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Springboard Engineering

• Springboard Engineering provides a comprehensive
  suite of product development services.
• Contract design engineering (mechanical and
  electrical)
• Laboratory Testing - both reliability and
  performance
• Agency and code consultation
• Fabrication and prototyping
• Springboard employees have over 657 years
  experience in high volume consumer product design
  and have been named on over 50 US patents.

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Springboard Engineering

• Located in Newton, Iowa directly off I-80 (exit
  168)
• 42 full time employees
• 40,000 sq ft building in Newton
• Own 5.68 acres
• Opportunity to purchase 17 additional acres for
  future expansion

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Springboard Business Model

• Design Services
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Testing Services
• Reliability
• Performance
• Prototyping

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Springboard SynergyValue Proposition

• Total product development Springboard
  Engineering has the experience and capability to
  execute projects from cradle to grave.
• Specification creation/requirements management
• Design engineering (mechanical and electrical)
• Project management
• Prototyping
• Metrology (Coordinate Measuring Machine, CMM)
• Verification testing against requirements
  (reliability and performance testing)

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Springboard Engineering Customers
Over 30 active clients in the below
industries

• Agriculture
• Alternative Energy
• Medical
• Industrial Equipment
• Chemical Distribution
• White Goods
• Municipalities

• Electronics
• Food delivery
• HVAC
• Sanitation
• Telecommunications
• Second tier supplier to other engineering firms.

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Design Engineering Services

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Springboard Design Services

• Mechanical engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Software design
• CAD drawings/3D models
• ProE modeling software
• Specification writing

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Reverse Engineering Capabilities

• Capability to go from concept to part or reverse
  
• engineer a part to get back to an accurate
  drawing or
• 3D CAD model.

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Springboard Design Tools

• Six Sigma trained staff
• Lean manufacturing principles
• Statistical Analysis
• Statistical Tolerancing and GDT
• FMEAs (Application, Design, Process)
• Design for Mfg/Assembly (DFM/DFA)
• Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Kaizen 2P/3P Events
• Skilled project management
• CMM layouts
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

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Mechanical Design Example
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Springboard Electrical Specialties

• Instrumentation and controls
• Display systems
• Sensor technologies
• Wired and wireless protocols
• Systems automation
• Motor control
• Electrical noise mitigation
• Low power solutions
• ROHS compliance

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Electrical Engineering Embedded Software Services

• Real-time embedded software
• design development
• Experts in noise mitigation
• Electromagnetic Conductivity (EMC)
• Electromagnetic Interference (EMI).
• Total system integration- sensing, interpreting,
  executing and controlling the entire product.

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Electrical Engineering Embedded Software Services

• Efficient algorithm development
• Examples
• Vibration sensing and handling
• Fuzzy logic systems
• Humidity/dryness sensing
• Centralized vs. distributed architectures
• Distributed communications via wired or wireless
  connection

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Embedded Software Services

• Full lifecycle development
• User Interfaces
• Configuration management
• CMMI Level 2 previously achieved
• Machine and instrument control applications
• Micro Expertise

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Embedded Software Development

• C, C, C, Perl, LabVIEW, Assembly Language,
  VB.NET
• Win32 application development
• System and application level programming
• Iterative build and delivery
• Hardware / software co-verification using
  advanced tools
• Hardware simulation

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Electronic Hardware Design

• Digital, analog, ASIC, FPGA, and PCB design
• RF, VHF, UHF, IR, and Microwave Systems
• Power Supply and Electrical Systems
• Failure Hazard Analysis (FHA) and Failure Mode
  Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Experts in electrical noise immunity mitigation
• High fidelity signal processing and digital
  filtering
• Image processing
• Optical, thermal, and motion sensor integration
• Interaction design
• Board level to finished goods
• Product integration

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Automation Engineering

• Industrial automation
• Process control and instrumentation
• Airport lighting
• Arc flash studies
• Diagnostic services
• Electro-hydraulic controls
• Electro-pneumatic controls
• Motion controls
• HMI and SCADA logic and programming
• Data acquisition and logging

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Testing Services

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Reliability Services

• Reliability Testing
• System level testing
• Component testing
• Infant mortality
• Useful life
• Long term durability
• Safety Testing
• Warranty expense calculations
• Service call rate estimates
• Cost and quality validation

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Reliability Capabilities

• System/Subsystem /Component Testing
• Electrical Components
• Motors, switches, relays, door lock and lid
  mechanisms
• Mechanical Components
• Transmissions, suspension, brake system, etc.
• Specialized test design and setup
• Reliability and Durability Testing
• Environmental testing temperature and humidity
  control
• UL Certification Testing
• Springboard is a third party independent UL test
  lab

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Reliability Lab Tools

• Statistical Tools Practices
• FMEA (Product and Process)
• Reliability Software
• Weibull Analysis, ReliaSoft Software
• Minitab
• Experience with other ReliaSoft
• Root cause and field failure analysis
• ALT/HALT /HAST/MEOST Techniques

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Reliability Flow Down
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Reliability Lab CapabilitiesTest Fixtures

• Custom fixture design
• Construction based on customers specifications
  or test plans

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Reliability Lab Capabilities

• Custom electrical test equipment
• Custom harnesses
• Programming capabilities
• PLC
• LabVIEW

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Springboard Agency Capabilities

• Experience with regulatory agencies
• Underwriters Laboratory (UL)
• American Gas Association (AGA)
• Canadian Gas Association (CGA)
• Department of Energy (DOE)
• International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
• Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEEE)
• ISO 17025 compliance

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Springboard Environmental ChambersExample
control boards, telecommunications
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Springboard Vibration TableExample control
consoles
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Springboard Unique Test DevelopmentExample
Torque Testing Control Knob
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Springboard ALT HALT TechniquesExample switch
test
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Equipment Overview

• Tensile test
• Vibration
• High speed camera
• Thermal camera
• Environmental chambers
• ECAT
• Agency probes, etc

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Springboard Performance Testing

• Evaluate products from consumers perspective
• Measure and interpret consumer needs in the
  design of a product
• Analyze and interpret statistical data to improve
  the quality of a product

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Springboard Performance Testing

• Consumer product testing
• Ergonomic assessments
• Usability tests (how consumers
• interact with product)
• Comparative testing against competition claims
  testing
• Custom test plan creation procedures
• Conduct market research and ethnography to obtain
  Voice of the Customer (VOC)
• Energy usage

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Springboard Performance Capabilities

• Detailed software verification
• Evaluation of user interface
• Use Care Guide expertise

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Springboard Performance Capabilities

• Performance Testing Equipment
• Spectrophotometer
• Image Analysis
• Climate control room
• Data Acquisition
• Automatic titration

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Springboard Performance Capabilities

• Energy Efficiency Testing
• Experienced in Energy Data Submission

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Prototyping Services

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Springboard Model Shop Services

• Mold making
• Prototyping
• Product mockups
• Injection Molding
• CNC Machining
• Metal Spinning
• CMM layouts
• Limited Production
• Fixture design and fabrication

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Mold Design/Creation/Operation

• Mold design
• Custom designed for customer
• Gas assist
• Insert molding
• Simple to complex molds
• Mold building
• Aluminum Quick Molds
• Production molds (steel)
• Injection molding
• Standard thermoplastic materials
• Plus PVC, glass-filled Valox, Nylons,
  Polycarbonates
• Drying equipment utilized
• Two shot overmolding

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Mold Fabrication Equipment
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Equipment Overview

• Machining
• CNC machining centers 40x 20
• CNC machining center 60x 30
• 225 ton injection molding machine
• CNC Sinker EDM
• Horizontal mill, lathes, vertical mills
• Fabrication
• Finger brake, press brake, shear, band saw
• Welding Equipment MIG, Arc, Gas, Plasma
• Model shop (concept models)
• Table saw, joiner, band saw, other wood working
  equipment
• Paint Room
• Quality
• Sheffield CORDAX RS-30 DCC
• Micro-Vu

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Measurement Equipment
Sheffield CMM Capacity X-40,Y-30,Z-25
Micro-Vu Optical comparator with 9050A video
reticle
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Fabrication

• Sheet metal
• Welding MIG, TIG,
• Steel, aluminum, stainless steel, plastic
• Bending / forming
• Spinning
• Shearing
• Rolling
• Stamping
• Assembly
• Prototype products
• Test fixtures
• Vacuum forming
• Silk screening
• Paint

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Fabrication Equipment
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Fabrication Equipment
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Springboard Engineering Contact Information

• Mike Selover
• Director of Sales
• 3020 1st Ave East
• Newton, Iowa 50208
• Desk 641-787-8728
• e-mail mselov_at_springboardengineering.com
• Jordan Bruntz
• President
• 3020 1st Ave East
• Newton, Iowa 50208
• Desk 641-787-8702
• e-mail jbruntz_at_springboardengineering.com