Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com a. The U.S. Army Soldier Chemical and Biological Command (SCBC), AMSBC–I–SPS, Integrated Material Man- agement Center, Kansas Street, Natick, Massachusetts 01760–5052, is assigned as lead activity for personal support materiel (that is, clothing, textiles, and subsistence) and is the lead for testing biodegradable packaging materials. b. The U.S. Air Force Packaging Technology and Engineering Facility (AFPTEF), AFMC LSO/LOP, 5215 Thurlow Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433–5540, is assigned as lead activity for the materials and processes listed in table 6–1. Table 6–1.
AFPTEF lead service responsibilities Materials Processes Containers, metal, and plastic Foam-In-Place Systems Shock indicators Fast-pack Container Systems Crates, wood and metal Cushioning Systems Cushioning materials Strippable Coating Systems Humidity indicators Computer Aided Design System and Computer Aided Finite Ele- ment Structural Analysis Foam (pre-foamed or foam-in-place) Pallets, metal c. The U.S. Army Materiel Command, LOGSA Packaging, Storage, and Containerization Center (AMC LOGSA PSCC), 11 Hap Arnold Blvd, Tobyhanna, PA 18466–5097, is assigned as the lead activity for the materials and processes listed in table 6–2.
Table 6–2 AMC LOGSA PSCC lead service responsibilities Materials Processes Adhesives Unitization Systems (MIL–HDBK–773) Preservation materials Stretch Wrap Systems Barrier materials Shrink Wrap Systems Boxes, wood and wire bound Marking and Labeling Systems Boxes and sheet stock, fiberboard Vacuum Formed Thermoplastic Systems Pallets, other that metal Cold-seal Packaging Systems Tapes Dehumidification Systems Marking and labeling materials Plastic Wrap System Desiccant materials Plastic Bag/Package Forming Systems Tags, document protectors, packing lists Bags and Sacks d. The U.S.
Army Defense Ammunition Center, (USADAC), SIOAC–DEV, 1 C Tree Road, McAlester, Oklahoma, 74501, is designated as the lead activity for processes related to automatic banding systems. e. The Naval Packaging, Handling Storage, and Transportability Center, U.S. Naval Weapons Station Earle, Code 5014, Colts Neck, New Jersey 07722–5023, is designated as the lead activity for strapping materials (metal and nonmetal). f. The Naval Air Systems Command, Research and Engineering Group, AIR 4.3.5E, Buildings 562–3, Lakehurst, NJ 08733–5049, is the lead activity for processes related to equipment, and methodologies. g.
Under the lead activity concept for testing and evaluating packaging materials and processes, the following categories of material are excluded: (1) Materials and processes related to specific end items or weapons systems or subsystems. (2) Testing and evaluation of packaging equipment related to specific operational requirements. 8 AR 700–15/NAVSUPINST 4030.28E/AFJMAN 24–206/MCO 4030.33E/DLAR 4145.7 • 12 January 2004