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June 2002 Welcome to The CTMA Connector, a monthly newsletter designed to provide news and ideas about the Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA) program. The CTMA program is a joint Department of Defense/National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (DoD/NCMS) effort promoting collaborative technology development between industry and the DoD maintenance and repair facilities. This newsletter highlights ongoing projects, serves as a forum for promoting new project ideas, and provides other news of interest to the program. Our goal is to stimulate your participation and solicit your input. Feel free to submit items for the newsletter as well as any suggestions to make it more useful. More information about the program can be found at http://ctma.ncms.org/. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the CTMA Connector, send a message to listmanager@ncms.org with "subscribe CTMANewsletter" or "unsubscribe CTMANewsletter" in the subject line. Ongoing Project News New project approved: Retrograde Part Identification Using 2nd Generation Permanent Marking Techniques. The goal of this project is to develop part marking solutions that address the following needs:
DoD participants include the Ogden Air Logistics Center, Cherry Point Naval Air Depot, and Anniston Army Depot. The NCMS project manager is Steve Hale, 734-995-2195. We welcome the following companies into NCMS membership and their participation in the CTMA program: FOBA North America Laser FOBA North America Laser Systems is a leading manufacturer of laser marking and engraving equipment. FOBA has turned a complex technology into a simple tool that can be easily installed, operated and maintained. Industries such as tool making, plastics molding, automotive, aerospace, electronic and medical can improve the appearance and traceability of components and decrease the cost of making them. www.fobalaser.com
Monode Marking Products, Inc. Monode is a manufacturer of rubber stamping and marking machinery. www.monode.com
Telesis Technologies, Inc. Telesis is the leader in product identification and traceability technology. Their wide range of permanent programmable lasers and pinstamp marking systems are fast and durable. They are relied on in thousands of manufacturing environments everyday, throughout the world. All Telesis systems are supported by a global network of knowledgeable sales and service professionals.
Waterjet Tech Inc. Waterjet Tech provides permanent sequential 3D barcodes in the area's of metal casting, thermal spray, carbide electrode, and epoxy-stencil molded. They are also a robotic water jet cutting job shop. www.waterjettech.com
University of Tennessee The University of TN is a public institution of higher education with the State of Tennessee. They provide instruction, research and service in performing their duties. www.utsi.edu
Ferro Corporation, Color and Glass Performance Materials Division Ferro is a manufacturer of pigments, ceramic enamels and related performance materials used in a variety of industrial products. www.ferro.com
Robotic Vision Systems, Inc. (RVSI) RVSI designs, manufactures and markets machine vision, automatic identification and related products for semi-conductor capital equipment, electronics, automotive, aerospace, pharmaceutical and other industries. www.rvsi.com
Project Opportunities Electronics Lead-Free Assembly: Isotropically Conductive Adhesives (ICA) The project objective is to evaluate lead-free interconnect materials that can be used in applications of -55°C to +205°C temperature. The interest appears to be in the area of joining chips and components to substrates that will be exposed to this wide temp range. (e.g. on the engine of an automobile, jet engine, deep hole drilling for the oil industry space telescope, satellites, aerospace, etc). The material must be compatible with Sn-Pb solderable surfaces. Approach: Develop a low cost, corrosion resistant, environmentally friendly, copper-filled, ICA. Coatings are applied to individual copper powder particles and are based on intrinsically conducting polymer technology. The ICA material and process must be compatible with existing equipment and processes. Circuit card assembly repair and rework processes will also be developed. Industry interest: Foster Miller, Cookson Performance Solutions, Visteon, Delphi, Celestica, Emerson and Coming, Hamilton Sundstrand, and JPL have expressed interest on this approach. Depot interest was expressed at the CTMA Day in Jacksonville, FL this past April. With the compatibility with existing Sn-Pb solder technology, this material is an ideal candidate to be used by all branches of the military in the repair of existing electronic assemblies. Potential applications would include a more reliabile friendly circuit card assembly, repair and rework process. Your participation on this forming project is encouraged. For further information and to become part of this effort, contact Lee Patch, 734-995-4972 New Project Ideas (click on topics to see descriptions)
We appreciate your feedback. Please contact Chuck Ryan with suggestions or input on other topics that would be of interest to you in this newsletter. The CTMA Program is sponsored by the Department of Defense; the content of this newsletter does not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the government; no official endorsement should be inferred. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||