Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-01639, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Sheikhzadeh, Mehdi (Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for colleges, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les collèges, program purpose english : OES Inc. is a leading London, ON based provider of technology solutions in Electronic Manufacturing & Design Services that has developed a system for detection of crimping defects in the production of automotive wiring harnesses, which has benefits in harness reliability. Currently, there are two housings containing sensors and electronics that are custom fabricated and are too costly for volume manufacturing._x000D_
_x000D_
The proposed project in collaboration with Lambton College's Bluewater Technology Access Centre will investigate the development of a case that can be fabricated by injection moulding that will be much more cost effective and that can be fabricated in volume. The research team  will focus on translating the current OES design into one that can be fabricated using injection moulding_x000D_
_x000D_
The  project will result in accelerating the commercialization cycle for the CQS technology and enable them to economically start shipping demonstration units to global manufacturers of wiring harnesses. The technology will give them a competitive advantage and lower cost will increase the OES market share, allowing them to compete in the cut throat automotive market. This ultimately will provide benefits for Canada, providing economic and exporting impact., program purpose french : OES Inc. is a leading London, ON based provider of technology solutions in Electronic Manufacturing & Design Services that has developed a system for detection of crimping defects in the production of automotive wiring harnesses, which has benefits in harness reliability. Currently, there are two housings containing sensors and electronics that are custom fabricated and are too costly for volume manufacturing._x000D_
_x000D_
The proposed project in collaboration with Lambton College's Bluewater Technology Access Centre will investigate the development of a case that can be fabricated by injection moulding that will be much more cost effective and that can be fabricated in volume. The research team  will focus on translating the current OES design into one that can be fabricated using injection moulding_x000D_
_x000D_
The  project will result in accelerating the commercialization cycle for the CQS technology and enable them to economically start shipping demonstration units to global manufacturers of wiring harnesses. The technology will give them a competitive advantage and lower cost will increase the OES market share, allowing them to compete in the cut throat automotive market. This ultimately will provide benefits for Canada, providing economic and exporting impact., agreement title english : Design and Optimization of Circuit Board Enclosure using Additive Manufacturing Techniques, agreement title french : Design and Optimization of Circuit Board Enclosure using Additive Manufacturing Techniques, agreement number : CARD1, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-22, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada