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July 9, 2014

AMTech Project Kickoff Meeting Development of a Comprehensive Advanced Joining and

Forming Roadmap

Award Number: 70NANB14H050

Tom McGaughy

• Conference Call No.: 877-820-7831

• Participant Code: 696486

Background

2012 report to the President on Advanced Manufacturing

Recommended that teams of industrial, academic, and agency experts be commissioned to develop roadmaps for key cross-cutting technologies

Identified “Advanced Forming and Joining” as an important technology area

Roadmap Development

Funding Source

U.S. National Institute of Standards

and Technology (NIST)

Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMTech) Consortia Program launched in 2013 to:

─ Create industry-led, shared-vision technology roadmaps for the development of technologies underpinning transformational innovations

─ Identify and prioritize research projects supporting long-term industrial research needs

EWI AMTech Project

EWI awarded funding in June 2014 to develop an Advanced Joining and Forming Technology Roadmap

Objective: First comprehensive analysis of U.S. materials joining and forming technology challenges, technology priorities, and high-impact R&D investment areas

Roadmap Approach

Overall goal: Increase public funding for industry’s high priority research topics

18 month effort: 7/2014 – 12/2015

EWI provides leadership

Steering committee provides oversight

Engage hundreds of stakeholders from ─ Industry

─ Universities

─ Laboratories

─ Non-profits / professional societies / associations

Publicize results ─ High priority industry needs

─ Possible research topics to address needs

Steering Committee Members

Joining / Welding • Tom McGaughy, Director of

Technology, EWI

• Chris Conrardy, CTO, EWI

• Dennis Harwig, CTO, American Welding Society (AWS)

• Warren Miglietti, Chairman of the International Institute of Welding (IIW)

• John Lippold, Director of CIMJSEA, and Professor of Ohio State Univ. (OSU)

Forming (Forging/Stamping)

• Hyunok Kim, Tech. Director of EWI Forming Center

• Carola Sekreter, Tech. Director of Forging Industry Association

• Brad Kuvin, Editor of MetalForming Magazine, Precision Metalforming Association (PMA)

• Taylan Altan, Director of CPF, Emeritus Professor of OSU

• Natalie Lowell, Manager of Community Services, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

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Background & Objectives

The AMTech Advanced Joining and Forming Technology Roadmap will be the first comprehensive analysis of U.S. materials joining and forming challenges, technology priorities, and high-impact R&D opportunities.

EWI will organize a Steering Committee of materials joining and forming experts, coordinate committee deliberations, facilitate targeted focus group activities, conduct industry surveys, organize 2 national conferences and lead the roadmap document development. ─ Steering Committee will advise and assist EWI in all activities

Scope of Activities

1. Review of past materials joining and forming industry reports and relevant technical work going on around the world.

2. Hold a national conference to kick off roadmap effort.

3. Conduct a series of 12 Industry focus group exercises (i.e., combinations of industry sectors, technology focus areas and geographies) to capture and rank technology needs.

4. Conduct electronic industry surveys to validate findings with broader range of industry.

5. Conduct interviews to collect detailed technical information with particular industry sectors.

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Scope of Activities (con’t)

6. Develop research topics with the Steering Committee.

7. Perform SWOT analysis of suggested research topics.

8. Steering Committee review of findings and portfolio prioritization.

9. Hold a national conference to review roadmap.

10. Seek funding for identified technology development initiatives.

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Roadmap Process Diagram

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Activities Planned July - Dec 2014

1. Convene Steering Committee a) Conference call week of July 21

2. Review of past reports & relevant technical work

3. Begin organizing National Conference a) Targeting November 2014

4. Hold Focus Group Meetings a) EWI Industrial Advisory Board – in process

b) Ohio manufacturers focus group – August

c) Oil & Gas Industry – Houston - September

d) EWI Forming Center meeting – October

e) IMTS Conference – Chicago – September

f) FABTECH Conference – Atlanta – November

g) Rocky Mountain Innovation Workshop – Colorado - October

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Activities Planned July - Dec 2014

h) Industry Surveys/Questionnaires & interviews 1) EWI member companies

2) American Welding Society (AWS) membership

3) Precision Metalforming Association (PMA)

4) Forging Industry Association (FIA)

5) Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

6) Selected university centers & industrial R&D organizations

7) Regional economic development organizations

I. Ohio Manufacturing Institute

II. Others to be identified

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Questions?

Since the early 1980s, EWI has helped manufacturers in the energy, defense, transportation, heavy manufacturing, and consumer goods industries improve their productivity, time to market, and profitability through innovative materials joining and allied technologies. Today, we operate a variety of centers and consortia to advance U.S. manufacturing through public private cooperation.