Multi-purpose Collaborative Platform for Enhanced Capacity at NSCC Advanced Manufacturing**Centre

新斯科舍社区学院(NSCC)设计与创新中心(DIC)位于伊万尼校区，位于**达特茅斯，是地区公认的致力于先进制造卓越的设施。该中心有以下目标：(I)制造和快速成型应用，以及**通过知识和技术转让实现商业化；(Ii)通过**学生参与和技术培训**应用学习和培训；以及(Iii)通过私营和公共部门合作**促进社区和经济发展。**在此背景下，NSCC致力于充当能力发展催化剂，并为**提供解决方案以应对现实世界的挑战；这项应用研究活动由教师推动，并以**学生为重点。从NSERC Arti赠款申请的资金将用于购买自动控制、**可重新编程、移动和多用途机械手，该机械手可在六个轴上进行编程，以及**水下超声波喷丸设备，以支持焊接和焊接结构的水下处理。这将使学院能够**扩大机械工程技术、焊接**和焊接检测与质量控制方面的教育项目机会，并在NSCC设计与创新中心建设能力。这**还将导致NSCC生成定制的行业相关解决方案，这些解决方案将支持技术**开发，以应对与制造相关的服务中的本地行业挑战。

The Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Design & Innovation Center (DIC) at Ivany campus, in**Dartmouth NS, is a regionally recognized facility committed to excellence in advanced manufacturing. The**center has the following objectives: (i) manufacturing and rapid prototyping applications, and**commercialization through knowledge and technology transfer; (ii) applied learning and training through**student involvement and technical training; and (iii) collaboration through private and public sector**partnerships resulting in community and economic development.**In this context, NSCC has committed to act as a capacity development catalyst and provide the setting that**contributes solutions to real world challenges; this applied research activity is driven by faculty, and focused on**students. The funding requested from the NSERC ARTI grant will be used to buy an automatically controlled,**reprogrammable, mobile and multipurpose manipulator programmable in six axes, along with an equipment for**underwater ultrasonic peening to support underwater treatment of welds and welded structures. This will allow**the college to expand education programing opportunities in Mechanical Engineering Technologies, Welding**and Welding Inspection & Quality Control, and build capacity in the NSCC Design & Innovation Center. This**will also lead to NSCC generating customized industry-related solutions that will support technology**development to address local industry challenges in manufacturing-related services.