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66 -- FLASHLAMP INSPECTION SYSTEM POC Don Potter, Subcontract Administrator Specialist, (510) 422-8673, potter5@llnl.gov The University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, seeks manufacturing sources for a FLASHLAMP INSPECTION SYSTEM (FLIS) for the National Ignition Facility (NIF). The FLIS will be used in the quality assurance testing of the glass of the Xenon Flashlamps which will be used in exciting the large Nd:glass amplifiers for the NIF laser. These flashlamps will range in size from 1.5 centimeters diameter x 34 centimeters in length to 6.0 centimeters diameter x 200 centimeters in length. Over ten thousand lamps will need to be inspected. The purchase of more than one inspection system may be required to meet NIF schedules. The FLIS shall be designed to operate in a class 10,000 Cleanroom environment. The system must scan the glass surface of a flashlamp for anomalies, analyze the images or data it acquires and provide an operator with a list of the anomalies and their locations in less than 10 minutes per lamp with a goal of 2 minutes per lamp. Under operator control this system must be able to: return the sensor(s) to a computer identified anomaly with a +/- 100 micron accuracy and position a stereo-microscope with adjustable magnification such that the operator may attempt to identify the anomaly; use various image processing routines on the image; print and save the image data to computer storage media. The system must incorporate hand controls (joystick, mouse, trackball, etc.) that will allow the operator to move the flashlamp and/or imager while looking though the microscope. The system shall be comprised of at least the following major functional units: Illumination (adjustable), imaging optics and digitizing electronics with the resolution and dynamic range capable of detecting a defined set of flaws (as small as 0.1 millimeter in diameter) on the glass surfaces of a defined set of flashlamps; a computer controlled system that will reference anomaly positions relative to a point or mark on the flashlamp aluminum base (TBD); a computer controlled stage that can move the flashlamp and/or the sensors to image any location on the flashlamp in a defined period of time; an integrated control program (software) to do automated flashlamp inspection and to provide a manual mode of operation for inspection under operator control. Documentation must be provided on all parts of the system including the software, mechanical fixture and drive mechanisms, computer hardware configuration, optical imaging setup, illumination system variables and operations and maintenance. Interested firms should respond with a written statement of capabilities, available resources, and qualifications. Respondents must also include information which documents past capability to manufacture similar systems of this type and complexity. Test data on such units must be provided to LLNL upon request. The small business size standard applicable to the proposed acquisition is 500 employees. Firms qualifying as a small business with respect to this standard should so state. Responses which include the required information must be received by LLNL on or before March 6, 1996. Firms responding to this announcement which fail to provide the required information will not be considered for inclusion into any resulting source list. Facsimile and telephone responses will not be accepted. This notice is to assist the University in determining the potential for competition; no solicitation is currently available. (0066)

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