Improving the Design and Functionality of the PTLevel 2.0 – a Wireless Cistern Monitor PROJECT TYPE Mechanical Engineering Design and Improvement CHALLENGE Based in Wainfleet, ParemTech develops Internet of Things (IoT) devices and accompanying software/firmware for niche embedded applications. This project deals with the PTLevel device, which measures the water level of cisterns, sumps, and similar enclosures holding liquids. To broaden the acceptance of this … Continue reading ParemTech »
Creating an All-in-One Men’s Grooming Tool PROJECT TYPE Mechanical Engineering Design and Improvement CHALLENGE Rocky Mountain Barber is a small business headquartered in the Niagara Region that produces men’s grooming products. The company approached Niagara College’s Research & Innovation department to aid in the development of an all-in-one travel companion that combines a cartridge razor, toothbrush, and comb. This marks a departure from their … Continue reading Rocky Mountain Barber Company »
PROJECT TYPE Commercial Kitchen Development and Productivity Enhancement CHALLENGE Inniskillin Niagara Estate is a globally-renowned wine production and hospitality centre. In 2009, they started the GEN culinary division to oversee all culinary programming for Inniskillin, Jackson-Triggs and Le Clos Jordanne. Currently, the company executes private dining experiences at both properties daily and has reached a point where they lack space and equipment for day-to-day execution … Continue reading Inniskillin Niagara Estate »
PROJECT TYPE Mechanical Engineering Design and Improvement CHALLENGE Niagara Falls-based GTG Engineering Canada Inc. is the exclusive distributor of LLFA® products, a stable, chemically inert and opaque rubber material used to repair, seal and insulate all manners of industrial components. One of its more popular products is ‘Smooth’ and ‘Smooth Thin’, typically used in medium-to-high voltage applications. While the main component for these products is … Continue reading GTG Engineering Canada »
Creating a custom spinach harvester Project Type New Product Development and Process Improvement Challenge Durham Foods grows hydroponic spinach in a safe and pesticide-free greenhouse environment. They are the only farm in North America that commercially produces hydroponic spinach year-round. As a leader and a pioneer, they are the first to face fundamental challenges in the industry, including time-intensive manual harvesting. Solution The research team … Continue reading Durham Foods »
Testing energy efficiency of building materials Project Type Product Testing & Evaluation Challenge STEEP Building Systems Inc. provides to the institutional, commercial and residential construction market a structural and non-structural pre-insulated building envelope system, which is the most energy-efficient and environmentally friendly product available in the industry today. STEEP needed to determine a way of testing the R-value of their building materials to make sure … Continue reading STEEP Building Systems »
