COATING AND RELATED MANUFACTURING PROCESS PARTNERSHIP DOE's Sandia National Laboratories will hold a meeting on 10 and 11 July 1995 in Alburquerque, NM to plan a partnership with industry to package, apply, and advance an existing knowledge base in coating and related manufacturing processes towards problems of mutual interest. The Coating and Related Manufacturing Processes Collaboration (CRMPC) is proposed for all domestic thin-film coating manufactures and users, with emphasis on continuous liquid film coating processes. The CRMPC will contract with the U.S. Department of Energy and Sandia National Laboratories to perform cost-shared development and application in the area of continuous liquid film coating and drying processes, as part of the U.S. Government emphasis on establishing partnerships between private industry and the national laboratories. Work to be performed is selected within the guidelines of being generic, pre-competitive, and in keeping with the ``dual-benefit'' paradigm, or of interest to both the industrial and government partners. The purpose of this meeting is to seek industry guidance for a jointly financed government/industry technology development venture. Sandia National Laboratories will contribute relevant technology commensurate with the type and scope of work to be performed. Specifically, we are pursuing partners to further develop and apply specialized analysis, optimization and design software for continuous liquid film coating (or extrusion) and drying/curing systems, implement Sandia-developed on-line sensing and film-characterization technology in industrial applications, and discuss the possibility of applying Sandia-developed Smart-Processing concepts to coating and relating applications. Other areas of mutual interest will also be discussed. As for Sandia's interest, we would like to (1) advance our technology base to better serve our DOE customers in coating and related manufacturing areas, and (2) test and evaluate our advanced computational platforms in industrial settings, which are crucial to our ability to provide reliable support to the nuclear weapons complex. To meet the needs of the DOE customers, Sandia has continuing requirements for application of coating technology, much like private industry. Consequently, Sandia supports the development of models and techniques for use in coating and related manufacturing processes. Collaborating with industry is a way to leverage that support, enhancing productivity to the mutual benefit of all participants. Meeting attendees should be manufacturers and/or users of continuous liquid film coatings and should be willing to discuss some of their pre-competitive and generic needs. Moreover, interested participants should be prepared to submit an expression of interest and a statement of qualification including: current needs for analysis/optimization/design software, current needs for experimental diagnostic techniques/equipment and on-line sensing techniques/equipment, willingness to sponsor testing and evaluation of jointly developed technology, and willingness to make financial and in-kind contributions to the technology development effort. The deadline for a response to this announcement is 1 July 1995. Please submit requests to attend by mail or fax to: Ms. Kay Carter, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, MS 1380, Alburquerque, NM 87185, FAX (505) 271-7867. For more technical information please contact P. Randall Schunk, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Mail Stop 0827, Alburquerque, NM 87185-0827. Ph. (505) 844-5992. FAX (505) 844-4523. Internet, prschun@sandia.gov.

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