2022-05-05 Emerging Tech Meeting Minutes

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Date

May 5, 2022

Agenda

• Antitrust Agreement

• Welcome

• Meeting Minutes Review

• Emerging Tools and Procedures.

  • 3D Printing

  • Come up with Action items and milestones

Meeting Minutes

• Antitrust Accepted

• Welcome

  • Luis Morales, Directory of Vehicle Technology for SEMA, withing the SEMA garage, that is associated with the yearly SEMA show that takes place in Las Vegas. The SEMA garage, offers various services within the facility tat are targeted to help aftermarket component manufacturers develop products from the start, which is just a design idea upwards to a prototype and that's how we are associated with 3D printing and onwards to actually developing products and getting them to market. SEMA garage has two facilities, one in Diamond Bar, Southern California and a new location coming to the Detroit area. Both facilities will be able to will be equipped to do 3D printing. There are two FDM machines from Stratasys, both of them available to members to utilize. Members can reach out to SEMA to have the CAD files sent.

• Meeting Minutes Review and Accepted

• Knowledge Share of 3D printing

  • Rebecca Ann Fecteau, Head of Sales for 3D Printing Focus Group for BASF, presented.

    • Automotive is considered a top user of additive manufacturing today.

    • Prototypes is a big area for proof of concepts, test models that could be making a functional prototype.

    • In order to 3D print, you need to have a file based on the part. The OEM may request a part made and we’re going to have these tools created and then we send these tools to injection molding houses and they produce the part. They have a 2D rendering of what the are going to do and they have tools and they produce a part from that. But in 3D printing, you actually need some type of three dimensional file, CAD file.

    • There are Copyright issues that are being experienced by aftermarket companies and there are some Copyrights being granted for some design if they pay a royalty.

      • We need to track the royalty and the privacy of those.

    • Logos can not be printed.

    • Parts considered for 3D printing is low risk part, low demand, not an essential part. Additive high value, meaning it is pennies per part. These could be for older model vehicles that parts are not common.

    • Who owns the current files? Digital Inventories? We do have companies that house the digital files.

    • How can you control someone getting a file a copying it?

      • Could blockchain be used to secure these files?

      • Any way to tie a file back to the original file, such as creating an NFT?

      • CAD file could be stored at each location

    • There is a Slicer software required to get the layers to print.

    • The resolution for printers can be different.

    • There could be a redesign, a seatbelt clip was used for reference, it was one piece and stronger and lighter than the original.

      • Stronger and lighter does not always mean better.

      • The Validation of these parts would have to go through a process of testing

        • Repair shops have to use approved parts and insurance companies agrees to the parts.

• Final thoughts

  • There was a lot of great information shared, Thank you Rebecca for showing the lifecycle. CIECA uses the lifecycle to discover messages and data that may need to be shared. For example, the validation process could be an indicator shared so insurance companies know that the parts are validated.

  • Rebecca offered to reach out to individuals at the 3D Trade Show that are part of the 3D Digital housing to help find the data requirements.

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Great information everyone!

Up Next

• Antitrust Agreement

• Welcome Committee

• Meeting minutes Review/Acceptance

• Continue Knowledge share of 3D printing

  • Come up with Action items and milestones

Open

Action items

Decision

Participants

• Paulette Reed (Scribe)

• Tim Ronak

• Stacey Phillips

• Chuck Olsen

• Kevin Kingsley

• Benito Cid

• Frank Terlep

• Phil Martinez

• Jonathan Pyle

• Rebecca Ann Fecteau

• Don Porter

• Ed Mondragon

• Luis Morales

• John Miller

• Mark Allen

• Raj Pofale

• Kevin Keating

• David Solak

• Gene Lopez

• Paul Barry

Participants in the meetings are noted for your information.  If you have questions on the committee’s activities, please contact a recent attendee. https://cieca.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ETAC