SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- RSA-G2 Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer
- Notice Date
- 6/22/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, NSWC IHEODTD, 4072 North Jackson Road Suite 132, Indian Head, Maryland, 20640-5115, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20640-5115
- Solicitation Number
- N0017416SN0021
- Archive Date
- 7/23/2016
- Point of Contact
- Paulette Bowman, Phone: 3017446663, Jon Lawrence,
- E-Mail Address
-
paulette.bowman@navy.mil, jonathon.lawrence@navy.mil
(paulette.bowman@navy.mil, jonathon.lawrence@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RSA-G2 Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer This Sources Sought notice is being posted to satisfy the requirement of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 206.302-1(d). The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD), Contracts Department intends to award a contract for a Brand Name Mandatory RSA-G2 Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer on a sole source basis with TA Instruments - Waters L.L.C., New Castle, DE 19720, CAGE Code 0MJS5. NSWC IHEODTD requires an RSA-G2 Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer with accessories. RSA-G2 must be capable of accessing previous historical data produced by legacy TA Instruments utilized currently. Technical requirements include: I. DMA Design - The data produced by the DMA must not be distorted by, or require correction from, the inertia of the moving mass of the instrument. Therefore, the DMA design must utilize separate motor and transducer (SMT) technology. In SMT technology, the deformation motor is beneath the specimen and provides the commanded strain or strain rate. The top of the specimen is coupled to the static, noncompliant force transducer. This design provides for accurate modulus measurement without the need for inertia correction. The DMA instrument must not require an inertia correction for accurate modulus measurements because inertia corrections are prone to error at high frequencies and low stiffness specimens. II. DMA Motor - The DMA motor must be a direct drive, DC servo-motor that directly applies both absolute strain and strain rate. The instrument must be able to generate dynamic strain amplitudes from 0.05 to 1,500 microns, to a resolution of 1 nanometer. The DMA motor actuator must be capable of performing a true step-strain (stress relaxation) experiment, without the use of a feedback control loop or a user-input modulus/viscosity target. The servo-actuator must be capable of providing less than 10 millisecond rise time to 99% of a 10 micron step displacement. The DMA motor must be capable of generating a range of frequencies between 1E-5 to 628 rad/s. III. DMA Force Transducer - The force transducer must exhibit a range from 0.001 to 35 N with a minimum resolution of at least 0.0001 N. Force linearity must be better than 0.1%, with a hysteresis of less than 0.05% of full scale. Transducer must be maintained at room temperature and thermal drift effects must be less than 0.002/ o C at ambient conditions. IV. Temperature Control - The environmental system must employ a forced hot-air convection oven utilizing two heater guns with counter-rotating air flow for temperature stability. The convection gas of this oven must be pre-heated to test temperature before it enters the oven cavity. Ovens which introduce convection gas into the oven cavity at room temperature and then heat the gas with heating elements are not forced convection ovens and do not qualify. The normal operating temperature range of the oven must be between ambient and 600 o C. Oven temperature control must be extendible to -150 o C using a liquid nitrogen delivery device, or -90 o C employing a mechanical air-chiller device. These options must be modular, and available for addition to the instrument in the field. The oven must provide for controlled heating/cooling at rates of up to 60 o C/min and ballistic rates of up to 300 o C/min. The oven must have a sight-glass port with internal LED lamp that enables visual inspection of the sample to ensure proper loading and alignment. An internal camera must exist for the oven that images the sample for real-time display within the DMA software. The image must also be saved with the data file for subsequent viewing. The cameras light brightness and focus must be controlled through the DMA software. The sight-glass window must also allow for exposure of sample to irradiation from various light sources. V. Axial Tests - The DMA head must have a travel range of greater than 150 millimeters so as to apply very large strains to the sample (i.e. tensile-loading tests). The DMA must employ a linear optical encoder to ensure head position to 0.1 micrometer over the entire 150 mm of travel. The speed of the head travel should be from 0.0001 to 30 mm/sec. In order to generate traditional stress-strain curves, the sample deformation must be controlled by: 1) constant linear strain rate, 2) Hencky strain rate, 3) force, or 4) stress. In addition, the DMA must be capable of mixed deformation whereby the sample is subjected to a tensile/compression test simultaneously with an oscillatory test. VI. Dielectric Thermal Analysis Module (DETA) - The DMA must include an integrated DETA module which allows for the simultaneous analysis of rheological and dielectric properties of materials. The DETA module can also be used as a stand-alone dielectric analyzer if rheological properties are not needed. The DETA temperature range must cover -160 to 300°C. Dielectric permittivity, tangent, and loss tangent must be saved in data file and reported with the DMA analysis software. VII. Immersion Tension System - The DMA must allow for mechanical testing of solids while immersed in a liquid. The temperature of the liquid is measured by an inserted probe and used as feedback for accurate temperature control. Temperature range is -10 to 200°C. The system should include tension, compression, and 3-point bending. Sample sizes are as follows: Tension: Up to 25 mm long, 12.5 mm wide and 1.5 mm thick; Compression: 15 mm in diameter; maximum sample thickness is 10 mm; 3-Point Bending: includes interchangeable span pieces to accommodate sample lengths of 10, 15, and 20 mm; Maximum sample width is 12.5 mm and maximum thickness is 5 mm. The system must have available a tension immersion fixture with a travel range of at least 1.25" (32 mm). VIII. Multi-Wave - The DMA must be capable of applying a multiplexed waveform to the specimen. This strain waveform is the sum of the Fourier series described by the following strains: (a) A sinusoidal strain at a fundamental frequency, and (b) up to eight sinusoidal strains, each at a harmonic frequency of the fundamental. Strain amplitude and frequency of both the fundamental and each additional harmonic are user-selectable. Multi-Wave is useful for applying multi-frequencies in a single point for those samples that experience rapid structural changes. IX. Arbitrary Waveform - The DMA must allow user-defined periodic deformation (strain waveform) in each of up to four zones. This feature enable the application of non-sinusoidal deformation to the sample material (e.g. square waves, triangular or saw-tooth waves, etc.) as well as strain impulses from which viscoelastic response can be derived via FFT at a fraction of the time required using either standard or Multi-Wave sinusoidal techniques. X. Non-linear testing - Higher order harmonics that occur in the stress (force) signal in oscillation tests are a result of non-linear sample response. The DMA software must calculate the ratio of the fundamental frequency to odd harmonics (intensity ratios), such as 3rd, 5th, etc. and them and store them as a signal. The real-time waveforms during oscillation tests can be displayed and saved with data points. The intensity ratios and quality and shape of the waveform are invaluable data integrity and validation tools. The DMA must be able to fully integrate high speed data acquisition for transient (up to 8,000 points/sec) and oscillation (up to 15,000 points/sec) measurements. The high sampling speed provides superior resolution of magnitude and phase of the measured signals, and allows much better higher harmonic resolution for automatic analysis during oscillation tests. The DMA software must also allow for post Fourier transformation analysis. XI. TMA Capability - The DMA must be capable of performing accurate TMA measurements to measure the absolute coefficient of thermal expansion. XII. Real-time waveforms - The DMA must display the real-time waveforms and Lissajou patterns and save those images with each data point to be displayed anytime the file is loaded in the analysis software. XIII. User calibration - The user must be able to calibrate the force and phase angle and of the instrument themselves and not have to rely on the supplier to do this. XIV. Use of Historical information - The DMA must be able to utilize historical testing and information from legacy TA instruments. Aligning new instrumentation and software compatibility is critical. THIS IS NOT AN INVITATION FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. This acquisition is being pursued on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of 10 USC 2304(C)(1), as implemented in FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, the Government will consider all responses received to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government. No solicitation will be available for this procurement. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit or award a contract. All interested sources shall provide the organization name, address, point of contact, phone number, fax number, e-mail address, business size, taxpayer identification number, DUNS number, and CAGE Code. In addition, all interested sources shall provide a summary of their company's capabilities. All responding sources must email their response submissions no later than 8 July 2016 to: 1) NSWC IHEODTD Attn: Jon Lawrence Street 5326 Whitman Ct., Suite 115 Bldg. 764 Indian Head, MD 20640 jonathon.lawrence@navy.mil 2) NSWC IHEODTD Attn: Paulette Bowman, Contract Specialist 4072 North Jackson Road, Bldg. 1558 Indian Head, MD 20640-5035 paulette.bowman@navy.mil Large files need to be compressed using Zip and renamed with a.piz file extension.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 5326 Whitman Ct., Suite 115, Bldg. 764, Indian Head, Maryland, 20675, United States
- Zip Code: 20675
- Zip Code: 20675
- Record
- SN04158554-W 20160624/160622234838-16b0292a46722001e87d2abd63b8c999 (fbodaily.com)
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