MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS ON DELIVERED EQUIPMENT, MODELS 552A

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04747A002200010004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 22, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 31, 1966
• Content Type: LETTER

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31 October 1966 25X1
Subject: Maintenance Requirements on Delivered.
Equipment, Models 552A
Reference! a) letter "Service Contract 25X1
ropo e or Equipment 25x1
Located at your Facilities" dated 5 May 1966
There are several maintenance problems which should be
immediately handled with respect to 552A.ecruipments already
delivered to your facilities or associated facilities. Based
on understanding regarding the status of these 25x1
equipments and the type maintenance required, it is beyond
the present scope of the existing contract, therefore, should
be handled through separate contractual coverage. It is our
belief the best approach to this contractual coverage is to
use the service contract approach proposed to your organization
(reference (a) letter). In that proposal we discussed routine
maintenance visits and special visits (emergency calls) to
handle problems beyond the scope of "normal routine maintenance".
In the reference (a) letter, we offered time and material
rates for categories of personnel which we expected would be
necessary for the performance of this effort. These rates are
given below with the additirjn of rates for manufacturing per-
sonnel and Q.C. personnel which might be required for small
part fabrication.
Our time and material labor rates are as follows:
Project Engineer
Electronic Service Engineer
Mechanical Service Engineer
Mechanical Technician
Electronic Technician
Quality Control Test Engineer
Inspection
Shop and Assembly
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Overtime, if and when necessary, is handled on a
straight time basis for all of the above personnel, except
the Mechanical and Electronic Technicians Overtime rates
for these personnel are:
Mechanical Technician
Electronic Technician
Travel is billed at cost plus 10% fee. Subsistence
is billed at cost plus 20% G & A and 10% fee. Purchase
materials are billed at cost plus 20% G & A and 10% fee.
The maintenance problems requiring additional attention,
beyond the scope of the contract, are as follows:
1) Model 552A, Serial 102, requires maintenance effort
on the scanning drives. When we received per-
form additional efforts on Sec .al 104 t to per-
agreed
to perform a realignment and checkout serial 102 after it
had been moved within your .aciii.ty. The realignment and
checkout was performed in accordance with our agreement, but
during the checkout difficulties were found in the scanni ncx
drive. The problem discovered ie, beyond any normal checkout
effort it is a function ofaraep?t t se not due to any shove.
We con -i_der this strictly of a maintenance nature necessary \jt.i1`
in any equipment after it has been in operation for extended
periods. The effort to lie performed is eriven below as our
best e4t.i_mate at this time.
ESTIMATE FOR 552A #102 SC. Nx=lNG DRIVE
I Recheck Motor voltage and currents under various
Load Conditions
Torque check of drive components
Inspection of gear boxes (rerruires raising and
relevelingmachine, dismounting x drive)
Check motor torque output (4 motors) (concurrent
with above work, and include making a special
tool)
Cleaning and adjusting all screws, nuts, gear
boxes after maintenance
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14 man-days total
(2) men required
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 Contingency for motor replacement 40 hours plus
per motor plus loading to be determined after above checks
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2) Model 552A Serial 103 (presently at another lo-
cation) in the process of checkout after delivery encountered
difficulties in the drive system. Investigation of this in-
dicates it is caused by dirt within the facility. The problem
is intermittent, caused by not obtaining solid contact closures
during the drive operation. The matter can be corrected by
cleaning the switch contacts; it does not occur again until.
the dirt in the atmosphere settles on the contacts again.
Obviously, the 552A equipollent is not designed to operate in a
dusty atmosphere. This is a special situation which we under-
stand is due to some building construction presently under%epy..
feel the matter can be corrected by enclosing the selector
switches with sheet metal covers and by filtering the cooling
air drawn in from the atmosphere. The estimate of effort
necessary to make these additions are given below.
ESTIMATE FOR 552A 4103 DRIVE INTERMITTENCY
Make 2 piece wrap-around cover for lens se o-_ector
switch and install
In-stall fiber 1. , s r:.at filter in (2) per-
orated metal covers and at bottom of control
cabinet
Probe for electrica~ l failures
On Model 552A, Serial 103, there is a problem of
film scratching within the v-cuu3, holddown system, on both
edges of the film. Our investi:iation, as oast of the normal
checkout, has determined that this is due to the dirt in the
atmosphere (see Item 2 above) collecting: on the p exig.l.as
material used to hoiddow:=n the rear edge of the film- Since
plexiglas is a relatively soft material., the dust becomes
imbedded in the material and when the film is moved it causes
scratches. The simplest solution to this problem is to re-
place the plexiglas with glass which will not allow the dust
to become imbedded, therefore, will not scratch the film due
to this cause. The other scratching problem is due to dust
in the atmosphere collecting on the other edge (and would
also collect under the glass); this can only be corrected by
periodic cleaning of these surfaces prior to use of the ma-
chine. This is a very simple operation, and should be per-
formed as part of the day's operation. Our estimate to
change the plexiglas to glass and recheckout the equipment
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 Cost of each glass hoiddown
Labor to install, align and checkout
each holddoen
or
16/system
As stated above, and in accordance with the general
procedures outlined in reference (a), we have offered above,
our best estimates of the labor necessary to perform these
three tasks. lie feel this problem is critical, without this
effort the e,rui.pments cannot be considered in full operation.
We would he happy to discus: this matter with you at your
convenience.
Very truly yours,
EXecutive Vice President
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