NATICK ACQUISITION CENTER, US ARMY NATICK RD&E CENTER, NATICK MA 01760-5011

66 -- CHEMICAL PADDER AND THERMOSOL RANGE SOL DAAK60-CBD5-0018 DUE 050595 POC Survivability Directorate, U.S. Army Soldier System Command, ATTN: SATNC-ITT (Richard Cowan), Natick, MA 01760-5019 Manufacturers of laboratory chemical padders and thermosol ranges sought. The U.S. Army Natick RD&E Center (Natick) is searching for INFORMATION ONLY from manufacturers or dealers interested in providing a laboratory chemical padder/range, incorporated in one unit, which is capable of meeting all the following criteria: (1) The equipment must contain all of the necessary parts, including pad rolls and fixation chambers to allow for the padding onto textile substrates of functional finishes or dye/pigment colorants and fixation of these samples at appropriate moisture and temperature conditions. (2) The padding rollers shall be 70 degrees shore hardness and be utilized in a pneumatic diaphragm type roller weighing system with a maximum nip pressure of 3 ton at 5Kg/cm air pressure. (3) The pad rolls should be equipped with a variable pressure settings mechanism to allow for different percent (%) pickup on the fabric. (4) The equipment shall be able to operate as one unit, for fixation purposes, independently with moist heat (intermediate dryer) as well as dry heat (thermosol unit). (5) For fixation purposes the maximum temperature range need for the intermediate dryer is 150 degrees C and 250 degrees C for the thermosol dryer. (6) Areas within the equipment in contact with water, dyes, chemicals, or fabric, excluding hoses or drains, shall be all stainless steel, non-corrosive, anti-rust. (7) The equipment shall have a dwell time indicator to monitor the time the processed fabric is in the fixation chambers. (8) Fluid capacity for the functional finishes tray or the thermosol dye formulations tray shall be a minimum of 500 cc to a maximum of 1000 cc. (9) The cloth moving through the range shall not require any guide cloth and shall be non-touch and continuous. (10) The equipment shall be capable of processing textile samples of a minimum size of 9 inches wide and 15 inches long. Information should include available technology, product literature and illustrations, and relevant company background/ experience. Responses to this notice are to be sent to Mr. Richard Cowen at the above address. THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED WITH THE ABOVE NUMBER.(0100)

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