13 -- WAX LINER MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT

Notice Date

September 6, 2001

Contracting Office

US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

ZIP Code

07806-5000

Solicitation Number

DAAE30-01-R-0557

Response Due

September 13, 2001

Point of Contact

MARGARET RHINESMITH, PROCUREMENT TECHNICIAN, 973-724-3050

E-Mail Address

Margaret Rhinesmith (mrhines@pica.army.mil)

Description

THE U.S. ARMY TACOM-ARDEC IS CONTEMPLATING AWARD OF A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE ORDER TO KOATING MACHINERY COMPANY INC., 18 MC KENZIE AVENUE, WALLINGFORD, CT. 06492 FOR WAX LINER MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF MELTING AND MIXING A WAX COMPOSITION FOR APPLICATION TO AN ACRYLIC CLOTH SUBSTRATE TO A SPECIFIC THICKNESS AND WEIGHT TOLERANCE. THE 155M M232 MACS LINER IS USED AS A WEAR REDUCER FOR THE GUN TUBE WEAR, TO ELIMINATE NG MIGRATION INTO THE M232 CASE WALL, AND ACT AS A BARRIER BETWEEN THE PROPELLANT GRAINS AND THE CASE SIDEWALL. THE WAX LINER IS MANUALLY PLACED ADJACENT TO THE INTERIOR WALL OF THE COMBUSTIBLE CASE BODY COVERING360 DEGREES OF THE INTERIOR WALL. THE WAX LINER CONSISTS OF AN ACRYLIC CLOTH APPROXIMATELY 18.25 INCHES LONG BY 4.9 INCHES WIDE. A WAX COATING IS APPLIED TO ONE SIDE OF THE ACRYLIC CLOTH TO PROVIDE A FINAL THICKNESS OF APPROXIMATELY 0.020 INCHES. THE DIFFICULTY IN MANUFACTURING THIS PRODUCT IS THE APPLICATION OF THE WAX EVENLY, AT THE CORRECT THICKNESS, AND PROPER WEIGHT WITHOUT ALLOWING WAX IMPREGNATION INTO THE PORES OF THE CLOTH. THEREFORE, SIMULTANEOUS COOLING OF THE WAS IS REQUIRED AS MOLTEN WAX IS APPLIED TO THE CLOTH. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE WAX LINER IS CRITICALLY DEPENDENT ON THE TIGHT TOLERANCES OF THE FINAL TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE LINER, UNIFORMITY OF THE THICKNESS AND HOMOGENEITY OF THE WAX MIXTURE. SEE NUMBERED Note 22.

Web Link

US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network (http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/01R0557/01R0557.htm)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010910/13SOL001.HTM (D-249 SN50W9Q6)