 400 and 800 models, and 69mm wide
for the 1200 model, the XLV is a four-quadrant drive that can motor and brake in both
directions of rotation.
www.mdacontrols.com
PLC + HMI
in One Unit
Vision 1210™
Motor Controller
Velmex introduced its VXM Controller System, a 2-phase, unipolar stepper motor controller that has the capability to drive
and control precise movements, multi-axis and velocity. The
controller is capable of controlling up to 4 motors, 1 motor at
a time. Also two motors can be controlled simultaneously for
coordinated motion. The VXM Controller features a single chip
micro-controller; resonance-free motor torque; automatically de-energizes motors at a
standstill; and 10-bit analog input. The Velmex VXM System can be used with a PC, Tablet,
Laptop or PLC and can run standalone. The Velmex has five VXM models that can control
one to four motors plus one enhanced jog and auto-reverse single motor, single axis model
that does not require a computer.
www.velmex.com
Starting at
$1,676
Instrumentation
12.1” Color touchscreen
Outdoor Enclosure
800x 600 pixels (SVGA)
Sarnia-based Intertec introduced its Diabox 277, an enclosure
designed for the protection of field-based process instrumentation in extreme cold environments. The enclosure measures 600
x 750 x 600mm and has an internal volume of approximately
277 liters. For extremely cold conditions, the company’s “arctic”
version is suitable for temperatures down to -60°C (-76°F). The
standard Diabox 277 enclosures are rated to IP65 while the
arctic version is available with an IP68 rating. The enclosure’s
GRP composite material is available in an electrically conductive
form to comply with the international IEC EN 60079-0 standard.
For applications that demand purging, Intertec offers a sealed
Ex p version in accordance with the IEC EN 60079-2 standard.
www.intertec.info
Supports up to 1000 I/Os
Including high-speed ,
Temperature & weight
measurement
NEMA4X/IP66/IP65
Power Supply
ABSOPULSE Electronics released its HBC65-D3-IP66/67 Series
of watertight power supplies designed for heavy-duty industrial, mining, marine, military, oil & gas and transportation
applications. The series accepts either AC- or DC-inputs including 115Vac (95–132Vac range), 230Vac (190–264Vac range),
250Vdc (210–290Vdc range), 300Vdc (250–350Vdc range)
or custom. The supplies deliver 300W continuous output
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power without the need for cooling fans or forced airflow. Typical
output voltages include 12Vdc, 24Vdc, 48Vdc, 125Vdc or custom.
The units comply with EN60950-1 and UL and CSA international
safety standards. The power supplies are packaged in a die cast
aluminum IP66 enclosure with sealed circular connectors. Cooling
is by internal conduction to the walls of the enclosure and by
surface convection. This enables operation within a -25°C to +55°C
temperature range.
www.absopulse.com
OpenSAFETY control panel
B&R introduced a control
panel, which the company
says eliminates the need for
hard wiring of E-stop, operating mode and start buttons.
Instead, the company’s openSAFETY control panels only
require a bus and power connection, allowing systems to be placed where
needed without dealing with cable harnesses.
The control panels are available in a wide range
of configurations. In addition to different display
sizes and ratios, it’s also possible to choose
between various touch technologies. Just as
configurable are the number and arrangement
of buttons, switches and the E-stop buttons.
The control panels are also available in housings
rated up to IP65. B&R also offers custom devices
for specific clients and solutions for specific
industries, such as food and beverages.
www.br-automation.com
Sensors
Rotary Encoders
Pepperl+Fuchs introduced its ENA58IL and
ENA36IL magnetic absolute rotary encoders
that combine precision and high-speed resolution in a compact design. The encoders feature
accuracies up to 0.1°, resolution up to 16-bit
single turn and 32-bit multiturn, and a signal
processing time < 100 µs. In addition to two-axis
14-bit Hall sensors, the units also house a Wiegand sensor, turning them into multiturn absolute rotary encoders without mechanical gears.
As result, the compact encoders feature housings as small as 36mm in diameter. The ENA58IL
and ENA36IL are suitable the most adverse
applications such as offshore wind turbines or
in the mobile equipment industry.
www.pepperl-fuchs.us
Energy Meter
LOVATO Electric has expanded its range of
measuring instruments by adding the DMG600
and DMG610 digital multimeters. Both models
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provide electrical measurements
such as voltage and current values, meters for active and reactive
energy, both imported and exported,
and harmonic distortion (THD). In
addition, the multimeters offer different solutions for acquiring measured data. The
instruments’ white-backlit LCD screen provides
visibility, even in low light conditions. The built-in
RS485 serial port allows the DMG610 model to be
immediately inserted into an existing network; many other optional
ports are available such as analog input and output, relay output,
static output, communication port, Ethernet or USB. The models
also allow users to connect directly, through an optical front port
via a Wi-Fi dongle, to smartphones or tablets using the LOVATO
SAM1 applications in the Android and IOS apps store.
www.lovato.ca
Linear Sensor
Alliance Sensors Group released its MR Series of linear position
sensors designed as a drop-in replacement for magnetostrictive
sensors—specifically for port-mounted industrial, mobile or subsea
hydraulic cylinders and large pneumatic actuators. MR Series sensors are based on a contactless inductive sensing technology. The
sensor series measurement ranges from 2 to
36 inches (50 to 900mm); operates to 5,000
psi; has a linearity error of less than or equal to
±0.1% of full scale output, and has a -3dB
frequency response of 500 Hz. The sensor
features an IEC IP-67 aluminum or stainless steel
housing and operates in temperatures up to
85°C and 105°C for custom units.
www.alliancesensors.com
Zone 2 Ex nA IIC T4 Gc. Both product families cover pressures from
1 to 20,000 psi. Pressure transmitters can be ordered with compound
pressure ranges for compressor applications or bi-directional pressures
for vapor recovery systems.
www.astsensors.com
Proximity Sensors
Standex-Meder Electronics introduced its
MK15-501 magnetically operated reed
proximity sensors for surface-mount
device (SMD) mounting. Measuring 16 x
2.8 x 2.8mm, the sensors are suited for
low-power operations, requiring no external power for sensor operation. It is especially useful for magnetic systems
requiring long operating distances with
permanent magnets. Two lead designs
are available: Straight leads and bent SMD
gull wing leads. Offered in four operating sensitivities, the MK15501 is also available for high power switches. The sensors are
supplied taped and reeled according to IEC 286-3, suitable for
auto-placement. The magnetic pull-in sensitivity is divided into
several AT classes at 5 AT steps each.
www.standexmeder.com
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Pressure Transmitters
American Sensor Technologies announced that
its line of Explosion Proof Pressure Transmitters
has achieved ATEX certification for hazardous
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Power Transmission
Shaft Collars
Stafford Manufacturing Corp.
unveiled a line of weather-resistant
shaft collars for outdoor use. The
collars feature a wide range of oneand two-piece, hinged and flange
mount designs made from plastic,
aluminum, paintable steel and 304
and 316 stainless steel. Available in
sizes from 1/4 to 10 inches with
various bore configurations, depending upon the material, the collars
can be modified with mounting
holes, knurls and other secondary options to meet OEM design
specifications.
www.staffordmfg.com
1/8-, 1/4- and 3/8-inch
port sizes with flow rates
up to 60 scfm at 100 psig.
Needle valves are used to
control the rate of flow in
a pneumatic system by
controlling flow in both
directions. Material enters
the input port, travels
through an adjustable
orifice and out the output port. Mounting options for the series include
direct and in-line, as well as cartridge styles. Adjustment is achieved
by either a recessed slot or knurled knob. The GNV series also offers
a compact design with rotating input that allows for 360 degree
positioning.
www.clippard.com
Fluid Power
Needle Valve
Clippard introduced its GNV series of needle valves, available with
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Venturi Vacuum Pump
Vaccon Company introduced its RTM Series of
venturi vacuum pump cartridges. The pumps’
venturi design generates high internal
velocities that carry
dirt through and
out of the pump,
as opposed to multistage pumps that use flap valves,
filters and screens that can clog. Available as a
complete pump assembly or just the threaded
cartridge, Vaccon’s RTM Series is directly interchangeable with installed multi-stage units or
vacuum grippers. The RTM Series are manufactured
in 11 different performance levels, up to 3.2 SCFM
[90.6 LPM] vacuum flow and 28-inch Hg [948 mbar]
vacuum level. Options include top or face mounted
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WINGMAN
Toronto start-up DreamQii’s PlexiDrone to
buzz UAV market with quad-rotor drone
designed for commercial photography.
By Mike McLeod
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s the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) nears the establishment of guidelines for commercial Unmanned Arial
Vehicles (UAV) south of the border and Transport Canada streamlining applications at home, the market for small, light drones,
with enough power to carry a payload, is heating up. A quick
Google search or browse through crowd-funding sites like Kickstarter or Indiegogo shows the growing number of recent entries
into the commercial UAV market.
Few, however, have sparked the buzz surrounding Toronto
start-up DreamQii and its quad-rotor UAV, the PlexiDrone. During its 30-day Indiegogo crowd funding campaign, the company
attracted more than 2500 backers and approximately US$750,000,
well past the original $100,000 funding goal. The drone has
similarly coaxed distributors like photography equipment retailer
Henry’s, which will offer the PlexiDrone on its shelves when
commercial shipments of the drone start in early 2015.
According to the PlexiDrone’s creator and DreamQii CEO,
Klever Freire, his UAV’s popularity comes down to a combination of marketing savvy and tailoring the UAV to a high growth
segment of the market.
“A few years ago, before we entered the market, photography
stores started to pick up on what their customers were asking
for,” he says. “But those first generation film and photography
drones were being sold by accident because they were designed
initially as recreational toys for RC hobbyists. It just so happened
that they had enough power to take up a small action camera.
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Klever Freire, CEO of Torontobased DreamQii and creator
of the PlexiDrone, a small UAV
designed for film-makers and
photographers. (© Michael
Barker/Acme Art & Design)
“Today,” he adds, “it’s really about having the compete package, one that a photographer can just pick up and start using
without having to be an expert in programming, flying remote
control aircraft or modifying things with a 3D printer.”
While similar looking to other quad-rotor UAVs, the 2.2-pound
PlexiDrone possesses a number of elements designed specifically
with photographers in mind. For example, it features a tool-less,
snap-together construction that allows the rotor arms, landing
gear and camera mount to detach from the central hub. Once
disassembled, the components pack neatly into a hard-shell backpack for transport.
“There are a lot of benefits to making the arms detachable,”
Freire says. “For example, the modularity makes the Plexidrone
extremely portable. And, if you are using the UAV for your
business and you damage a propeller, you may not have time to
fix the entire frame, but you could easily swap out an arm.”
The system’s modular architecture also extends to its payload
capabilities, allowing for any number of custom photographic
configurations. In addition to mounts for GoPro and other
compact dSLR cameras, the company offers a special harness
to accommodate a spherical 360-degree panoramic camera
called the BublCam made by fellow Indiegogo favorite and
Toronto-startup, Bubl Technology.
No matter what the camera payload, the small UAV also
accommodates 2- and 3-axis image-stabilizing gimbals which,
Freire says, the PlexiDrone is uniquely designed to take advantage
of since its landing gear retracts to provide an unobstructed shot.
“What is really important to film makers and photographers
are things like an unobstructed field of view, great camera positioning and being able to take up more than one camera type,
along with hands-free portability and an attention to industrial
design,” Freire says. “It’s important that it look like a completely
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ready-to-fly drone you can use immediately even if you didn’t
knew anything about [remote control aircraft] previously.”
Beyond its modularity, the Canadian-made drone also possesses a number of handy features for prospective aerial cinematographers, especially those without any prior RC pilot experience.
Controlled via either an iOS, Android or Windows-based mobile
device, DreamQii’s drone allows for standard waypoint-style
programming but also incorporates a GPS-enabled “follow-me”
option. Pressing a button in the drone’s companion PlexiGCS
app tells the drone to follow behind, above, in front or to the left
or right of the controlling smartphone’s location.
For safety, the system’s ultrasonic sensor can detect and avoid
obstacles at distances of up to 30 feet and its voice notification
system alerts users to potential problems. For shots that require
more than one camera angle, DreamQii’s system also allows two
or more PlexiDrones to be coordinated simultaneously via the
PlexiHub. The Bluetooth-enabled wireless drone “router” allows
one user to swarm multiple UAVs and film an event from multiple angles, follow search grid patterns or survey larger areas.
Weighing 1 kg without payload, the UAV can produce 7 lbs
of thrust and reach a top speed of 70 kph (43 mph). According
to the company, the drone’s rechargeable battery lasts between
10 to 35 minutes of hover and 10 to 25 minutes of flight time,
depending on payload weight.
Perhaps one of the PlexiDrone’s most attractive features, how-
ever, isn’t a component, spec or design element, but how it will
navigate Transport Canada and FAA certification. After all, the
best commercial-grade UAV on the market is useless if it’s illegal
to fly. However, Freire says that a recent Transport Canada ruling,
which allows UAVs under 2 kg to be used for commercial applications without requiring an Special Flight Operations Certificate
(SFOC), levels the horizon for light UAVs like the PlexiDrone.
“Previously, the best a drone OEM could do was make sure
that their product would be able to pass an SFOC certificate
application,” he says. “For quite some time, this was looking to
be an advantage for established but expensive UAVs on the
market. Now, with the ruling, you can get a cheap drone, attach
a camera to it and get the live video feed you were looking for
without having to spend thousands of dollars.”
As the crowd-funding campaign drew to a close in November,
Freire said the money raised will go toward fulfilling the approximately 800 pre-orders for the sub-$1,000 PlexiDrone. The next
step will finding the right mass-production partners, he says, to
keep up with demand once the product has it retail debut next year.
“We are looking to keep things as Canadian as possible,” he
says. “Within the next six months to a year, we definitely expect
to start releasing the next version of the PlexiDrone. By then,
we will have a much idea of what the demand is like in terms
of volume.”
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