FORT WAYNE METALS RESEARCH PRODUCTS, LLC

THIS TASK ALIGNS WITH SECTIONS 3.2 AND 3.5 OF THE BASE CONTRACT FOR PROCESS DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF WIRE.

THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES PROCESSING TRIALS, TESTING, FABRICATION, AND DELIVERY OF SMA WIRE AND ALTERNATE FORMS THAT CAN BE EVALUATED FOR USE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SMA TIRE TECHNOLOGIES FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS.

THIS TASK ALIGNS WITH SECTIONS 3.2 AND 3.5 OF THE BASE CONTRACT FOR PROCESS DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF WIRE. THIS TASK INCLUDES THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY PROCESSING ROUTES/SEQUENCES

SUPPLIES FOR TEST RIG

SUPPLIES FOR TEST RIG

THIS TASK ALIGNS WITH SECTIONS 3.2 AND 3.5 OF THE BASE CONTRACT FOR PROCESS DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF WIRE. THIS TASK INCLUDES THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY PROCESSING ROUTES/SEQUENCES

SUPPLIES FOR TEST RIG

FACILITY UPGRADES

MATERIAL TESTING PACKAGE

INITIAL INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROCESSING ROUTES/SEQUENCES THAT WILL LEAD TO FINISHED WIRE IN THE 0.040 TO 0.085 WIRE DIAMETER RANGE

MATERIAL TESTING PACKAGE

MATERIAL TESTING PACKAGE

INITIAL INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROCESSING ROUTES/SEQUENCES THAT WILL LEAD TO FINISHED WIRE IN THE 0.040 TO 0.085 WIRE DIAMETER RANGE

INITIAL INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROCESSING ROUTES/SEQUENCES THAT WILL LEAD TO FINISHED WIRE IN THE 0.040 TO 0.085 WIRE DIAMETER RANGE HAVING MATERIAL PROPERTIES THAT MEET OR EXCEED 3.5% REVERSIBLE STRAIN AT TEMPERATURES DOWN TO 40K...

CUSTOM SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY NITI WITH END FEATURES

INCLUDES THE INVESTIGATION & DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROCESSING ROUTES/SEQUENCES THAT WILL LEAD TO FINISHED WIRE IN THE 0.040 TO 0.085 WIRE DIAMETER RANGE HAVING MATERIAL PROPERTIES THAT MEET OR EXCEED 3.5% REVERSIBLE STRAIN AT TEMPERATURES DOWN TO 40K.

THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES FABRICATION, TESTING, QUALIFICATION, AND DELIVERY OF WIRE AND INDIVIDUAL SMA SPRING ELEMENTS FOR USE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROTOTYPE, ENGINEERING MODELS, AND FLIGHT-QUALIFIED COMPONENTS.

SPRINGS TO BE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPE (NON-FLIGHT) TIRES IN SUPPORT OF THE MARS SAMPLE RETURN PROJECT

THE SCOPE OF THIS TASK INCLUDES FABRICATION DEVELOPMENTAL MATERIAL TO BE STORED AT FWM AS A GOVERNMENT ASSET TO BE USED FOR FUTURE WIRE AND SPRING PRODUCTION AS SPECIFIED IN NASA TOS

PERFORMING END FORMING TRIALS ON SPRINGS OF VARIOUS PITCHES TO DETERMINE LIMITS FOR WHAT CAN BE MANUFACTURED USING THE AUTOMATED END FORMING TOOL, DEVELOPED UNDER THIS CONTRACT.

DELIVERY OF SPRINGS TO BE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF DEVELOPMENTAND PROTOTYPE (NON-FLIGHT) TIRES IN SUPPORT OF THE MARS SAMPLE RETURN PROJECT. INCLUDES CYCLIC TENSILE TESTING OF WIRE SPECIMENS, AS WELL ASUNIAXIAL SPRING TESTING OF SPRING ELEMENTS.

FORGING OF LARGE SCALE NITI-20HF ALLOY.