THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE AVAILABLE. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst (NAWCADLKE) is evaluating the availability of a Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Hydraulic Tube Bending Machine, for US Navy shipboard and shore base aircraft support. The tube-bending machine shall be configured to take the information directly from the bend data card and input into the PLC control panel for every tube assembly. An example of this card is provided as attachment (A) Additionally, any system to be considered for use must meet the technical requirements in the following statement of work: SPECIFICATION FOR A MANDREL TYPE POWERED TUBE BENDING MACHINE AND ASSOCIATED TOOLING GENERAL REQUIREMENT: This unit and associated tooling will be used by the Marine Aviation Logistics Squadrons aboard "L" class Naval vessels and Marine Mobile Maintenance Facility Vans for the purpose of manufacturing Titanium and Stainless Steel hydraulic tubes for the MV-22B aircraft. The Tube Bending Machine shall be considered commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment. BASIC TUBE BENDING MACHINE REQUIREMENTS: Machine shall have the capability of bending Titanium alloy tubing, 3AL-2.5V seamless, hydraulic, texture controlled in accordance with AMS 4945B and Corrosion resistant steel tubing, 21-6-9 in accordance with AMS5561 or BMS7-185. The machine shall have the capability of bending the following sizes of tubing; MATERIAL SIZE TUBE O.D. WALL THICKNESS CL BEND RADIUS CRES 03 0.188 0.020 0.750 TITANIUM 04 0.250 0.022 1.00 TITANIUM 06 0.375 0.022 1.12 TITANIUM 06 0.375 0.022 1.50 TITANIUM 06 0.375 0.032 1.12 TITANIUM 06 0.375 0.032 1.50 TITANIUM 08 0.500 0.022 1.50 TITANIUM 08 0.500 0.022 2.00 TITANIUM 08 0.500 0.043 1.50 TITANIUM 08 0.500 0.043 2.00 TITANIUM 10 0.625 0.023 1.87 TITANIUM 10 0.625 0.023 2.50 TITANIUM 10 0.625 0.054 1.87 TITANIUM 10 0.625 0.054 2.50 TITANIUM 12 0.750 0.027 3.00 TITANIUM 12 0.750 0.065 2.25 TITANIUM 16 1.000 0.036 3.00 Machine shall have the capability of bending tubes up to 6 feet in length. Tubing bends produced by machine shall meet the following requirements for all sizes of tubing specified above except for size 03 CRES which shall meet ovality of 5%; Ovality = 2% where Ovality = Max O.D. - Min O.D. X 100% Nominal O.D. Maximum scratch depth = Not to exceed .002 in. deep Neck downs = Not to exceed 3% Heel protrusion = Not to exceed 2% of O.D. Mandrel bumps = Not to exceed 2% of O.D. Allowable wrinkle height = No visible allowed Allowable

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