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Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activity

Defense Maintenance Activity Technologies Day

May 22, 2000

Wyndham Palace Resort & Spa, Lake Buena Vista, Florida 

7:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:30 a.m.

The CTMA Program Review and Planning Session
  • Program Overview
  • Collaborative Project Portfolio Status Report
  • Project Launch Criteria/ Funding Availability
  • NCMS' Concept Generation Capabilities

8:00 a.m

Showcase of Selected Projects and Presentations (15 minutes each)
  • Rapid Prototyping Technology Advancement (UTC)

  • Virtual Reality for Defense Repair Applications (Ethereal)
  • Electronic Collaborative Manufacturing (BRL and Company)
  • Leak Test (Ford Motor)
  • Laser Engineering Net ShapingTM (Optomec)
  • Advanced Distributed Learning (EER Systems)
  • Material State Management Advanced Repair Methods (AvPro)
  • Automated Work Process Planning (Concentus)

10:00 a.m

Break (with Poster Session and Table Top Displays)

10:20 a.m.

Showcase Project Demonstrations/Deliverables (Concurrent, Rotating)
  • Virtual Reality VIS4D
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Advanced Distributed Learning
  • Project-BullsEye
  • Leak Test Technologies
  • Manual Arc Welding Helmet
  • DiagnoSys Pin Point Technologies
  • AvPro Composites Materials State Based Processing Model
  • Portable Thermal Spray Technologies
  • e-Collaborative Manufacturing
  • RF Tagging Technologies
  • Electrochemical Processing
  • Laser Engineering Net Shaping

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

12:45 p.m.

The CTMA Emerging Project Portfolio 
(10 minutes each; single page white paper handout) 
  • Embedded Decoupling Capacitance Phase II (Rick Charbonneau)
  • Composites Repair Process Methodologies (Bill Wright)
  • Next Generation Inspection Systems (Bill Waddell)
  • First Part Correct for Aluminum Structures (Tony Haynes)
  • Non-Destructive Evaluation of Composite Materials (Chuck Ryan)
  • Hard Chrome Process Improvements (Paul Chalmer)
  • Constant Speed Drive (Kent Alexander)
  • Rapid Response Computer Aided Manufacture of Printed Wiring Boards (Greg Jablonski)
  • Using Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites for Depot Repair Applications (Mike Gugger)
  • Environmentally Safe Biocides for Ballast Water Treatment and Paint Surface Preparations (Dan Maas)
  • Gas Turbine Engine Performance Improvements Using Abrasive Flow Techniques (Ralph Resnick)
  • Standard Based Interface for Accessing Product Data (Bill Waddell)
  • UV Surface Treatments (Chuck Ryan)
  • Corrosion Prediction and Repair (Manish Mehta)

3:15 p.m

Break 
NCMS Emerging Project Portfolio Survey

Survey results

Fill out survey

3:30 p.m.

Panel Discussion DoD Maintenance Activity Needs Assessment and Future Potential Projects

Bob King — NADEP Cherry Point

Ed Kincaid — Oklahoma City ALC

Mike Barrett — Warner Robins ALC

Dean Bensley — Portsmouth NSY

Sean Krieger — REPTECH

Gary Smith — Joint Technology Exchange Group

Tom Spitler — Wright Paterson Air Force Base

Jim Schlotte — NADEP North Island

Wayne Knight and Dori Brink — King's Bay

  • Brainstorming
  • Interactions
  • Audience Participation

5:00 p.m.

Summary of DoD depot level maintenance activity presentations

5:30 p.m.

Reception in Demonstration Areas 
  • Award to Embedded Decoupling Capacitance Team
  • Award to ARC Welding Reliability and Control Team

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