A Commercial IOTV Cleaning Study

Abstract

A commercial cleaning trial was conducted to evaluate the viability of Traditional Wet Laundering, Computer-controlled Wet Cleaning, Liquid CO2 Cleaning and Solvair(Registered trademark) Cleaning in cleaning soiled Improved Outer Tactical Vests (IOTV). Computer-controlled Wet Cleaning coupled with the use of LANADOL(Registered trademark) AVANT and AKTIV detergents was found to be most effective while preserving the key functionalities of the vest. This report outlines the methodology, results and conclusions of the study. It also provides the Business Case Analyses (BCA) on the economics of these four commercial cleaning technologies and on the financial benefits of Computer-controlled Wet Cleaning versus the current practice of "Discard and Replace". As a result of the study, a Maintenance Action Message (MAM) was published on October 26, 2009 authorizing the use of Computer-controlled Wet Cleaning as an interim solution to clean soiled IOTVs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 12, 2010
Accession Number
ADA519348

Entities

People

  • Jason Sellazzo
  • Kailim W. Yung
  • Norm Fanning

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold Water
  • Commerce
  • Computers
  • Detergents
  • Dry Cleaning
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economics
  • Elastic Materials
  • Experimental Design
  • Investments
  • Life Cycles
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Test Methods
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  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Surface Coatings Technology.