Critical Supply Chain - Clamp Cushion

The DLA would like to broaden the Small Business Manufacturer (SBM) base to address the Agency's need to develop qualified sources of supply to improve product availability, to provide competition for reduced lead times and cost, and to address lifecycle performance issues.  NSN: 5340-01-504-4221 Loop Clamps are used for Weapons System 40A applications and provide vibration dampening support and restraint for cables, conduit, pipes, hoses, tubes, and pneumatic and hydraulic lines.  The SBIR project provides small business the opportunity to become a qualified part provider for NSN: 5340-01-504-4221 loop clamps, as well as the opportunity to address the service life limitations associated with legacy clamp cushion materials subject to the applicable MIL-DTL-85052B product requirements. METSS will address the opportunities presented under DLA222-001 with a new manufacturing capability to produce NSN: 5340-01-504-4221 loop clamps with enhanced service life capability to reduce future aircraft O&M costs related to premature clamp failure and replacement. The proposed effort will leverage a MIL-DTL-85052B/1C clamp cushion rubber formulation that METSS has already developed and demonstrated to be more resistant to environmental exposure than currently used materials, as well as our existing DLA-approved manufacturing base for other mil-spec products.