A SURVEY OF ELECTROFORMING FOR FABRICATING STRUCTURES

Abstract

Several high-strength structures were produced by electroforming, for specific missile and aerospace applications. Several organizations have electroformed nickel with ultimate tensile strengths of 90,000 to 100,000 psi, or more. Tough (notch insensitive), 200,000-psi nickel was electroformed by one or two organizations, but additional information must be developed before such a high strength material can be electroformed consistently in a complexly shaped form. This state-ofthe-art report describes advantages and limitations of electroforming, summarizes available property data of materials, and discusses electroforming conditions that must be maintained for good control of structural properties.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0464680

Entities

People

  • W. H. Safranek

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Industry
  • Chemistry
  • Chromium
  • Coatings
  • Electroplating
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Grain Size
  • Heat Transfer
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Physical Properties
  • Refractory Metals
  • Stainless Steel
  • Tensile Strength

Readers

  • Metallurgy
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster