Affordable High Performance Reinforced Polyurethane Shock & Vibration Mounts

Production Products will develop a new low cost, multiple performance, generic elastomeric machinery mount system which will provide varying static and dynamic vibration properties to allow vibration and shock isolation over a wide operation load range. Dr. Colin Ratcliffe, United States Naval Academy, who has ongoing work on non-metallic machinery mounts w ill be a consultant on the program. New Port News Shipbuilding will provide application experience and advice on ship and submarine equipment mount installations. Successful development of a single multi-performance composite mount will: reduce inventoried items and attendant costs; reduce costs due to fewer fabricated parts; permit standardized installation and maintenance procedures and reduced associated costs; eliminate corrosion induced failures of mounts; provide significantly longer service life and reduced maintenance costs; provide significant weight savings; and enhanced vibration and shock isolation performance. In Phase I a prototype system will be downselected based on evaluation of competing concepts, the composite mount will be fabricated, tested, and performance compared with predictions. In Phase II a second generation family of mounts will be developed, fabricated, tested, and provided to the Navy for sea trials. Production Products will develop and implement the commercialization plan leading to production implementation and commercial sale of the composite mounts.