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

A -- DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL-BASED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PROPELLANT PROCESSING ON THE CONTINUOUS OPEN SHEAR ROLLING MILL (SRM) SOL DAAE30-00-R-0806 DUE 072100 POC Debbie Febus/Contract Specialist/973-724-4876 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/00R0806/00R0806.htm. E-MAIL: Debbie Febus, dfebus@pica.army.mil. The contractor shall allocate sufficient man-hours, materials and facilities to develop a prototype model-based control system for propellant processing on a 200-mm Continuous Open SRM, which is planned for installation at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Radford, VA. The Continuous Open SRM processing of AA-2 Propellant for the Mark 90 Rocket Motor for the Hydra 70 (2.75 Inch) Rocket shall be modeled under this effort. The Continuous Open SRM for the propellant and explosive industry is a joint development of Color Metal (now Bellaform)GmBH, WNC-Nitrochemie GmBH and Bowas-Indulplan Chemie Ges.m.b.H. This effort is anticipated to be the first phase of a two-phase effort. Deliverable for this contract shall be a model capable of predicting the near optimum operating conditions for processing propellants on the continuous open SRM and facilitate scale-up from a 200-mm to 300-mm roll mill. Prototype graphic interface software for Programmable Logic Control of the 200-mm continuous Open SRM shall be furnished at the completion of Phase I effort. Given successful completion of Phase I and availability of funding, a Phase II contract will be awarded. Phase II is anticipated to consist of installation and validation of a of a model-based control system on a 200-mm Continuous Open SRM at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant. Deliverables for Phase II shall include refinement of the model based on trials with propellant on the 200-mm Continuous Open SRM. The roll processing of a minimum of 500 pounds of AA-2 propellant shall confirm validation of the model-based control system. Your submission should include organization name/address/point of contact and phone number, and whether the company is a large or a small business. Posted 07/21/00 (D-SN477520). (0203)

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