SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- TrackSphere Locomotion Compensator
- Notice Date
- 9/10/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Pacific West Area Office, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA, 94710-1105, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 410-00433
- Response Due
- 9/13/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/28/2007
- Description
- The USDA, Agricultural Research Service in Albany California has a requirement for one TrackSphere Locomotion Compensator. Model LC-100, for use in insect semiochemicals laboratory bioassays. This requirement is intended to be a Sole Source award with Syntech Equipment and Research, Hansjakobstrasse 14 79199 Kirchzarte Germany. The Model LC-100 consists of a sphere, on top of which the insect is placed, and which is rotated opposite to the insect?s displacements by means of two electric motors. The motors are driven by electrical commands proportional to the movement-behavior (e.g., attraction) or displacement of the insect measured by an optical detector located above the insect. Two encoders orthogonally contacting the sphere transmit the rotational movements to a Controller or computer circuit, where the displacements are stored as incremental X and Y coordinates. The instrument can be used for a wide range of orientation experiments, including attraction bioassays to Kairomone we intend to conduct. This LC-100 TrackSphere Locomotion Compensator allows manipulation of the insect?s environment over long periods and in an unlimited virtual area. Although the method is straightforward and very attractive as a research tool it is not widely applied because of the complicated construction, difficult operation, and high cost. The design of the Syntech LC-100 has been optimized with: 1) size of the sphere is limited to 300 mm resulting in a light and compact construction, 2) sphere is supported by an aerostatic spherical bearing, which is noiseless and easy to clean, 3) displacement detector is based on a CMOS video sensor followed by a digital signal processor eliminating the need for a reflector on the insect. 4) only two parameters in the feedback loop between detector and motor drives need to be adjusted by the operator, the feedback gain and the time constant of the feedback response, and 5) a real-time video display facilitates focusing the displacement sensor and proper adjustment of the illumination (Infrared and visible).
- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Western RegionaL Research CTR, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710-1105
- Zip Code: 94710-1105
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 94710-1105
- Record
- SN01400595-W 20070912/070910220153 (fbodaily.com)
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