SBE, INC.
Construction, Qualification, and Low Rate Production Start-Up of a DC Bus Capacitor High Volume Manufacting Facility with Capacity to Support 100,000 Electric Drive Vehicles.
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| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
DE-EE0002539 |
Funding Agency |
Department of Energy |
| Total Award Amount |
$8,504,946 |
Project Location - City |
Barre |
| Award Date |
01/20/2010 |
Project Location - State |
VT |
| Project Status |
Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
05641-0000
|
| Jobs Reported |
5.10 |
Congressional District |
00 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
|
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Recipient Information
(Grants)
| Recipient Information (Grants) |
|
Recipient Name
|
SBE, INC. |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
144268125
|
| Recipient Address |
81 PARKER RD |
| Recipient City |
BARRE |
| Recipient State |
Vermont |
| Recipient Zip |
05641-4814 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
00 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
Construction, qualification, and low rate production start-up of a DC Bus Capacitor High Volume Manufacturing Facilitiy with capacity to support 100,000 electric drive vehicles |
| Project Status |
Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
Yes |
| Project Activities Description |
Electronic Capacitor Manufacturing |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
Enterprise:
- ERP software has been purchased and implementation started. It is on target to support start-up of new facility on 11/1/10.
Facility:
-Construction on new building progressing on schedule. Site work complete, structural steel has been erected, and roof is nearly complete
Production Equipment/Process:
-Training of winding personnel in a clean environment continues. Winding trials on pre-production prototypes has progressed.
-Designs of final production equipment are nearing completion. 80% of first article equipment has been ordered.
-Taping Stations were ordered and the first unit is being manufactured.
-Epoxy Dispense Station: First article epoxy dispense station has been ordered, designed, manufactured, and tested at the vendor?s facility.
-Encapsulation equipment has been ordered, designed, manufactured and accepted at the vendor?s facility.
-Ultrasonic cleaning station has been selected and ordered.
-The first article flow-through oven for silver epoxy curing and encapsulant curing has been ordered.
Quality:
-Tensile test and coordinate measuring machines have been used extensively to support continued product and process development.
Enterprise:
- ERP software process 75% complete
- Completed value stream map
Facility:
-finalized building specifications
Production Equipment/Process:
-Winding: Pre-production prototype winding machine installed and qualified.
-Development/NRE in progress for final production equipment.
-Taping Station: completed vendor RFP/RFQ process.
-Section Cure: Installed 3 of 3 batch ovens (performance/reliability trials in progress).
-Epoxy Dispense Station:
Implemented frozen premix cartridges (eliminate onsite meter/mix)
Implemented mechanized dispense
Quality:
-Purchased coordinate measurement machine.
-Purchased tensile test machine. |
| Jobs Created |
5.10 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
Types of jobs created to date with the Recovery Act funds are Engineers, Technicians, Quality Assurance Technicians, Product Development positions, Information Technology positions, Purchasing, expert on ERP and Lean Manufacturing positions, Project Manager, Administrative positions, Finance positions and Maintenance positions. The impact result using the Recovery Act Funds has created new manufacturing jobs and high level positions. 8.66 FTE's at SBE, Inc. and 2 FTE's from API (sub-recipient) |
Purchaser Information
(Grants)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
Not Reported |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
89-0331 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
01/20/2010 |
| Award Number |
DE-EE0002539 |
| Order Number |
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| Award Type |
Grants |
| Funding Agency ID |
89 |
| Funding Agency Name |
Department of Energy |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
89 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
Department of Energy |
| Amount of Award |
$8,504,946 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$8,504,946 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$8,504,946 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$3,085,890 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
Construction of manufacturing plant, access road and related infrastructure. |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Tom McBride |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
tomm@SBElectronics.com |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
(802) 476-4146 |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
81 Parker Road |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Barre |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
VT |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
05641-0000 |
Product or Service Information
(Grants)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
334414 |
| Activity Description |
Electronic Capacitor Manufacturing |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
2 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$3,449,032 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
0 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$0 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
17 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$1,793,190 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
1304 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$449,292 |
Sub-award Active Precision, Inc. - ACTIVE PRECISION INC
| Sub-Award Amount |
$667,522 |
| Sub-Award Date |
12/21/2009 |
| Sub-Awards Disbursed |
$667,521.54 |
| Project Location - City |
Burlington |
| Project Location - State |
MA |
| Project Location - Zip Code |
01803-4983 |
| Project Location - Congressional District |
06 |
| Sub-Recipient DUNS Number |
133396429
|
| Sub-Recipient Address |
1 GARFIELD CIR STE 1 |
| Sub-Recipient City |
BURLINGTON |
| Sub-Recipient State |
Massachusetts |
| Sub-Recipient Zip Code |
01803-4983 |
| Sub-Recipient Congressional District |
06 |
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Sub-award E. F. Wall & Assoc., Inc. - E. F. WALL & ASSOCIATES, INC.
| Sub-Award Amount |
$2,781,511 |
| Sub-Award Date |
02/24/2010 |
| Sub-Awards Disbursed |
$2,781,510.76 |
| Project Location - City |
Barre |
| Project Location - State |
VT |
| Project Location - Zip Code |
05641-4854 |
| Project Location - Congressional District |
00 |
| Sub-Recipient DUNS Number |
048722300
|
| Sub-Recipient Address |
131 S MAIN ST |
| Sub-Recipient City |
BARRE |
| Sub-Recipient State |
Vermont |
| Sub-Recipient Zip Code |
05641-4814 |
| Sub-Recipient Congressional District |
00 |
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
No vendor transactions reported
| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
44º 10' 26",
-72º 28' 57" |
| Congressional District |
00 |
| Address 1 |
81 Parker Road |
| Address 2 |
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| City |
Barre |
| County |
Washington |
| State |
VT |
| Zip |
05641-0000 |
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