JTEG Teleconference Minutes – 26 November 2013

JTEG Teleconference Minutes – 26 November 2013

Attendees included:

Mr. Greg Kilchenstein – OSD (JTEG Co-Chair) – Greg.Kilchenstein@osd.mil
Mr. Greg Russell – USMC – Gregory.russell.ctr@usmc.mil
Mr. Jim Gagnon – USMC – james.gagnon@usmc.mil
Mr. Tim Serafin – NAVAIR – tim.serafin@navy.mil
Mr. Gerry Bates – HQAMC – gerald.j.bates.civ@mail.mil
Mr. Ben Thompson – FRC-E – ben.h.thompson@navy.mil
Mr. Robert Kestler – FRC-E – Robert.kestler@navy.mil
Mr. Gary Wright – WPAFB – gary.wright.1@us.af.mil
Mr. Bill Queener – AFSC – william.queener@us.af.mil
Mr. Chris Root – NAVAIR – ISSC North Island – chris.root@navy.mil
Mr. Lloyd Hackel – Metal Improvement Co – Lloyd.Hackel@cwst.com
Mr Jon Rankin – Metal Improvement Co – Jon.Rankin@cwst.com
Mr. Robert Cargill – General Lasertronics Corp – rcargill@lasertronics.com
Mr. Stan Reim – EWI – sream@ewi.org
Mr. Ted Reutzel – ewr101@arl.psu.edu
Mr. Phil Callihan – NCMS – PhilC@ncms.org
Mr. Jeff Walker – NCMS –
Mr. Ray Langlais – LMI – rlanglais@lmi.org
Mr. Dan Sny – LMI – dsny@lmi.org
On 26 November, 2013 the Joint Technology Exchange Group (JTEG) participated in a monthly teleconference. A brief summary of the teleconference follows:

Administrative:

The new URL to access DCO for the JTEG meetings is https://connectcol.dco.dod.mil/jteg/  The meeting maker had the old URL listed. Please use the above URL for future teleconferences.

Discussed new JTEG Idea and Project Submissions:

No New Submissions

New Business:

  1. The group spent the first 25 minutes discussing and coordinating actions for the Laser Coating Removal Forum to be conducted virtually on the afternoons of 3-4 December. Interest is high as 70 people have registered for the event.
  2. Chris Root (FRC-SW), Lloyd Hackle, and Jon Rankin presented a brief on “Enhancing Fatigue Lifetimes and Precision Component Shaping by Laser Peening. The brief included a description of the laser peening process, the benefits that can be achieved, and presented Military and commercial examples where laser peening has been used to increase the life of components by mitigating stress and fatigue in the materials used. The brief also described examples where laser peening is used for forming and form correction of items such as panels. This capability can also be used to create low-cost prototypes. Despite the obvious benefits of laser peening, there are some challenges being faced. They include a lack of familiarity with the technology by potential users, and relatively high initial investment costs. For more information contact the presenters.

    View Briefing here – https://jteg.ncms.org/wp-content/gallery/Briefings/Laser-Peening-FRC-SW.pdf

Upcoming JTEG Teleconferences:

  1.  The December JTEG teleconference has been moved to early January, and is scheduled for 1:00 pm EST on 7 January.
  2. The focus of the December meeting is Cold Spray Technologies and Processes Used for Repair. Vic Champagne, who oversees the Cold Spray Action Team (CSAT), will lead the discussion.  The Cold Spray Action Team (CSAT) website link is:  http://coldsprayteam.com/index.html
  3. Call-in number is 571-633-8057, Conference ID: 495238.   DCO Link is  https://connectcol.dco.dod.mil/jteg/

Review of New Action Items:

  1. Laser De-Coating Forum: Complete  (Action: LMI Lead)
  2. TopLine Technology Solutions LLC representative to provide more information on the Automated Inventory Management’s applicability and utility in a maintenance operation. (Action: OSD)
  3. Vic Champagne, CSAT will lead a presentation on Cold Spray Technologies and Processes used for repair. (Action: OSD)

POC this action is Ray Langlais, LMI, rlanglais@lmi.org, (571) 633-8019