France – Équipements de laboratoire, d'optique et de précision (excepté les lunettes) – Fabrication et installation d’un lanceur à gaz à grande vitesse pour l’Ecole polytechnique

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This tender concerns the design, manufacture and installation of a high-velocity gas launcher for École Polytechnique. The system must accelerate projectiles and plates up to 50 mm diameter to speeds between 300–1,300 m/s with precision impacts in vacuum conditions. The launcher requires precise rectangular rifling along the barrel length to control impact angles within nanosecond-to-microsecond timescales, plus an impact chamber with debris protection, sample recovery capability, and ports for external optical and electronic instrumentation.

#precision engineering#high-velocity launcher#vacuum chamber#ballistics research#laboratory equipment#france#école polytechnique
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Engineering firms specializing in precision laboratory equipment, vacuum systems, or ballistic research apparatus should bid. Companies with experience in high-speed projectile systems and chamber fabrication for research institutions are preferred.

Key requirements

Suppliers must demonstrate expertise in precision engineering, vacuum chamber design, and high-velocity ballistic systems. Experience with microsecond-scale timing control, optical port integration, and gentle sample recovery mechanisms is essential. Capability to machine precision rifling and meet stringent impact-angle tolerances is required.

Frequently asked questions

  • What is this tender about?

    This tender concerns the design, manufacture and installation of a high-velocity gas launcher for École Polytechnique. The system must accelerate projectiles and plates up to 50 mm diameter to speeds between 300–1,300 m/s with precision impacts in vacuum conditions. The launcher requires precise rectangular rifling along the barrel length to control impact angles within nanosecond-to-microsecond timescales, plus an impact chamber with debris protection, sample recovery capability, and ports for external optical and electronic instrumentation.

  • What are the requirements for suppliers?

    Suppliers must demonstrate expertise in precision engineering, vacuum chamber design, and high-velocity ballistic systems. Experience with microsecond-scale timing control, optical port integration, and gentle sample recovery mechanisms is essential. Capability to machine precision rifling and meet stringent impact-angle tolerances is required.

  • What type of company should bid?

    Engineering firms specializing in precision laboratory equipment, vacuum systems, or ballistic research apparatus should bid. Companies with experience in high-speed projectile systems and chamber fabrication for research institutions are preferred.

  • Who is the buyer?

    The buyer is École Polytechnique.

L'objet du contrat est la fabrication et l'installation d'un lanceur à gaz à grande vitesse capable de lancer des projectiles et des plaques d'un diamètre allant jusqu'à 50 mm à des vitesses comprises entre 300 et 1 300 m/s. Les impacts nécessitent un très haut degré de précision et seront donc réalisés dans des conditions de vide. En raison de la nécessité d'un contrôle très précis de l'angle d'impact entre le projectile et la cible dans des échelles de temps allant de quelques centaines de nanosecondes à quelques microsecondes, une rainure rectangulaire précise doit être usinée sur toute la longueur du canon. La chambre d'impact doit répondre aux exigences suivantes : (1) protection contre les débris après l'impact ; (2) récupération en douceur des échantillons après l'impact ; (3) ports pour connecter des instruments optiques et électroniques de l'extérieur vers l'intérieur de la chambre.

Buyer
École Polytechnique
Buyer ID: 199 115 684 00011
91128, PALAISEAU
Body responsible for review procedures
TA de versailles
Buyer ID: 177 800 059 00012
78000, Versailles
Other organization
Physics Applications Inc.
Buyer ID: Société étangère (américaine)
7635 WILMIGTON PIKE DAYTON, 45458, DAYTON

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