Red River Army Depot, Contracting Directorate, 100 Main Drive, Texarkana, TX 75507-5000

36 -- RUBBER INSPECTION TEST EQUIPMENT -- POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT SOL DAAE32 DUE 051100 POC William L. Horton, Jr. Contract Specialist (903) 334-2542 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist via, wlhorton@redriver-ex.army.mil. The Engineering Support Division at Red River Army Depot,Texarkana, Texas 75507-5000, is seeking to identify potential sources to provide test equipment to inspect rubber according to these ASTM test numbers: Tensile Test Machine: Specific Gravity ASTM D297, Tensile Strength, Tensile Stress, Modulus, Elongation, Ultimate, ASTM D412. Tear Test ASTM D624. NBS Abrader: Abrasion Resistance ASTM D1630. DeMattia Flexing Machine: Crack Growth Resistance ASTM D813. Hardness Tester: Durometer Hardness ASTM D1415, D2240. Ozone Chamber: Oxon Resistance ASTM D518, D1149. Air Oven: Accelerated Aging ASTM D573. Mooney Viscometer: Viscosity and Vulcanization Characteristics ASTM D1646. Oscillating disk Rheometer: Vulcanization ASTM D2084. Low Temperature Flexibility: Brittleness Point of Flexible Polymers and Coated Fabrics ASTM D2137. This is not a Request for proposal (RFP), Request for Quote (RFQ) or Invitation for Bid (IFB)and should not be construed as a committment by the Government to issue an RFP, RFQ, or IFB. Potential sources are requested to submit descriptions of their capabilities to provide the described equipment via e-mail to wlhorton@redriver-ex.army.mil Posted 04/11/00 (W-SN443873). (0102)

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