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Integrity Service Excellence
AFA Technology Symposium
Maj Gen Andrew BuschOO-ALC/CC3 Sept 2009
Air Force Materiel CommandAir Force Materiel Command
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Overview
• OO-ALC core competencies• Technology and the ALC• Funded Projects• Summary
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OO-ALC Core Competencies
Weapon SystemManagement
Supply Chain Management
Readiness
ICBM, F-16, A-10, F-22, C-130,
Landing Gear, Power Systems, Software,
Composites, Hydraulics/Pneudraulics
F-16, A-10, T-38, Space & C3I
Munitions, Simulators and Trainers
Munitions, Space & C3I
Provide Combat-Ready Airmen
DepotMaintenance
Technology and the ALC
• Tech development is one of our skills, but not a core competency
• Technology need areas– Balance investment costs and production pressures– Environmental stewardship– NDI technologies– Plating & coatings technologies – Composite materials and repair technologies– Corrosion resistance technologies
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FY10 SBIR Funded Projects
• NDI methods for HVOF coated components• Rapid assembly of durable composite radome
panels and radome mounting interface• Rapid assembly, energy efficient composite
shelter• Improved landing gear grinding / finishing
methods on hardened wear resistant surfaces
Summary
• Keep the focus; maintain the momentum• Small businesses are having success• Technology investment must continue
Questions?
Technology Transfer Vehicles
Educational Partnership Agreements (EPA)
Manufacturing Technology
(MANTECH)
Depot Technology Modernization
Program (DTMP)
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA)
TECHNOLOGY INSERTION
OO-ALC/EN
Reduction in Total Ownership Cost (RTOC)
Quick Reaction Funds (QRF)
Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
Defense Acquisition Challenge Program (DACP)
Technology Transition Initiative (TTI)
Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)
Applied Technology Demonstrations (ATD)
Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA)
AFRL Projects
Center has used
Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) Program
Technology Transfer Vehicles
• Notes on Tech Transfer Vehicles
1000 hrs
2000 hrs
Panels Remove
d
due to co
rrosio
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Corrosion Testing
Replacement of Cd plating
500 hrs
No visib
le corro
sion
Current Cd Process Zn Ni Process
Product Development Schedule
• HVOF ID Gun
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Product• Eliminates chrome emissions• Improves part longevity• Saves energy (eLog21)• Supports Lean transformation• Keeps depot work organic• Increases through-put
Next generation HVOF rotating torch to coat internal diameters
Replace a “wet” application applied to the ID of parts with a “dry” and environmentally
friendly sprayed application
Benefit to Warfighter
Technology Challenges
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• HVOF & Plasma ID Gun
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Rotating ID Gun Capability
Notes for ID Gun
• F-15 MLG inner cylinder• B-1 MLG outer cylinder• Both are overhauled very frequently in our
shop and we have to chrome plate internal surfaces on both. The AF currently has only one option to coat these areas and that is with chrome plating. The ID HVOF gun will give the AF the option to deposit other materials that are environmentally friendly and more importantly, they outperform chrome.
• ID Gun is applicable for many parts, F-15 & B-1 are just examples of high volume work.
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Laser De-Coating System
OO-ALC Gun Tube Bore
Before: 30 mm Gun Tube Bores Plated With Chrome• Short Gun Tube Life Expectancy Due
to Plating Wear-Out• Plating Process Creates Waste
Stream (Chrome Dissolved In Liquid Medium)
After: New 30 mm Gun Tube Bore Plating Material and Process• Initial Firing Tests Show Enhanced
Wear Properties• New Process Reduces Waste Stream• Due to Initial Results, Army, Navy
and OEM Now Participating
Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA)
• A combined design and production approval for modification and replacement parts. It allows a manufacturer to produce and sell these parts for installation on type certificated products. The F-16 program approves materials, processes, appliances and other parts by other means like a Technical Standards Order (TSO) or in conjunction with a type certificate. Order 8110.42 prescribes the approval procedures for FAA personnel and guides applicants in the approval process. The design approval phase of PMA certifies that a replacement or modification part complies with the airworthiness standards of eligible products (aircraft, engine or propeller).
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