Wr-Alc/Bc, 180 Page Rd, Robins Air Force Base Ga 31098-1600

B -- ACRYLIC MEDIA SEPARATION POC For copy, MAIL TO ABOVE ADDRESS include mfg code, For additional information contact Vivian Mcghee/Bc/912-926-5871 THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A ''REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS'' OR AN INDICATION THAT THE AIR FORCE INTENDS TO CONTRACT FOR SERVICES. THE AIR FORCE WILL NOT PAY FOR INFORMATION RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. WR-ALC uses MIL-P-85891 plastic media type V (acrylic) to remove MIL-P-233776 primer and MIL-C-85285 polyurethane coatings from aircraft. Two waste streams are produced. One the waste streams is media mixed with paint and primer that pass through 40 mesh screens. The other waste stream is an airborne mixture of acrylic and paint and primer dust collected in a bag house. We would like to reduce the waste streams. Present cost to dispose of the waste is about $0.43 a pound. Cost of new acrylic media is about $1.00 a pound. We would like to consider the feasibility of separating the acrylic from the paint and primer. The acrylic is approximately 80 percent of the waste stream. We could recycle the acrylic back into the paint and primer removal process. Currently, Warner Robins Air Logisitcs Center has built a prototype electrostatic separator, which is in the process of being evaluated. The separator differs from commercial electrostatic precipitators. We depend on electrostatic charges generated within the mixture. The mixture is passed between two rollers with opposite charges on the rollers. The particles rich in acrylic are attracted to one roller and the paint and primer rich particles are attracted to the oposite roller. Robins Air Force Base is interested in finding sources that have experience in separating acrylic media from paint and primer, or could work with WR-ALC in developing a production electrostatic separator, or some other process to separate acrylic from paint and primer. Interested sources should submit written responses to Vivian McGhee (96M40), 180 Page Road, Robins AFB GA 31098-1600, phone 912-926-5871, FAX 912-926-2929. The request should contain Company Name, Address, Point of Contact, Cage Code, Phone Number, Size of Business. Large and small businesses are encourage to participate in this survey. All requests for information must be received no later than thirty (30) days from the date of this publication. (0122)

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