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AMMO MTG: 7/13/16Presenter:Jonathan Hopkins
Email us for more information:[email protected]
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Manufacturing, Knowledge and Education LAB
Promotes Innovative Culture By:• Enabling Workforce:
Capabilities & Access
• Facilitating Collaboration
• Evolving with Community
• Broadening STEM Impact
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- An open access space created to promote communication, growth,
and sharing of new ideas
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– All Hands message sent to solicit feedback through online
Survey
• 78 responses• 75% Male, 25% Female
– 80% of the participants filled out an optional field and
provided specific sponsor project use cases that would
benefit from access to the MAKE Lab, but only 53%
indicated they had a current project need for AM.
– 60% were willing to help train others
Promotes Innovative Culture Through
Evolving with Carderock Community
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Survey Result Highlights
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Promotes Innovative Culture Through
Evolving with Carderock Community
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Survey Result Highlights
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contractors only
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Promotes Innovative Culture Through
Evolving with Carderock Community
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Survey Result Highlights
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– Applications:
• Visual aids
• Concept designs
• Small scale prototypes
– Supporting: NAVSEA (05D, 05P, PMS397, 450, 406), Office
of Naval Research (ONR), DARPA, etc. as well as internal
initiatives at Carderock such as the Technical Director’s
Innovation Challenge (TDIC)
– Challenges: “[Access to software packages] for codes to
use
since it is less likely individual programs will get
software
they need to adequately support their sponsor.”
Promotes Innovative Culture Through
Evolving with Carderock Community
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Survey Result Highlights
• Small scale model pieces
• Small scale tooling
• STEM outreach efforts
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– 14 consumer and prosumer fabrication machines• Build volumes
up to 11.4in. x 10.8in. x 9.8in.
– FDM: 12 machines• 2x MakerBot Replicator 2X
• 2x Creator Pro
• 3x Up! Mini
• 2x Cube 3
• 1x Lulzbot Taz 5
• 1x uPrint SE
• 1x CubePro
– SLA: 1 machine• Form 1+
– Micro CNC: 1 machine• Othermill
Promotes Innovative Culture Through
Enabling Carderock’s Workforce
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Othermill
Form 1+
Taz 5, uPrint SE, CubePro
Replicator 2X, Creator Pro, Up! Mini, Cube 3
Difficulty/P
recis
ion
Current Capabilities
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– All Carderock employees and contractors supporting our
mission
– Brief training and SOP signoff
– Open hours: M-Th: 0830-1530; Friday: Training/Outreach Day
– Tiered access based on MAKE LAB technology being utilized
Promotes Innovative Culture Through
Enabling Carderock’s Workforce
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Access
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– Facilitates networking while providing visual access
control.
Promotes Innovative Culture Through
Enabling Carderock’s Workforce
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Access: Reservation System
Reservation Procedure:
1) Retrieve badge
2) Signup for machine use
3) Place badge next to machine (behind badge if user currently
printing)
4) When job complete, user calls next person in line.
5) Return badge
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– Reservation system
– Draw from community expertise
– Feedback to evolve space
– Sharing: Mini Brown Bags in Cafe
– Community owned, maintained and operated space
– Sourced classes
Promotes Innovative Culture Through
Facilitating Collaboration
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Creating a Community
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contractors only
