A-A-59912, COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION: HEAT SEALER, IMPULSE (11-SEP-2012)

A-A-59912, COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION: HEAT SEALER, IMPULSE (11-SEP-2012)., This commercial item description covers impulse heat sealers capable of sealing odor barrier bags used in submarine plastic waste processing. Heat seals produced by the heat sealer unit on the Type II odor barrier bags, as specified by MIL-PRF-29597, shall be pull tested per method specified in ASTM F88/F88M, and meet or exceed the minimum peel strength of 2,500 PSI. Seals produced shall not have any burn marks, excessively melted surfaces, or open voids in the material surface.