These are the main sponsors of Team 1448. If we have forgotten anybody please email us and we will get you added as quickly as possible.
Taylor Products/Magnum Systems is a
leading process company specializing in pneumatic conveying, packaging, and automation.
Founded in 2001, Magnum Systems consist of two unique and well known divisions:
Smoot and Taylor Products. Smoot, est. in 1960, is a leader in the design and execution
of pneumatic conveying systems and components. Taylor Products, est. 1969, is a
leader in the design and manufacturing of bagging, weighing, and packaging equipment.
Magnum Systems is committed to offering our customers with innovative and problem
solving solutions. Their enormous equipment breath, years of experience, and drive
for excellence allows them to offer combined process solutions that no other company
can.
We use Taylor Product's facilities to help us build and test the robot. They grant us access to a wide range of machining tools and manufacturing abilities. Taylor Products also provides truly invaluable help in the form of thier adult sponsors and employees. Without thier help and advice we would not be where we are today.
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation was established
in the mid-1960s by the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman.
Based in Kansas City, Missouri, the Kauffman Foundation is the 30th largest foundation
in the United States with an asset base of approximately $2 billion.
The Kauffman Foundation granted us a scholarship 4 years ago that has helped us in traveling and other major purchases in the various robotics events.
Ducommun Aerostructures designs, engineers
and manufactures the largest, most complex contoured aerostructure components in
the aerospace industry. There integrated processes include stretch-forming, thermal-forming,
chemical milling, precision fabrication, machining, finishing processes, and integration
of components into subassemblies. They are also the largest independent supplier
of composite and metal bond structures and assemblies in the US, including aircraft
wing spoilers, helicopter blades, flight control surfaces and engine components.
Ducommun Aerostructures provides us with several high-strength, light-weight materials that we use in the manufacturing of the robots. They also help us in the forming and handling of some exotics metals, such as Titanium or Carbon-Steel.
As your local Ace Hardware , our store
is a member of the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the industry.
Ace Hardware began as a small chain of stores in 1924 and has grown to include more
than 4,600 stores in 50 states and more than 70 countries. As part of a cooperative,
every Ace Hardware store is independently owned. From neighborhood hardware stores
to lumberyards to super-size home centers, each Ace Hardware is unique and tailored
to meet the needs of its local community.
In addition to getting a lot of generic hardware supplies here, Ace Hardware is also one of our key sponsors.
Ruskin combines more than 45 years of HVAC manufacturing
experience with the industries most sophisticated, AMCA registered, testing facility
to provide the most comprehensive line of air flow measuring products. Ruskin offers
electronic measuring solutions, petot pneumatic averaging solutions and many control
options. From total measuring and control of the flow to simple reading and manual
adjustment, we have a solution to fit every application.
For more than 100 years, the people and processes of
Dayton Superior have created and refined products and technologies, the result
of which is seen every day on virtually every major construction project in North
America. Thier success is based on our commitment to helping architects, engineers
and contractors achieve higher performance, better efficiency, and lasting results
in construction projects around the world. Dayton Superior is one of the nation's
leading suppliers to the construction industry.