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

J -- DESIGN AND RETROFIT OF A DUAL TORCH PULSE WELDING MACHINE SOL DAAE30-99-R-1002 DUE 030899 POC Jeffrey S. Fleming, Contract Specialist, 973-724-5742 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/99R1002/99R1002.htm. E-MAIL: Jeffrey S. Fleming, jfleming@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J. has a requirement to retrofit and upgrade an existing dual-torch overly band welding machine. This machine is capable of welding nickel, stainless steel, and soft iron deposits on thin wall alloy steel 155mm projectile bodies. The Equipment that is part of the welding machine includes: a material handling system, a chucking mechanism, a rotation mechanism, welding torches, welding power supplies, a oscillating mechanism, wire drives and straighteners, a shielding gas system, a projectile cooling system, and a ventilation system. The machine shall incorporate PC off-line weld schedule planning, PLC machine control, servo motion control, an operator screen and pendant, and a weld power supply/machine control. The welding machine shall be capable of gas metal arc welding in the direct current, reverse and straight polarity mode, pulsing, utilizing constant current, constant potential, and AC series power. The welding torches shall be configured such that each is powered by a separate constant current/constant potential power supply, each having pulsing capability. Each welding torch shall also be powered by a separate power supply, capable of GMAW welding in the AC series mode of welding. This project will be in two phases. Phase I, the contractor shall prepare a machine design based on the requirements and submit the design to the government for approval. Phase II the contractor shall complete the design, build and demonstrate the equipment at the contractor's facility. After approval, the contractor shall install the machine at Government site. The period of performance is twenty-four months. The small business size standard is $5 Million. See note #1. This Solicitation will be available for download from the following web address http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm on or about Feb. 22 1999. Posted 02/17/99 (D-SN299016). (0048)

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