The document summarizes the activities of the SINTAS project over the past six months. It discusses research activities including completed and ongoing student projects. It also summarizes external presentations and meetings. The document focuses on selecting parts for additive manufacturing and obtaining industry input. It proposes criteria for selecting parts and discusses providing printing capacity. It outlines opportunities for additional student projects and how to find other business cases. Finally, it briefly updates activities at project partner organizations and proposes timing and location for the next meeting.

1. SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY ON
AFTER-SALES SERVICE SUPPLY CHAINS (SINTAS)
JUNE 14, 2017

2. AGENDA
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3. 1. INTRODUCTION
NEW ATTENDEES
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Olaf de Kruijff MSc student UT at Fokker Services
Nina Rooijakkers BSc student TU/e at Defense

4. 1. Nils:
 Second paper completed and submitted (consolidation)
 Third paper completed and submitted (dual sourcing)
 Research on fourth paper just started (extensions of dual
sourcing)
2. Laura
 Two conference papers finished, now extend to journal
papers
3. Bram:
 First paper completed and submitted
 Second paper almost completed
 First thoughts on third research topic
2. ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST HALF YEAR
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (FURTHER UPDATES BY NILS, LAURA AND BRAM,)
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5. 1. MSc project on life cycle costs with AM at Thales (Michel
Reimert, UT): completed, on the agenda today
2. MSc project at Fokker Services on obsolescence problems
in the end-of-life phase (Jorn Jansman, TU/e): completed
3. MSc project at Fokker Services on AM for production tools
(Olaf de Kruijf, UT): started
4. MSc project at NLR on correlation between external
conditions in AM and final product quality (Fabian Plura,
UT): in progress
5. BSc projects on AM at MinDef (Defauwes & Hoek, NLDA),
on the agenda today
6. BSc project at Army on selecting parts for on-site additive
manufacturing, Nina Rooijakkers (TU/e)
2. ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST HALF YEAR
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
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6. 1. Presentation at Maintenance day, February 2017 (Knofius)
2. Presentation at Maintenance day, February 2017 (Westerweel)
3. Presentation at University of Twente - EWI, March 2017 (Basten)
4. Presentation at Young SLF, April 2017 (Westerweel)
5. Presentation at POM Conference, May 2017 (Basten)
6. Research period at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, March
– June 2017 (Cordova)
7. Presentation at “VI Congreso Nacional de Pulvimetalurgia y I
Congreso Iberoamericano de Pulvimetalurgia” in Ciudad Real,
Spain, June 2017 (Cordova)
2. ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST HALF YEAR
EXTERNAL MEETINGS / PRESENTATIONS (1)
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8.  Selection of parts to be printed
 New student projects
 Input of industry in project meetings (project partners,
external organizations)
ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES
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9.  In kind contribution by NLR covers 60 SLM machine
hours for printing samples; capacity for small samples
in WP-1: 20-30 hours
 Suggested way of working:
 Companies request cases to be printed, with motivation
 NLR assesses technological feasibility, resource usage
 Working group (Tiedo, Rob, Matthieu) gives an advice,
companies may object within some period (2-3 weeks?)
 Suggested criteria:
 Useful for research of at least WP1, and preferably also
WP2 and/or WP3
 Useful for at least 2 other participants (e.g. NLR + user)
 Indication of positive business case (rough LCC analysis)
SELECTION OF SAMPLES TO BE PRINTED
DISCUSSION LAST MEETING (NOVEMBER 2016):
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10.  Single request received
 Printing part (which one?) for Scania trucks, provided that
Scania gives permission
 Printing capacity required is not clear yet
 Usefulness for the work packages and other participants
is not clear yet
 Other needs by other companies?
SELECTION OF SAMPLES TO BE PRINTED
UPDATE
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11.  Opportunities for additional (BSc, MSc) projects
FOLLOW-UP (1)
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Partner Student project Researcher
Thales No follow-up project yet -
Fokker Services MSc project (Olaf de Kruijff),
ongoing
Nils
Defense, Army MSc at OU (Jelmar de Boer,
autumn 2017)
??
Defense, Air Force /
Navy / Army
BSc (possibly, jan-mar 2018) Tiedo
NLR TBD Laura

12.  How to find other interesting business cases?
 What kind of model support is needed?
 User input in the plenary meetings, e.g.:
 Company presentations on their ongoing and planned
activities in the field of AM?
 Invitation of external companies (Dimanex, Norwegian
Defense, …)?
FOLLOW-UP (2)
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13.  Ongoing activities in the field of AM at:
 Fokker Services
 Thales
 Defense
 Additive Industries
 NLR
 UT: Opening of Rapid Prototyping Lab today, see
https://www.utwente.nl/en/rpl/#welcome-to-the-rplab
(part of TEAM: Twente centre of Excellence in Additive
Manufacturing)
BRIEF UPDATE OF PROJECT PARTNERS
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14.  Timing: November 2017?
 Location: ?? (UT? Dinalog?)
NEXT MEETING
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15. ANY OTHER MATTER?
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16. AND NOW…
INFORMAL DINNER
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TU/e
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