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  The Oshkosh M1070 is a US Army tank transporter tractor unit that is also used in the military for various operations and military drills. It is a powerful tractor truck with an 8x8 drive configuration and advanced features such as an electronic engine control system to ensure maximum efficiency at all times and an 'air ride' rear suspension to ensure all axles remain in contact with the ground ...

Coupling, Shaft is a mechanical component used to connect two rotating shafts together, allowing the transmission of power and torque. It helps to minimize the effects of misalignment, vibration, and shock and reduces the stress and wear on the connected shafts and their bearings. The Coupling, Shaft (NSN 3010-01-679-7883) listed in Small Business Innovation Program website is an aviation critical ...

This SBIR effort proposes using live and continuous monitoring of metal tanks, pressure vessels, and pipelines using carbon nanomaterial-based sensing skins to detect excessive physical strains, cracks, and to inspect impact damage. The proposed research and development work leverages 15+ years of fundamental research. The key objective is to advance the TRL level and the scalability of carbon nan ...

Beacon Industries Inc., a woman owned small business continuously operating since 1948, proposes to improve both product availability and increased competition through the development of a complete Technical Data Package (TDP) for NSN 2840-01-675-7360 ( Compressor Rotor ) with the utilisation of government-provided technical data or through reverse inspection & engineering techniques. ...

Beacon Industries Inc., an ITAR Compliant woman owned small business continuously operating since 1948, proposes to improve both product availability and increased competition through the development of a complete Technical Data Package (TDP) for NSN 3020-01-294-7175 ( Spur Gear ) with the utilization of government-provided technical data or through reverse inspection & engineering tec ...

The DoD has identified a deficiency in the Industrial Base for the supply of various nitrate salts, specifically potassium, barium, strontium and lead nitrate. There appears to be insufficient domestic manufacturing capacity to meet the DoD’s needs for these salts.  Without a trusted and reliable domestic industrial base supplier of these materials, there is a serious threat to warfighter prepa ...

Manufacturing of complex metallic components for air and space systems is fundamentally challenging. Traditional processing requires multiple steps, has a high cost and a long production time. Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are the only metals that can be processed through thermoplastic forming (TPF) like plastics. In addition, BMGs have properties that are superior to conventional materials, includ ...

Manufacturing of complex metallic components for air and space systems is fundamentally challenging. Traditional processing requires multiple steps, has a high cost and a long production time. Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are the only metals that can be processed through thermoplastic forming (TPF) like plastics. In addition, BMGs have properties that are superior to conventional materials, includ ...

The In-Process Control for L-PBF (IPCL) Phase II program extends very successful Phase I results. We demonstrated that our LTM software correctly detected layer flaws with 98% to 99% accuracy. We also demonstrated that 1-layer and 3-layer flaws could be successfully repaired or healed using two different Repair processes we developed, with more than 80% reduction in porosity. In Phase II we will e ...

The In Process Control for L-PBF (IPCL) program leverages and in process inspection method recently developed and successfully demonstrated for NASA. This Layer Topographic Map or LTM method measures the surface if every melt layer using a commercial laser profilometer. LTM software detects, locates and identifies flawed regions within a layer for every layer in the part. It does so for several co ...