US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

A -- LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRIC PRIMER ACTION TIME STUDY SOL daae30-97-q-1280 DUE 072297 POC B. Iwanicki, Contract Specialist, (201)724-3841 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Bella M. Iwanicki, iwanicki@pica.army.mil. Note 22 -- Manufacture a control lot made up of standard components to consist of at least two (2) trays or 2000 units of PA520 electric primer. Each lot of a studied parameter will consist of at least two (2) trays to assure uniformity. Primer times will be obtained and compared to the control lot. A Final Report of test data and interpretation will be provided no later than ninety (90) days of completion of tests. Factors affecting the action time of the PA520 electric primer will be investigated by manufacturing primers with known defects. These include varying the carbon bridge and the amount of basic lead styphnate that is placed around the insulator in the primer. Primer times will be determined for these defects and a report will detail the results so that future primers will not produce long action times. (0176)

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