ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Testing of an UltraCem® Coated Beretta 92FS Michael J. Daniti Weapons Technology Group Small and Medium Caliber Weapon Systems Branch US Army ARDEC Bldg 65N Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Objectives:  Evaluate UltraCem ® Coating  Proof of Concept for Pistols/PDW’s  Endurance Testing  Environmental Testing

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Process Development Stage Levels of Process Application Level 1: Basic Coating Parameters For individual part feasibility demonstration Strip original coating Establish pre-treat and coating process based on metallurgy specified in drawing package Apply coating thickness based on best approximation or historic data Level 2: Early Prototype Coating Parameters Level 3: Advanced Prototype Coating Parameters Level 4: Production

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War  Chemically deposited Nickel-Boride coating  Columnar growth Coating  Uniform thickness regardless of shape or metal alloy  Coefficient of Friction  UltraCem™:.08  Hard Chrome:  Gunpowder residue doesn’t stick to weapon parts  Residue and coating does not bond chemically UCT Defense’s UltraCem™

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War  Claimed Benefits  Superior mechanical wear resistance  Metallurgical bond to substrate  Superior hardness  Ductility – no brittleness  Low coefficient of friction  Uniform coating thickness  Corrosion resistance  Highly temperature resistant  Environmentally friendly process (Chrome Replacement) UCT Defense’s UltraCem™

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War UCT Defense’s UltraCem™

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Weapon Preparation:  Pistols stripped of OEM finish and chrome barrel lining  Nickel-Boride deposited on parts  Uniform thickness around parts  Parts were coated by UCT with little input from ARDEC  Quick dimensional analysis  Tested fired by UCT before shipment  Weapon functioning was verified

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War  Three M9 Pistols and One UltraCem™ 92FS  Firing Sequence  M rnds then cool (Eight mags), 130 rnds then clean (Eight 15rnd mags, One 10 rnd mag)  UltraCem ® rnds then cool (4x) then clean  Non-destructive testing (NDT) inspections at 5k, 10k, 14k, 17k, 20k, 22k, 24k, 26k, 28k, and 30k rnds  Targeting and Accuracy every 5k rnds Endurance Testing:

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Environmental Testing:  Three M9 Pistols and One UltraCem 92FS  500 rnds fired at 60° C (140° F) and -40° C (-40° F)  NDT inspections before & after  Collected Stoppage Rate Data

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Environmental Testing: WEAPON CYCLE456Ultracem 12- FFD 1-FFR 1-FRR 1-FEJ 2-FEJ 2-FRR OK 21-FRROK 1-FEJ 2-FFD 3OK 1-FRR 46-FFDOK 51-FEJ 1-FFD 1-FEX OK FFD-Failure to feed FRR-Failure of slide to remain to rear FEJ-Failure to eject FEX-Failure to extract

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Endurance Weapon:

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War M9 and UltraCem® Environmental Slide Time-Displacement Video

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Slide Time-Displacement Data

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War M9 and UltraCem® Endurance Slide Time-Displacement Video

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Slide Time-Displacement Data

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Slide Time-Displacement Data

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Slide Time-Displacement Data

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Slide Time-Displacement Data

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Endurance Weapon:

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Endurance Weapon:

ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War  Total cost ~ $12K = large amount of good information  No noticeable mechanical wear  No apparent gun degradation after 15,000 rnds  Easy to remove some residue  Hard to Clean Carbon  A thin layer of CLP on the gun could aid in carbon removal **Not a Chrome Replacement in Barrels** Conclusions

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