AJX (ASX) General

Originally posted by hottod: ↑

With respect to your attempts to estimate the potential value of FR treatment of NyCo uniforms, I think that this following solicitation for a topical FR uniform treatment, which was issued by the US Marines early last year, provides a credible guide. It is also useful in explaining why the US military has been seeking to replace the current FRACU made with inherent FR fibres.

In response to the need to provide flame protection, the Marine Corps developed flame-resistant (FR) combat uniforms, utilizing materials with inherently FR fibers (e.g., FR rayon and meta and para-aramids). Although these FR materials provide FR protection, they are significantly more expensive and less durable, compared to the non-FR combat/duty uniform, the MCCUU, where this material is a 50/50 blend of nylon and cotton (NYCO). The durability issues have impacted the cost to the Marine Corps since these FR uniforms must be replaced more frequently increasing procurement and logistical costs.

Current FR fabrics are produced with either inherently FR fibers or by applying flame retardant chemicals to non-FR fabrics, specifically cotton fabrics. Fabrics produced with inherently FR fibers are significantly more expensive, less durable, and are typically less comfortable, especially in hot and humid weather. Treating fabrics with FR chemicals also has drawbacks as the treatment adds weight and decreases strength, leading to lower comfort and durability. While the addition of non-FR fibers (e.g., nylon) increases fabric durability, only fabrics with a high cotton blend percentage can be successfully FR treated. Since FR treatments are designed to bond to cotton fibers, only a low percentage of non-FR fibers can be blended before FR performance deteriorates; typically, FR-treated cotton fabrics contain no more than 12% non-FR fibers. NYCO fiber blend is 50% non-FR (i.e., nylon) and 50% cotton.

Advances in technologies may enable the development of affordable and durable FR material by treating the current MCCUU garments or the MCCUU fabric (NYCO). Proposed material concepts should meet all MCCUU requirements, referenced in the MCCUU Product Description, and also meet the vertical flame requirement listed in below. The treatment should have a stable shelf life as MCCUU’s are occasionally stored in unconditioned warehouses for years. It should also not negatively impact fabric color, print clarity, spectral reflectance (current and potential future (beyond near infrared) requirements), hand, and air permeability or other treatments (e.g., permethrin) applied during manufacturing. Preference will be given to technologies that exceed objectives and also meet all MCCUU requirements.

The targeted cost increase for this technology should be less than 5% of the current MCCUU (objective) and less than 10% of the current MCCUU (threshold) cost. The current MCCUU cost is approximately $80 per set (blouse and trouser). Preference will be given to technologies that can be applied to the MCCUU, although, the Marine Corps may consider other technical options (e.g., treating NYCO fabrics). Applying FR treatment to the MCCUU would enable treatment of existing MCCUU’s.

Using this as a guide, the Marine division was hoping to pay ideally less than US$4, but certainly no more than US$8 per uniform, for a topical FR treatment (providing it met all the other specs provided).

Nine million uniforms @ $4, for example, gives you US $36m (~ AU$51 m) per annum.

https://www.navysbir.com/n18_1/N181-004.htm

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thanks for your thoughts.
Using the $80 purchase price for top and bottom minus the 5% they are aiming for then extracting the manufacturers mark up, will actually give a lower manufacturing cost than I originally estimated.
This is why I am battling to come to the actual manufacturing costs, then what % manufacturers are leaning towards for FR.

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