Manufacturing and Technical Services
MS Technology, Inc.
Paul Steneck, Vice President
Presentation Summary
Business Perspective/History
MSTI’s Mentor-Protégé Experience
MSTI’s Manufacturing and Technical
Services Experience
MSTI Business Perspective
Company Founded 1994
Business Focus
– Engineering/Design/Project Management
– Specialty Equipment Prototyping/Design/Build
– Materials Processing
– Security Engineering
Prime Customer is Y-12
MSTI Business Units
Engineered Equipment Paul Steneck
Engineering Projects/Construction Mgmt Dick Pearson
Engineering Services Soni Davidson
Management & Operations Projects Bonita Domres
MSTI’s Mentor-Protégé Experience
A True Partnership
–
Getting the Job Done
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Microwave Melter/Caster Licensee/Investor
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Joint Technology Development
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Business Mentoring
–
Infrastructure Development
Mentors
– Alan Moore
Program Manager
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Gloria MencerMSTI’s Mentor-Protégé Experience
MSTI Graduated
from the Y-12 Mentor/Protégé Program
in October 2008
We Have Benefitted Greatly From the
Relationship
Y-12 Advice, Assistance and Encouragement
Mature and Flourish
Competitive, Full-Service Engineering Company
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Y-12 Microwave Melt
Licensee
First Production Sized Microwave Metal
Melter/Caster System - Still in Operation
Process Equipment
Development Partner
– Melter Optimization
– Mold Development, Special Shapes Casting – Down Blending, Scrap and Recycling
Performed Hundreds
of DU Melts via Microwave Melt
System
– Y-12
– AWE
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Microwave Melter/Caster License Activities
– U.S. Patent Application in November 2002– U.S. Patent Issued in May 2003
– U.S. License Acquired in June 2003
– Key Role in Convincing Foreign Patent Examiners – Invested $100K in Pursuit of Patents in 5 Countries – Responded to challenge from Japan in 2009 / 2010
– Currently responding to Opposition filed in EU from German firm
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Extended Technology to State-of-the-Art
– Improved Productivity• Modular Processing/Automation - > 8 Melts/day – Improved Process
• Insulation / Crucibles / Melter Design
– Invested $1.1+ Million of MSTI Funds in Technology
• Depleted Uranium (DU) Melter at Manufacturing Sciences
• Modular Melter at MSTI-Owned MillenniTEK, Knoxville
• Surrogate Melter at MSTI-Owned MillenniTEK, Knoxville
– Engaged Commercialization Professional to Explore Commercial Markets
– Technology used as a Flywheel to generate additional opportunities
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Performed First Commercial DU Melt in 2009
Additional Commercial Melts in 2010
Demonstrated Near Net Shape Casting of DU in 2009
and 2010
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Each run provides insight and knowledge
More shapes and sizes this past year than in
previous years
Near-net-shape casting eliminates machining and
other finishing steps
Saves time and money
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MSTI Manufactures Ceramic Crucibles for Use In
MW Melting in 2008
Obtained Manufacturing Methods from Millennium Materials – Knoxville
Manufacturing High Temperature Ceramic Crucibles Generated Additional Commercial Business
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Ceramic Crucible Manufacturing Generated Other Opportunities
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Casting Molds – Enhanced In Partnership with Y-12
MSTI designs molds for customer’s shape requests Mold sizes and cavity allowances tuned by experience Mold design incorporates near-net-shape features
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Microwave melting/casting ideal for metal
consolidation and volume reduction
Metal can be reused for direct near-net-shape
casting
Process is solvent and contaminant tolerant
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Metal Consolidation
Volume Reduction - High Carbon Content Briquettes, 76% Metal Recovery
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Customer Request: Provide two DU cubes of
specific weight and dimension for use as check
sources
To respond to the customer request, MSTI’s goals
are to:
Cast both small and large simultaneously Control the geometry of the cast
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TWO CUBE SHAPE CASTING
Form Upon Extraction From Mold and Finished Form After Sandblasting and Painting
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Other Manufacturing Venues
Unique One-Of-A-Kind Equipment
Instrumentation and Control Panels – UL508 Labeling High Quality, High Temperature Ceramic Shapes – Near
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Melter Telemetry Fabrication – Standard Product Line
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Knowledge of Millennium Materials for Supply of
Microwave Crucibles Lead to Acquisition and
Renaming the Firm as MillenniTEK
MillenniTEK manufactures B4C pellets for use in
commercial nuclear reactors
and
Lithium aluminate components for
tritium
production in
commercial nuclear reactors
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MillenniTEK Attributes
10 CFR 50 and NQA-1 B4C Facility – 10,000 SF
Lithium Aluminate Manufacturing, Machine Shop and
Laboratory – 20,000 SF
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Summary
– MSTI has benefitted greatly from the relationships gained from the Y-12 technology associated with the Microwave Melting/Casting patent
– Technology development lead to other manufacturing venues
– MSTI highly values the relationships developed with Y-12 personnel