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News from around Western Wisconsin

 

WITC-New Richmond breaks ground on construction project

Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College

With shovels in hand, groundbreaking began on a $2.6 million dollar construction project at WITC-New Richmond.

Derrick Construction is in charge of the project, which is expected to be completed toward the end of the calendar year. The 8,000 square foot addition to the back of the main building will become the home to several programs.

- Motorcycle, Marine & Outdoor Power Products Tech program will relocate from the separate Power Equipment Center to the new space at the main building.

- Welding Program will move into new space, with two additional welding bays.

- Industrial Automation, Controls and Networking will move into remodeled space vacated by welding.

Live streaming of the construction site

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St. Croix River Crossing Update: Federal Appeal Delays Testing

KSTP.com, Western Wisconsin

Opposition by the Sierra Club in federal court has delayed a river testing project that is required before construction of the new bridge can begin.

In March, a federal judge ruled in favor of the Sierra Club that argued the bridge would damage the river and its scenery. The federal government is appealing that judge's decision. The next hearing takes place this summer in St. Louis.

The load testing project in the St. Croix River was scheduled for spring 2010 to document riverbed stability and provide foundation information for both the Minnesota's and Wisconsin's Department of Transportation. Until legal issues are satisfied the project is on hold.

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Texas firm backing Chippewa Falls sand plant: Investment could spur construction

Allbusiness.com

A major financial investor has been lined up for the sand processing plant that is proposed for the northeast corner of the city.

Tom Hubbard, a lead engineer in design and construction of the plant, said Texas-based EOG Resources agreed within the past two weeks toinvest in the Canadian Sand & Proppants plant. Canadian Sand officials couldn't be reached for comment, and no mention of the deal has been posted on the company's website.

According to the EOG Resources website, the company "is one of the largest independent oil and natural gas companies in the United States with proved reserves in the United States, Canada, Trinidad, the United Kingdom and China."

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Featured Technology

Process for Making Improved Metal Stencil Screens for Screen Printing

Description of Technology:  This invention relates to a process for making improved stencil screens which can be used for screen printing.  More particularly, it relates to a process for making a polymeric or metal ledge on one side of the stencil screen. 

Market Potential:  Screen printing is used in both the graphic arts and electronics industries.  The basic concept in screen printing is to force a viscous material, an ink or paste, through apertures of a stencil screen.  A stencil screen has solid areas which prevent printing and penetrable areas which allow the deposition of a pattern onto a substrate.  The penetrable areas in the stencil screen can be mesh of the same or variable size, open areas with tie lines holding the solid areas together, or any combination of the above.  Optionally, the stencil screen can have some open areas.  For graphic arts applications the viscous material is usually an ink which is deposited on paper, fabric, plastic, etc.  For electronic applications, thick film pastes of conductors, dielectrics and resistors can be screen printed onto appropriate electronic circuit substrates such as alumina or ceramic "green tape."

 Benefits:
- Prevents material from running together

Applications:

 - Improved stencil screens

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