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MEETING____________________________
Monday, December 7 – Noon – DOUBLETREE HOTEL, Inspiration Room (
“Lithium-Ion Batteries – A
Potential Solution for Advanced Vehicles” – Mark Hairr, UTC
The advanced vehicle industry is currently undergoing
transformational changes as manufacturers race to deliver electric and
hybrid-electric vehicles that reduce our reliance on imported oil and improve
the quality of our air. The critical issue in determining success in this
industry is battery technology, particularly the emergence of a battery that
not only meets the energy requirements of a vehicle, but that is also safe,
affordable and reliable. Lithium-ion batteries have not been deployed in wide
scale use in advanced vehicles in the past, but this technology could emerge as
the winner among the various battery technologies.
Mark Hairr’s presentation will examine the Lithium-Ion
battery market and how this technology may be the key for mass market sales of
advanced vehicles in the future.
Mark Hairr has served for the past three years as Research
Program Director for the Center for Energy, Transportation and the Environment
(CETE) at the
FUTURE
MEETINGS________________________
Monday, December 14 –
Noon – Past, Present and Future: A
Celebration of 85 Years of
Highlights from the first 85 years of
Chattanooga Engineers Club programs and events will be presented along with
this year's successful First Lego Competitions. Ed Chapin will showcase
First Lego League involvement in
Monday, December 21 – NO MEETING
Monday, December 28 – NO MEETING
Monday, January 4 – NO MEETING
Monday, January 11 – Noon – “Renewable Clean Energy”
Speaker: Sam Weaver, President of Proton Power,
PREVIOUS
MEETING_______________________
Steve Hauke, Manager of Purchasing Materials, and Nolan
Smith, Inventory Analyst, conducted the Roadtec plant tour for members of the
Club. Roadtec is a division of Astec Industries, a corporation known as a
world leader in asphalt technology.
Roadtec began in 1981 in
Roadtec pavers are simply-designed and well-balanced for
maximum tractive effort and can be equipped with a variety of screeds and
controls. Roadtec is the first
Steve explained how cold planers reprocess old paving
materials to make new pavement. Fabrication of each machine requires about 8
days. Steve demonstrated ABB Wolf Robotics welding robot which is used to weld
the mill drum.
The Shuttle Buggy® material transfer vehicle offers the
latest in pavement placement technology available world-wide. The Shuttle Buggy
is a mobile, self-propelled surge bin with an anti-segregation auger design
that remixes material to produce a consistent size and temperature. In
addition, the surge capacity of the Shuttle Buggy allows for continuous paving
by separating truck unloading from the paving process; trucks never come in
direct contact with the paver and are able to unload material immediately and
return to the asphalt plant.
Roadtec products are sold all over the world. While Club
members were touring the plant, a load of 3 shuttle buggies and 2 paving
machines were shipped from the plant.
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