Arnold Engineering Development Center, ATTN: AEDC PKP, 100 Kindel Drive, Suite A332, Arnold AFB, TN 37389-1332

66 -- RETROFIT TO BOICE 501-B COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE SOL F40650-95-R-0025 DUE 090895 POC Tony Clayborne, Contracting Officer, (615)454-5174. This requirement is to retrofit a Boice coordinate measuring machine to include the following: replace all computer hardware including controller and software with a PC based system capable of providing direct computer control. Replace existing band drives with a drive system capable of scanning, inductosyn scales may be replaced with Heidenhein scales if necessary to be compatible with new syste. New computer hardware must include an IBM compatible 486 PC with PC based software, 20'' color super VGA monitor, keyboard, mouse and printer/plotter. PC must have 3.5'' disk slot. Software must provide the following capabilities as a minimum: menu driven icons that work with keyboard or mouse that include measurement routines to define circles, lines, planes, cones, cylinders, slots, bolt hole patterns and spheres and their relationships such as distances, intersection points, parallelism, angularity, perpendicularity, concentricity and symmetry; ability to take measurements in part coordinate system without aligning part to machine axes (mathematical alignment); capability to display and print coordinates of individual probing points; capability to prequalify and recall probe orientation when using star probe or indexable probe; compatibility with dmis; capability to send output to display, printer, and/or disk file; capability to scan unknown surface contours in DCC mode and to translate data from center of probe to actual part surface with true representation of the data in the part coordinate system; capability to graphically depict data taken; form and measurement evaluation in accordance with ANSI Y14.5M Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerencing. Additional performance requirements which must be included with the retrofit include: two joysticks for control of all axes located in a remote control panel with a minimum of 12 feet of cable; remote panel must also provide an emergency stop button and individual lockout buttons for each axis; lockout buttons provide a disconnect from the motor drives so that the machine may be used in the manual mode with hard probes for the rapid location of holes, scribing lines, etc.; readouts must continue to trackprobe location while in the manual mode; capability to use both hard probes and Renishaw touch-trigger probes; accuracy of the Boice after completion of the retrofit must be at least as good as the current volumetric accuracy of plus or minus .0019'' as determined by ASME B89.1.12m; calibration will be performed immediately prior to start of the retrofit and may be witnessed by the vendor; the numbers obtained at that time will take precedence over those stated above and will form the basis for acceptance of the accuracy requirement. Retrofit will be performed on site and must be completed within six weeks from the date the Boice is taken out of service for the vendor to begin work. The Boice will be made available for prospective offerors to examine prior to proposal and also for the successful offeror to order parts and plan his work prior to beginning the six week performance period. This requirement is also for a probe head to be a Renishaw Model # PH10M or approved equal with the following salient characteristics: motorized probe head to be installed as part of retrofit; to be supplied with all connections and hardware requried to function with retrofit; probe head provides for motorized positioning of probe to 720 different positions as part of inspection program with positioning repeatable to plus or minus .0001''. Operating and Maintenance manuals to include schematics down to and including board level. Set-up and on-site training - to include set-up and training at Arnold AFB by factory trained personnel. Training in the use of hardware and software included in the retrofit for 24 hours. Computer workstation - on castors, suitable to house PC, keyboard, monitor and printer/plotter. The performance period will be 120 calendar days after contractor receipt of notification of contract award. Any responsible source may submit a proposal which shall be considered. Firms responding to this synopsis should do so in writing and indicate whether they are a minority business concern. Foreign participation is authorized. (0206)

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