Notice of ATP Public Meeting

ATP Public Meeting on Materials Processing for Heavy Manufacturing

About the Advanced Technology Program

The NIST Advanced Technology Program (ATP) provides competitive, cost-shared awards for industry to develop high-risk, enabling technologies with broad-based economic benefit. The ATP seeks to help industry fill the gap between basic research and product development, and to invest in technology that wouldn't be developed in a competitive time-frame without government cost-sharing. Along with general competitions which are open to proposals from all technical areas, the ATP is also funding a series of "focused programs" with specific business and technical goals.

Background

The ATP has supported a focused initiative in Materials Processing for Heavy Manufacturing since 1995. The purpose of this multi-year, cost-shared ATP focused program is to promote U.S. economic growth by developing innovative materials processing technologies for use in the manufacturing sector. The primary technical goals are to help U.S. manufacturers develop the new technologies that will ultimately lead to longer-lasting, more reliable, and more efficient products; and to reduce manufacturing costs significantly -- these aims are expected to precipitate improvements in the global competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers, stimulating broad-based benefits to the U.S. economy. Among strategies to meet these technical goals are the elimination of processing steps, the prevention of waste and pollution, the reduction of manufacturing cycle time, and the development of surface treatments and coatings to increase resistance to wear, corrosion, fatigue, or temperature-mediated degradation. To meet the above technical objectives simultaneously, the first competition of this focused initiative accepted proposals in the following broad technical areas: intelligent processing, surface engineering, net shape processing, welding and joining, and waste elimination. The technical scope of the program is limited to metals and ceramics, their composites, and coatings, and excludes polymer-matrix composites, concrete, or organic materials.

The three commercial markets within the scope of this focused program are: engines, power trains and chassis for surface transportation; heavy equipment for construction, agriculture, mining and oil/gas field operations; and engines, turbines, rotors and related equipment for stationary power generation. Members of the materials manufacturing "food chain" -- materials suppliers, materials processors, processing equipment manufacturers, component manufacturers, and original equipment manufacturers -- estimate that up to $25 billion in additional market share would follow early in the next century were they able to systematically overcome current problems and limitations in materials processing and manufacturing. These are the industries that compete for $1 trillion worth of global infrastructure work, which supports an annual $100 billion worldwide market in heavy off-road equipment that is expected to double early in the next century; a $45 billion annual worldwide market in equipment for large power plants that is growing at an annual clip of 2 percent; and a $60 billion annual domestic market in vehicular engines, power trains, and vehicle chassis, which has an annual growth rate of 2 percent.

Public Meeting Objectives

This meeting will bring together all current ATP project participants in the Materials Processing for Heavy Manufacturing Focused Program, as well as complementary projects from the General Competition and the Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Technology (MVMT) Focused Program. The goals of the meeting are:

to inform the entire community about activities at this early stage of the program;
to promote cross-fertilization of concepts and efforts in order to achieve a "critical mass" of research activity in all three commercial areas of interest;
to promote strategic partnering through the materials chain and across the application targets of this program;
to accelerate commercialization of promising technologies emerging from this research; and
to lay the groundwork for a second solicitation of this program.

Agenda

This two-day meeting will be divided among the three market areas of interest in the focused program. The agenda will include company presentations of progress on their research, including perspectives on the future of the particular technical area. Additionally, NIST-related research will be presented. Presentations will be followed by a discussion session during which comments on the appropriate directions for these technologies are encouraged. Attendees are urged to come prepared to address synthesized ideas about general trends in the industry, including a worldwide competitive assessment -- specifically, what is missing or could be better emphasized by this ATP focused initiative? The following is a tentative agenda.

Tuesday, September 24

7:30 a.m. Registration
8 a.m. Welcome and Remarks on "Current Directions in Federal R&D", Arati Prabhakar, Director, NIST
8:30 a.m. General Overview of ATP's Investment in Materials Processing for Heavy Manufacturing, Clare Allocca, ATP Program Manager, NIST
9 a.m. Stationary Power Generation
- Ceramic Technology for Broad-Based Manufacturing
  AlliedSignal
- Aqueous Injection Molding for Low-Cost Fabrication of Silicon Nitride Components
  AlliedSignal Ceramic Components
- Development of Casting Technology to Produce Large Superalloy Castings for Industrial Applications
  Precision Castparts (PCC)
10 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Stationary Power Generation (cont.)
- Cost-Effective Blade Manufacturing for Combustion Turbine Applications
  Westinghouse/PCC
- Intelligent Processing of Materials for Thermal Barrier Coatings
  General Electric
- Cost-Effective Near-Net Shape Superalloy Forgings for Power Generation Gas Turbines
  Wyman-Gordon
- Rapid Solidification Powder Metallurgy for High-Nitrogen Stainless Steels
  Crucible Compaction Metals Division
12 noon Lunch
1:30 p.m. Stationary Power Generation (cont.)
- NIST Intramural Research - Overview
  Subhas Malghan, Ceramics Division, NIST
  Richard Fields, Metallurgy Division, NIST
- Future Trends in Materials Processing for Stationary Power Generation
  Open Discussion
3 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Heavy Equipment
- Fabrication of Advanced Structures Using Intelligent and Synthetic Materials Processing
  Caterpillar/Lincoln Electric/A.O. Smith/U.S. Steel
- Ceramic Coating Technology for the Internal Surfaces of Tubular/Cylindrical Components
  Praxair Surface Technologies
- Functionally Gradient Materials
  Caterpillar
- Engineered Surfaces
  Caterpillar/Timken/GM Gear
- NIST Intramural Research - Overview
  Tom Siewert, Materials Reliability Division, NIST
  Doug Smith, Ceramics Division, NIST
- Future Trends in Materials Processing for Heavy Equipment
  Open Discussion
- 6:15 p.m. Adjourn
- 7 p.m. Banquet - Gaithersburg Marriott
  Early Impacts of the Advanced Technology Program
  Speaker: Lura Powell, Director, NIST Advanced Technology Program

Wednesday, September 25

8 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. Automotive
- CVD Diamond-Coated Rotating Tools for Machining Advanced Composite Materials
  Crystallume/GM/Ford/Hughes/Rogers Tool Works/Boeing
- Accelerated Commercialization of Diamond-Coated Round Tools and Wear Parts
  Kennametal/Norton Diamond Film
- Plasma Technology for Low-Cost Diamond Production
  Westinghouse/SGS Tool Co.
- Diamond-Like Nanocomposite Technology
  Advanced Refractory Technologies
10 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Automotive (cont.)
- Low Cost, Near-Net Shape Aluminum Casting Processes for Automotive and Truck Components
  AlliedSignal/Top Die Casting/Stahl Specialty
- Die Casting Digital Assistant
  Edison Industrial Systems Center/Doehler-Jarvis/AI Ware
- Plasma-Based Processing of Light-Weight Materials for Motor Vehicle Components and Manufacturing Applications
  Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
  MVMT Focused Program
Wednesday, September 25
11:40 a.m. Lunch
1:10 p.m. Automotive (cont.)
- Materials Needs for the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV)
  Al Murray, Ford
- Manufacturing Needs for PNGV
  Susan Hartfield-Wunsch, GM - Manufacturing Center
- NIST Intramural Work - Overview
  Robert Schaefer, Metallurgy Division, NIST
- Future Trends in Materials Processing for Automotive Applications
  Open Discussion
3 p.m. Wrap-up
3:30 p.m. Adjourn

Location

The Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center, 9751 Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg, Md. Gaithersburg is located approximately 20 miles northwest of Washington, D.C.

Registration

The registration fee is $235 per person and includes coffee breaks, lunches, a banquet, conference materials, and proceedings. For your name to appear on the preliminary participants' list, registration must be received no later than Tuesday, September 10, 1996. Requests for refund or cancellation must also be received, in writing, by September 10.

Accommodations

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center, (301) 590-0044. The special rate is $90, single or double. Please add 12% tax to this rate. To register for a room, please complete the enclosed hotel reservation card and send it directly to the hotel no later than Tuesday, September 3, 1996. After that date, the rooms will be released for general sale at the prevailing rates of the hotel.

Coffee Breaks and Lunch

Refreshments will be provided during breaks. Lunch will be provided for attendees each day.

Social Event

A banquet will held on Tuesday, September 24, at the Gaithersburg Marriott.

Transportation

BWI Super Shuttle, (301) 369-0009, offers commercial van service from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to the Gaithersburg area. Call for reservations. Crystal Airport Shuttle, 1-800-872-2797, is available from Dulles International and Washington National Airports to Gaithersburg. The cost is $19 - $30 one-way.

The Washington Metro has subway service to Gaithersburg. The Metro System can be boarded at Washington National Airport. Take the Yellow Line train marked "Mount Vernon Square" to Gallery Place and transfer to the Red Line train marked "Shady Grove" to the Shady Grove station in Gaithersburg. Service is every 6 to 15 minutes depending on the time of day. Travel time from National to Shady Grove is approximately 50 minutes. Taxis are available from the Shady Grove Metro station to area hotels.

Registration Contact

Lori Phillips
NIST
Bldg. 101, Rm. B116
Gaithersburg, Md. 20899-0001
Telephone: (301) 975-4513
Fax: (301) 948-2067
e-mail: lori.phillips@nist.gov

Technical Contact

Clare Allocca
NIST
Bldg. 101, Rm. A626
Gaithersburg, Md. 20899-0001
Telephone: (301) 975-4359
Fax: (301) 548-1087
e-mail: clare.allocca@nist.gov

ATP General Information

For general information or to add your name to the
ATP mailing list, contact the ATP Office:
Telephone: (800) ATP-FUND or (800) 287-3863
Fax: (301) 926-9524
e-mail: atp@micf.nist.gov

Driving Instructions

To reach the Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center: Take I-495 to I-270 north to exit 9B, Sam Eig Highway West. Take the first left onto Fields Road, then take the first left onto Rio Boulevard, which becomes Washingtonian Boulevard. Turn left into the Marriott after you pass the Rio complex.

Date created: August 3, 1996
Last updated: December 6, 2001

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