April 2006

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 listserv@listserv.ncms.org with "subscribe CTMANewsletter" or "unsubscribe CTMANewsletter" in the message body.

2006 CTMA Symposium

“History in the Making”

 

Thank you to all the participants and speakers at the 2006 CTMA Symposium, held in late March in Williamsburg, VA.  The Symposium disseminated new technology developments from the CTMA program, identified problem areas that could be addressed with new CTMA projects, and provided a strong networking opportunity for all participants.  The new project ideas are and will be posted to the CTMA ideas website (http://ctmaideas.ncms.org), so please be sure to add your name to those projects of most benefit to your organization. 

 

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Project Kudos:

The CTMA projects, “Replacement of Hexavalent Chromium in Surface Finishing Process” and “Biological Air Pollution Controls” were featured in an article in the Plating & Surface Finishing Journal, January 2006 edition.

                                   

Looking for Project Participants, industry and DoD:

The following list of emerging projects are being considered for the CTMA program.  Each project hyperlinks to a one-page description.  Please go to those projects that may be of interest to you, and add your comments to help strengthen each effort.

  1. Assembly Design and Documentation Phase II
  2. Legacy Lifecycle Data Management
  3. Direct Part Marking For High Strength Metals and Painted Over Articles
  4. Gear Isotropic Finish Generation General Process Control and
    Alternate Tooth-by-Tooth Process for Large Gears
  5. OptiCAM Phase IV
  6. Integrating Sensors and Predictive Maintenance Systems with Performance Support Technology to Achieve Increased CH-53E Readiness and Reliability
  7. Laser Coating Removal for Helicopter Blades III
  8. Rapid Manufacturing Process & Material Insertion for DOD Part Applications, RM&R Phase II
  9. Casting Knowledge Re-use based Cost Advisor
  10. Low Cost RFID for DOD Logistics and other Applications
  11. Fault and Arc Location Tester (FALT)
  12. Acoustic Thermography
  13. Ultrasonic Consolidation of Titanium Alloys
    for High Performance Military Aircraft Damage Repair
  14. Integrated System for Reading Visible and Hidden Data Matrix Marks
  15. OilCheckIR® In-field Oil Analysis Solution
  16. Handheld FluidScan for Rapid Field Assessment of Equipment Condition
  17. Thermal Properties of Oils Measured With A Field Portable Meter
  18. ViSmart™ Solid-State Viscosity Sensor
  19. Inspection and Repair Preparation Cell (IRPC)
  20. MDCAPM – Mobile Data Capture and Analysis for Preventive Maintenance
  21. Life Cycle Data Management for Six Sigma Product Quality Phase III
  22. On-Machine Probing via Unigraphics CAM
  23. Smart Machines Phase 3 Project (SMP3P)
  24. Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium Exposure during Corrosion Control Finish Removal Operations
  25. MILSS – Mobile and Integrated Lifecycle Support System
  26. Continuous Improvement of Operational, Maintenance, and Repair Processes for Light Armored Vehicles
  27. Sense and Respond Logistics Development of Comprehensive Secondary Repairable Legacy Platform Readiness Capability (LAV III)
  28. Energy-Efficient Air Pollution Control System for High-Volume Applications
  29. Chromium Mist Reduction Device to Meet New Employee Exposure Limits
  30. Traceless Object Marking and Sensing
  31. Acoustic Thermography
  32. Improved 463L Air Cargo Pallet and 463L Air Cargo Pallet Tracking

 

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.


Copyright 2006
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences