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  Company Background

Dr. Boris Kamentser founded Bokam Engineering in 1980 as a consulting firm to meet the needs of customers who required state-of-the-art technology development and product line insertions not yet available. Rapidly expanding beyond its initial charter, the company became a leader in high-tech sensor development, fostering the creation of unique product lines that have continuously expanded to include applications in all major sensor and instrumentation fields. Far beyond consulting services, Bokam's engineering staff has developed product lines and product line additions that have dramatically increased our customer's marketability and annual sales by providing innovations and innovative solutions and products. In the mid '90s Bokam started to expand its charter as a technology and product development think tank to include state of the art manufacturing and standard and custom product line offerings. Bokam's capabilities now included the ability to manage the development of a product from conceptual inception all the way through OEM production. This natural expansion into a manufacturing based company had allowed Bokam to offer its unique technology and products directly to OEM's by offering them both standard and customized sensors and input devices utilizing Bokam's award winning technology and unique engineering and manufacturing capabilities.Our staff has been specifically chosen both for their creative energy and their development and problem-solving skills. We offer you top grade scientists, engineers, technicians and manufacturing staff who confidently meet any challenge and have received the highest accolades from our customers.Currently Bokam is expanding its product line offering once again. We have created and are now marketing an entire line of standard off-the-shelf input devices and sensors. These products combine Bokam's unique technology developed and tested in military, medical and commercial fields into standard products to be used in a wide range of fields and applications from industrial, military, and medical to aerospace.

  Company Profile

Bokam is a sensor and input device manufacturing company with a standard and custom product line offering and an extensive product development and qualification test capability complimented by unique vertically integrated production manufacturing capabilities. Concentrating in fields where high reliability and difficult environmental conditions are prevalent, Bokam concentrates its marketing efforts in fields where its technology can be used to its greatest advantage. The three main fields of concentration include Military, Medical and Heavy Industrial. Bokam's product line offering is broken down into two main categories: OEM system imbedded instrumentation and Man-Machine Interface. The OEM system imbedded instrumentation consists of force and pressure measurement sensors that are either customized to meet customer's unique application requirements or the technical and performance needs of specific niche market segments where environmental conditions and performance criteria require the reliability and environmental ruggedness offered by Bokam's unique product line. The Man-Machine Interface product line consists of standard, off-the-shelf and custom input devices, joysticks and cursor control products. This product line utilize Bokam's unique technology and offers the reliability, long life and unmatched performance in plug and play package configurations that do not require system re-design to implement

 
  Mission Statement

Provide high tech cost-effective solutions for sensing and motion/cursor control applications without sacrificing the highest quality standards and minimizing OEM system insertion time or time to market.

 
  Capabilities
ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
 

With an expertise in sensor, input device, support electronics and systems design, development and manufacture, Bokam excels in taking technology developments and conceptual idea through prototype development and qualification/certification and into full production in the briefest possible time.

 
 

Our Research and Development Engineering Group possess the latest computer-aided design and analysis tools necessary to meet your design, test, certification, project management and documentation requirements. Bokam's staff has substantial experience in:

 
Uniquely innovative capabilities in Electro-mechanical sensor, instrumentation and related precision mechanisms design and development  
Design of analog and digital signal conditioning electronics to process sensor output to match system input requirements.  
Firmware development and microprocessor based design capabilities
Full engineering and qualification/certification test plan development, documentation and project review support expertise  
Extensive experience in managing aerospace and military development programs that meet the toughest documentation and project management requirements based on the latest in TQM and CPM techniques.  
   
  TEST FACILITIES AND LABORATORIES
 

Our engineering department and qualification/certification laboratories are fully equipped to perform extensive prototype and qualification testing. With the latest in:

 
Computerized test sets and data acquisition test stations
Complete thermal and environmental testing facilities.
Flow and media consistency and motion test stands
Full machine shop with equipment dedicated to new product prototype fabrication
   
  MANUFACTURING FACILITIES
 

Bokam currently has complete vertically integrated manufacturing facilities with the latest in both CNC and PCNC manufacturing equipment.

 
Fully equipped facilities dedicated to Total Quality Management and Continuous Process Improvement for both small and medium production volumes.  
Automated process control and process flow equipment and tooling
Our quality system is based on AS9000 and ISO9002 requirements and has been approved certified by such companies as Boeing Human Space Flight, General Electric Aircraft Engines, Philips Medical and many more  
Complete Acceptance testing inspection and certification capability.
   
  SALES AND MARKETING
 

Bokam uses a cohesive manufacturing representative network to bring its products to market. Today Bokam has an extensive network of highly trained sales representatives across the US, Europe and Asia. Our sales staff has the technical expertise and product knowledge to serve as both technical and project management liaisons between the customer and the factory, capable of assisting the customer in a variety of product application questions. Local field sales people are now able to respond to customer's questions and needs without the need to send personnel from the factory.

 
National Sales Manager to coordinate local rep activities
Local regional reps have real time contact with the factory to handle customer inquires and questions expeditiously  
Marketing department has extensive relationship with industry publications and industry contacts to broadcast press releases and get real time market analysis  
   
  The Bokam Advantage
  UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY
Bokam has developed unique technology and manufacturing processes that permit our product's performance, reliability and life to be superior to any other similar products on the market today.

 
Bokam's technology is universal enough that it can be adapted to suit specific instrumentation and input device needs without extensive  development with applications in a vast range of challenging fields  
Sensors designed for vastly different fields allow for an endless cross-pollination of conceptual ideas  
   
  SYSTEM APPROACH
  UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY

We believe that system requirements are paramount. That is why our products are design to seamlessly interface into the OEM system

 
Our in-depth knowledge of both mechanical and electronics design, enables us to develop innovative solutions and to speak to our customer's from the system prospective rather than from the component prospective  
   
  PROVEN, ON-GOING SUCCESS
Bokam has provided and continues to provide innovative solutions to tough problems

Bokam's extensive experience and expertise is well documented by a wide range of fields and customers.

 
We deliver on our promises, on time and within budget.
   
  List of latest achievements
  Never content with status quo, here are just a few of Bokam's most recent achievements

The industry's first entirely solid ceramic three-axis force measurement sensor

The world's first three-axis motion and cursor control sensor developed for use with the IBM's Track Point IIV press-to-select system  
Solid ceramic multi-axis motion and cursor control sensors designed for use in medical, industrial and fly by wire applications  
A low-cost, remote control imbedded, cursor control sensor for television web-scanning as easy as using a mouse  
The Integrated Blockä, a sensor and electronics in one package that allows plug and play cursor and motion control  
The first true-percent aeration and foam level indication system developed to fit in-line or be an insertion into convoluted engine/transmission passages  
An ultra-low cost pressure sensor that can measure ultra small pressures
The first jet engine-imbedded bearing thrust measurement sensor system able to survive the life of the engine  
Solid steel embedded multi-axis force measurement sensor
Unique solid steel non-moving, non-magnetic, non-contacting, non-audible, submersible input device for critical diver interface panels  for military applications.  
Force proportional, compliant interface input device/joystick for heavy industrial applications and harsh environments  
Industries first three axis force proportional input device for precision motion control applications
   
  Product and Innovation Awards
1997 - Bokam Aurora Sensor Finalist for Electronic Design News' (EDN) Innovation of the              Year Award.
1997 - Dr. Boris Kamentser Finalist for EDN's Innovator of the Year.
1998 - DX360/380 Sensor Series Electronic Products' Editors Choice, Product of the Year.
1998 - Dr. Boris Kamentser Finalist for EDN's Innovator of the Year.
1998 - DX360/380 EDN Innovation of the Year.
1999 - DX-400 Marine Series Listed in the top 100 new products of 1999 (leading medical  
1999 - DX400 Series Sensors Expo Best of Show
2000 - Smart Washer™ Sensors Expo Best of Show
   
  A Sampling of Bokam's Customers
General Electric Aircraft Engine Division Texas Instrument
IBM Brother Corp.
General Dynamics Boeing Human Space Flight
FORD Motor Co. US NAVY
Mitsubishi Pall Aerospace
Fujitsu Moog Aerospace Actuator Group
Compaq Brown and Sharpe
Phillips Bourns Electronics Inc.
Hewlett Packard Gillette
Siemans Medical US ARMY
Delphi L3 Communications
Boeing Helicopter
 
  3633 W MacArthur Blvd. Suite 412, Santa Ana, CA 92704, USA
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