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Hard Chrome Alternatives Team
Joint Group on Pollution Prevention
Propulsion Environmental Working Group
PROGRAM REVIEW MEETING
1-2 April 2003
San Diego, California
Acknowledgments Principal HCAT Program Sponsors
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Department of Defense
Environmental Security
Technology Certification
Program
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Department of Defense
Joint Group on
Pollution Prevention
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Department of Defense
Propulsion Environmental
Working Group
HCAT Program
OBJECTIVE:
Conduct research/development or demonstration/validation
on advanced surface engineering technologies that will
eliminate or mitigate environmental problems while
improving materials performance that will lead to reduced
life-cycle costs in military weapons systems
 HVOF thermal spray coatings to replace hard chrome
plating on external surfaces (approx.80% of total workload)
 Plasma spraying using miniature guns for replacement of
hard chrome plating on internal surfaces
 Electrospark deposition for localized repair of coatings or
non-coated components
New proposals being generated to respond to DOD needs
HCAT Projects
Landing Gear:
• ESTCP funding ended in FY02
• Cost and Performance Report completed and
submitted to ESTCP Program Office (approx. 30page document summarizing materials and
component testing plus cost/benefit analysis)
• Air Force making major commitment to implement
HVOF at Ogden ALC for chrome replacement
• Navy flight testing and Lockheed-Martin rig testing
on P3 should lead to chrome replacement on Navy
land-based aircraft
• Canadian and U.S. LG OEMs moving towards
implementing HVOF
• Issuance of two AMS specs on powder and deposition
HCAT Projects
Propeller Hubs:
• ESTCP funding ended in FY02
• Cost and Performance Report completed and
submitted to ESTCP Program Office (approx. 30-page
document summarizing materials and component
testing plus cost/benefit analysis)
• Materials and rig test favorable; engine test in
progress and looks favorable; six-month flight test
scheduled
• Anticipate putting HVOF into production on
components at NADEP-CP and Warner-Robins ALC
HCAT Projects
Gas Turbine Engines:
• ESTCP funding through end of FY03
• Materials testing to be completed by end of calendar
2003
• Successful TF33 accelerated engine test completed
with HVOF WC/17Co-coated components
• Oklahoma City ALC moving towards implementing
HVOF into production on all engines
• NADEP-JAX has HVOF in production on TF34
HCAT Projects
Hydraulic Actuators:
• ESTCP funding in FY03 and FY04
• Component testing in progress at NAVAIR Pax River;
Navy moving towards qualifying HVOF coatings on
actuator components
• AF cognizant activity conducted survey of all chromeplated actuators; initiated delta qualification on
selected actuator systems
• Materials testing (Joint Test Protocol) to support
component testing still being finalized
• Anticipate stakeholders meeting (DOD, OEMs,
subcontractors) in summer 2003
HCAT Projects
Helicopter Dynamic Components:
• ESTCP funding in FY04 and FY05 (zero in FY03)
• Sikorsky and Boeing Philadelphia being put under
contract to conduct assessment of chrome plating on
HDC and define materials and component test
requirements
• Anticipate stakeholders meeting in Fall 2003
Plasma Spraying on Internal Surfaces:
• SERDP funding in FY04 (zero in FY03)
• Coatings successfully deposited on inside surface of
specially designed cylindrical specimen holder using
miniature plasma spray guns
• Materials testing in progress
• Exploring transition opportunities to depots
HCAT Projects
Electrospark Deposition (ESD):
• ESTCP funding in FY03, FY04, and FY05
• ESD systems acquired and delivered to NADEP-North
Island, Oklahoma City ALC, and Anniston Army Depot
• Work in progress at Advanced Surfaces and
Processes, NSWC Carderock, and Edison Welding
Institute on repair of chrome plate and base materials
HCAT
Program description, copies of published
papers, meeting presentations,
descriptions of rig tests, materials test
data all available at www.hcat.org
(Enter [email protected] as user name and
hello.hcat as password or send e-mail to
Keith Legg,
[email protected] for
registration of user name)
Next HCAT Meeting
Proposed for
18-19 November 2003
at:
Kennedy Space Center
or
Jacksonville, FL