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99 -- MACHINING OF TITANIUM HYDROPHONE CASTINGS SOL N00163-95-R-0220 DUE 060695 POC Contact Point, C. William Borders, (317)353-3623, Contracting Officer, C. William Borders, (317)353-3623, Additional Contact, Facsimile, (317)353-7949 Machining of government furnished titanium hydrophone casting--P/N 02387-AV24577 and 02387-AV24676--First Article 1 EA--Production Run 9 EA--2 options of 10 EA--FOB Indianapolis, IN 46219--delivery schedule First Article 60 days ADC--delivery schedule Production Run 2 EA 45 days after approval of First Article and 2 EA every 45 days thereafter--options will be exercised within 365 days ADC--option delivery schedule 2 EA every 45 days--The housing is a titanium casting that weighs approximately 130 to 140 pounds as a raw caasting and approximately 90 to 100 pounds after machining and is worth an estimate $9,500. The casting could be described as a letter ''C'' laying flat on a surface and projected up 10.90 inches tall, with a 14.27 inch inside radius and 20.47 inch outside radius that is swept from the center of the open end of the ''C''. There are approximately 229 drilled and tapped holes that range from 10-32 to 3/8-16 bolt sizeand pockets and raised areas that will require using side milling and end milling cutters on over 90 percent of the casting. SUGGESTED MACHINES: 1. A four axis horizontal machining center with a minimum table size of 48 inches by 48 inches, 48 inch travel in ''X'' and 18 inch travel in ''Z'', 15 horsepower motor and a tool holder that is capable of holding a minimum of 37 machine tools. 2. A vertical machining center, minimum table size of 60 inches (X) by 30 inches (Y) by 18 inches (Z). (0097)

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