Cubbison Company achieved design and manufacturing success with a membrane switch for AmSafe Aviation-Phoenix, Az.

AmSafe is the world's leading provider of safety restraint products for the aerospace, defense, specialty and vehicle industries and they recently received FAA approval on the first and only seatbelt airbag system for use on commercial flights.  In the event of a survivable accident, an inflatable bag stored in the lap belt portion of the seatbelt protects passengers of all sizes from traumatic head and neck injury.

Each passenger will have an airbag installed in their seatbelt with a diagnostic module located underneath their seat. The airbag will not deploy accidentally during normal operations such as hard landing, random vibration, or food cart strikes on the seat. Deployment will occur; however, when a force is at or above 9g's for approximately 50 milliseconds.

Cubbison's membrane switch is located on the EMA (Electronic Module Assembly) and is the power and signal input control on the diagnostic module for the airbags. The EMA contains the system electronics, crash sensors, and an advanced lithium battery. All maintenance procedures and diagnostics are performed by pushing the test button on the EMA or by using the wireless software from AmSafe. RFID will then be used to communicate with the EMA module.

Cubbison's relationship with AmSafe Aviation began about 2 years ago.  Our design team, led by printed electronics engineer, Yvonne Smith spent countless hours designing the membrane switch for AmSafe Aviation's seat belt airbag system. Yvonne really enjoyed working on this project.  She said," Working with Peter Settles and the rest of the AmSafe team during the design phase was truly an honor, as well as a great learning experience."  The Cubbison team is excited about this collaborative relationship with AmSafe Aviation.

Source:  http://www.amsafe.com/

Cubbison Success

The printed electronics engineering team at Cubbison met a strict deadline and achieved design and manufacturing success with a membrane switch for WELkins LLC--- Roseville, CA.

WElkins LLC received FDA approval for their EMT/ICU Temperature Management System in August, 2012-a major milestone for any company, and one made even more rewarding by the relative rapidity of approval, less than 90 days after the company's submission to FDA. According to Maurice Jordan, Welkin's Director of Quality & Manufacturing, "Getting FDA approval in a 90-day time frame is very tough not to mention time consuming. Thank you very much for your support and belief in us as a company."

Cubbison's membrane switch is the HMI interface on the control panel of a portable, noninvasive cooling device, known as the EMT System, developed by WElkins LLC.  The EMT System is a lightweight, rugged cooling system that enables therapeutic hypothermia in the field, at the point of injury. Mild hypothermia is a potent neuroprotectant and its use in the pre-hospital setting can be crucial to patient survival and recovery.

WElkins' cooling technology is the product of over five decades' research and development by Bill Elkins, a father of the modern spacesuit and designer of microenvironment cooling garments to help NASA astronauts survive in space.  In 2004, Welkins LLC was formed to expand Elkins' research in liquid cooling technology for medical, military, industrial and athletic applications.  Cubbison's relationship with WElkin's started about 2 years ago when our design team, headed by Yvonne Smith, began developing their membrane switch.  Hours were spent engineering WElkin's unique design.  Cubbison worked closely with the WElkin's team to ensure everything was on track to meet their deadline. 

Most membrane switch manufacturing companies want exact drawings from the customer and they quote the project as is, offering little to no assistance in the area of design.  At Cubbison, we think design assistance is our niche.  We take the time to research each project and our electronic engineers work together to offer the best design solution and finished product.

Cubbison Company is excited about collaborative relationship with WElkins LLC and is honored to work with such an innovative company!

Sources:

 http://welkinsmed.com/

AKRON, OHIO - DESIGN 2 PART

Cubbison recently exhibited at the Design-2-Part Show in Akron, Ohio.

The attendees we talked with had a variety of projects to discuss with our engineers. It was very encouraging to see all the manufacturers come out with such high energy.

Thank you to all of our customers who visited our booth! If you missed Cubbison at the Design-2-Part show, make sure you check out the news & events section of our website to see where Cubbison will exhibit next.

Cubbison achieves 2011 Certified Supplier status at Worthington Cylinder

Excellent Performance, quality, and on-time delivery are just a few characteristics needed to achieve certified supplier status from Worthington Cylinder. Here at Cubbison we strive to meet the ongoing demands of our customers while delivering a high quality product on-time.  Therefore, we are honored to receive Certified Supplier status from Worthington Cylinder.

Touch screens are widely used on a daily basis; on your cell phone, while your checking out at the grocery store, renting a movie at the kiosk, or even at the gas station.Touch screens are a convenient technology we encounter every day.

The first touch screen was a capacitive touch screen developed by E.A. Johnson at the Royal Radar Establishment in Malvern, UK around 1965. From their beginning, touch screens have come a long way and  are now used by many OEM's for their interface solutions. Check out the various types of touch screens on our website by clicking the following link /products/touch-screens.aspx.

Two of the most common touch screens are the resistive and the capacitive technologies.  See the chart below to better understand the differences between the two technologies.

Cubbison is excited to announce the addition of touch screens to their growing product line.  For over 50 years, we have provided custom product ID solutions to various industries and we are excited to continue our growth as a product ID manufacturer and interface provider. Cubbison will officially launch our touch screen product line at the upcoming Medical Device & Manufacturing Expo in Chicago September 20-22. Come visit us at booth #2269 to learn more about us and our various product lines!

Cubbison is honored to speak at the upcoming 2011 SGIA Printed Electronics & Membrane Switch Symposium in San,Jose California June 14-16. Tim Merrifield, president of Cubbison, will be discussing the company's decision to get involved in the printed electronics industry and our experiences from all business perceptives including; marketing, training, print improvement methodologies, stretching resources, vendor developments, trade show strategy changes, plant manufacturing environment and much more.

According to Merrifield, "For us, it became obvious that our graphic products are mature (despite continued growth). Membrane switch production is not an end, but a way to position our company for future printed electronics products and applications."

Come visit us at the symposium on June 15th at 2:30 to learn more about Cubbison and listen to Tim Merrifield discuss, "Building New Business Opportunities by Implementing New Print and Design Methodologies."

Click on the link below to learn more about the 2011 Membrane Switch & Printed Electronics Symposium.

http://www.sgia.org/events/printed_electronics/11/educ_program.cfm.

With the New Year approaching I wanted to start out Cubbison's Blog with a quote from Henry Ford,"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress." "Working together is success." Here at Cubbison we are a team and as a team we will go above and beyond to satisfy our customers.

A team member of Cubbison recently went above and beyond for a prospective customer who needed a rush on an order right before the holiday. The Monday on the week before Christmas this team member received a quote request from a new customer for metal nameplates that needed to be rushed. The customer needed this order by the Tuesday of the week of Christmas.  This was a new customer so artwork and paperwork needed to have approval. This Cubbison team member knowing production had their hands full because of the short work week and a lot of orders to produce before the holiday break went to the plant manager to see how Cubbison can make this order happen.  Instead of pushing it aside until after the holidays, she took ownership and went above and beyond for this customer to make sure the order was delivered on time. Cubbison had this order delivered on Monday, one day before it was scheduled and needed to be delivered.

The art team, production, and the Cubbison Team worked together to make it a Win/Win situation. Cubbison gained the TRUST of a new customer and that customer will continue to work with us because of our efforts.  This is just one of the many examples how Cubbison demonstrates great customer service and use of our multi-functional teams.

Continue to check out our monthly blog.  We have a lot of new and exciting topics coming up this year!

Cubbison Company is proud to announce our latest entrance into the modern blogosphere! We are putting a face to our website!  With the instantaneous pooling of internet knowledge and interaction, we thought there is no better way to let our customers know what's going on here at Cubbison. We would like to share our expert knowledge and raw material know-how with you.

Since 1951, Cubbison has been providing product identification solutions to many of the nation's leading companies.  We will be posting weekly for now. The purpose of our new blog is to keep our readers up to date on Cubbison's latest applications and new products, along with introducing creative solutions within our industry.

Please feel free to let us know what you think!