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Objective: For participants of the SMART Wind Mechanical subgroup to meet each other, Identify gaps and opportunities, learn about state-of-the-art manufacturing methods and technologies and capture information for Roadmap.
Note: Times in Mountain Time Zone; session times subject to change.
Wednesday, Nov 12 Dinner
Location: Romanos Macaroni Grill, 10411 Town Center Dr, Westminster, CO
6-8 pm “Dutch Treat” group dinner
Thursday, Nov 13 Mechanical Subgroup Meeting
Location: National Wind Technology Center, 18299 West 120th Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027
NOTE: You must check in at the NWTC Site Entrance Building and provide government-issued photo identification (for example driver’s license, passport, or military ID) to obtain a security badge before entering the site. Foreign nationals must check with the meeting host prior to their visit to make sure that a Foreign National Data Card has been signed and approved.
7:30a Registration and Full Breakfast
8:00a Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:15a Overview of SMART Wind Consortium and Project
Mechanical subgroup focus and boundaries
Meeting Goal: Identify specific actions to overcome specific barriers
Opportunities and gaps that enable:
Turbines to be more cost competitive through US manufacturing
Turbines to be more productive through near-term technology advances
Installed turbine costs decline
Brent Summerville, Summerville Wind & Sun, SMART Wind Technical Co-lead, Mechanical subgroup chair
Trudy Forsyth, Wind Advisors Team, SMART Wind Technical Lead, Mechanical subgroup Co-chair – Presentation
Ruth Baranowski, Wind Advisors Team, Co-facilitator
8:45a Introduce subgroup leaders
Dr. Patrick Lemieux, CalPoly
Gary Harcourt, Great Rock
Robert Preus, NREL (unable to attend)
9:00a Self-introductions by subgroup participants
What do you hope this project to accomplish?
What are your areas of expertise?
9:15a Discussion of Barriers and Gaps from survey/interviews -Presentation
Facilitated by subgroup leaders, Brent Summerville
Focus on Mechanical systems challenges
10:30a Break
11:00a Turbine design panel: Design methods, FAST modeling
Rick Damiani, NREL – Design Methods -Presentation
Jason Jonkman, NREL – FAST– Presentation
Jeff Minnema, Jeff Minnema Consulting – Experience with FAST, loads -Presentation
12:30p Lunch
1:30p Overview of US Casting and Forging Industry -Presentation
Nick Cannell, Cast Alloy Sales & Technology, Inc. -Presentation
Joe Banas, Hodge & Elyria Foundries, Inc.
2:45p 3D printing, State-of-the-art
“Our experience with both a dual-material plastic Object 350 printer and a metal laser sintering EOS M270 printer.”
Jacob Segil, Ph.D., Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL), University of Colorado- Presentation
Steve Huddle, University of Colorado Lab Manager
3:30p Break
3:45p Report from Rapporteur (Ruth Baranowski)
Brainstorm actions to relieve listed gaps
Refine the questions regarding the gaps
4:45p Next (virtual) meetings
5:00p Close of meeting
6:30p OEM Steering & Subgroup Leader dinner
Invitation Only for OEM Steering Group, Subgroup Leaders & Core Team
Location: Westcliff Room, Denver Marriott Westminster, 7000 Church Ranch Boulevard, Westminster, CO 80021
Friday, Nov 14 Half day wrap-up meeting
Invitation Only for Subgroup Leaders & Core Team
Location: HTWN, 80 Garden Center, Conference Room Suite 230 (2nd floor), Broomfield, CO 80020
8:45a Coffee and Welcome
9:00a Debrief Mechanical subgroup meeting
Brent Summerville, Summerville Wind & Sun, SMART Wind Technical Co-lead, Mechanical subgroup chair
Trudy Forsyth, Wind Advisors Team, SMART Wind Technical Lead, Mechanical subgroup Co-chair
9:30a Thoughts from subgroup leads
Dr. Patrick Lemieux (CalPoly)
Gary Harcourt (Great Rock)
10:00a Break
10:15a Discussion on what worked, what could be better, next steps,
lessons learned
11:30a Summary of action items and next steps
12:00p Close of meeting