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Digital Manufacturing Lab powered by Alliant Energy

This exciting partnership between Alliant Energy and Iowa State University’s Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) can help your business evaluate problems and find opportunities using innovative technology.

Assessment
FREE
Schedule an on-site assessment to evaluate opportunities.
Customization
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CIRAS can help program cobots or other technology and train staff to meet your needs. Alliant Energy customers receive 50% off.
Implementation
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Our partnership experts can help you find the right vendor to maximize your implementation.
Lab tours
FREE
Experience new Industry 4.0 technology like cobots, 3-D scanning, and autonomous vehicles.
Testing and training
FREE
Use our facility to test new technology and train your staff on how to use it.

Case study: Malvenworks

Alliant Energy customer Fred Malven of Malvenworks got great results from the Digital Manufacturing Lab.

Malvenworks has manufactured fire service hand tools since the late 1980s, but had no detailed drawings of its tool designs in production.

The CIRAS team translated the tool drawings into digital computer-aided design (CAD) models to create detailed drawings and help the company improve production.
Watch a video about Malvenworks' experience
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Experiment with new ideas

Alliant Energy business customers have priority access to the lab and innovation space to solve problems and improve efficiencies. Here are some examples of business problems we have helped address.

  • We worked with a large manufacturer on an internship to alleviate issues recreating forecasting databases that were lost due to a malware attack.
  • We led a capstone project with an industrial engineering team to look at staffing levels.
  • We helped a partner organization use CyBizLab to do market research to better understand demand for a new product.

Ready to get started? Contact your key account manager or the Business Resource Center at 1-866-ALLIANT (866-255-4268) or [email protected].

Watch a video about how it works
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Gain experience and make connections

The lab brings together departments across Iowa State University and students and faculty from a variety of backgrounds. This dynamic group helps solve problems and stimulates innovative ideas. Students have the opportunity to work closely with companies through:

  • Capstone projects
  • Experimental learning opportunities
  • Case studies
  • Internships
  • Research including whitepapers
  • Innovative problem solving
  • Corporate engagement events
  • Cross discipline collaborations

Ready to get started? Contact your key account manager or the Business Resource Center at 1-866-ALLIANT (866-255-4268) or [email protected].

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