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Company Announces Patent for Modulation-Assisted Machining Feedback Control



M4 Sciences LLC has announced that a new patent has been issued related to the company's TriboMAM drilling systems. "The company has recently released a next generation embedded micro-controller, enabling the first implementation of the process level feedback control for Modulation-Assisted Machining (MAM) systems," said a company spokesperson.

James Mann, CEO and Founder of M4 Sciences, co-authored the patent with former M4 Sciences colleagues Christopher Saldana, Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech University, and Wilfredo Moscoso-Kingsley, Assistant Professor at Wichita State University. The patented feedback control methods are designed to enable advancements in machining product capabilities such as real-time diagnostics and monitoring processes stability. "This new patent marks an important step for our product development and an engineering achievement for M4 Sciences," said Mann. "The ability to use feedback control in TriboMAM systems is a critical part of our product capability which will provide our customers with more reliable machining solutions."

M4 Sciences is a manufacturing technology company. "We provide drilling systems that are up to five times faster than conventional approaches," said the spokesperson.

For more information contact:

M4 Sciences LLC

1201 Cumberland Ave, Suite A

West Lafayette, IN 47906

765-479-6215

knowledge@m4sciences.com

www.m4sciences.com

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