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US 8,505,212 B2Granted
Method for reconditioning or processing a FCR APG-68 tactical radar unit
AssigneeSlack Associates, Inc.
InventorsHoward C. Slack, Clare L. Milton
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AssigneeSlack Associates, Inc.
InventorsHoward C. Slack, Clare L. Milton
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A method for improving the manufacture and reliability of new, remanufactured, repaired or reconditioned Fire Control Radar APG-68 tactical radar systems (FCR) utilized in military aircraft and providing such units with extended useful life expectancies equivalent to or better than new of the FCR APG-68 unit high frequency, high voltage dual mode radar transmitters that are deployed in over 1000 state-of-the-art military aircraft such as the F-15, F-16 and F-18 fighter aircraft, and B-1 bombers. The novel method extends the mean lifetime of previously repaired and repairable FCR APG-68 tactical radar units and radar units and ageing transmitters from about 100 to a few hundred hours to about five hundred or more hours by the step of removing embedded moisture and absorbed moisture from the heterogeneous electronic components in the FCR APG-68 tactical radar unit.
A method for removing moisture from a FCR APG-68 tactical radar unit comprising the steps of:
A process for removing moisture a FCR APG-68 tactical radar unit wherein the improvement comprises the step of opening at least one port of the FCR APG-68 tactical radar unit and placing the unit in a heating oven and providing a vacuum source and heating the FCR APG-68 unit until it reaches at least 40° C. and then utilizing a vacuum at a pressure below at least 10 Torr for at least 2 hours and then backfilling the FCR APG tactical radar unit with a dry inert gas and then closing the at least one port of the FCR APG-68 tactical radar unit.
A method of removing moisture from a tactical radar unit to increase its operational life comprising:
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