Photo By James Lentz | Edward Pitcavage, a finish inspector at Tobyhanna Army Depot, makes sure nozzles are...... read more read more
Subscribe
TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. — If Tobyhanna Army Depot wants rain, it gets rain with the flip of a switch.
Equipment repaired or overhauled here undergoes water tightness testing at the rain test facility. The structure can simulate types of rainfall found anywhere in the world, from mist and gentle rain to downpour, to meet varying requirements of depot customers.
The building boasts high-tech controls and pumps capable of producing the equivalent of 10 feet of water per hour. There are two 20-horsepower pumps and one 50-horsepower pump.
Employees use a series of rack systems fitted with different-size nozzles to create precise conditions for each test. The facility is 82 feet long, 25 feet wide and 18 feet high; plenty of room for communications systems such as the Miniaturized Multiple Threat Emitter System, the AN/TPS-75 Mobile Tactical Radar Systems, MPS-TI Radar Training Control vans, or the AN/TRC-170 Tropospheric Scatter Microwave Radio Terminal.
Tobyhanna Army Depot is a recognized leader in providing world-class logistics support for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems across the Department of Defense.
Tobyhanna's Corporate Philosophy, dedicated work force and electronics expertise ensure the depot is the Joint C4ISR provider of choice for all branches of the Armed Forces and industry partners. About 3,200 personnel are employed at Tobyhanna, which is located in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania.
| Date Taken: | 04.27.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 10.13.2017 14:18 |
| Story ID: | 231763 |
| Location: | TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, PENNSYLVANIA, US |
| Web Views: | 28 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
This work, Mist to downpour: Test facility simulates any kind of rain, by Jacqueline Boucher, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.
No keywords found.
