TREX ENTERPRISES CORPORATION — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: Modern warships contain thousands of valves for purposes as diverse as freshwater distribu
TREX ENTERPRISES CORPORATION — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $79,982
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Solicitation
- 2010.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2010-12-01
Description
Modern warships contain thousands of valves for purposes as diverse as freshwater distribution, wastewater, firefighting, cooling water, ballast control, bilge, fuel, hydraulics and more. These valves entail significant maintenance burdens requiring crew members'time, spare parts, and removing important systems from service while maintenance and repairs are conducted -- This can have severe impacts on mission availability, reliability, maintenance, and logistics. Trex Enterprises is proud to propose a new concept for magnetically actuated low maintenance, low cost valves to the US Navy. These valves contain a completely sealed magnetic coupling where the stem once penetrated the gland packing offering numerous advantages over traditional valves including: