Design, Construction, Demonstration and Delivery of an Automated Narrow Gap Welding System.

Abstract

The objective of this program is to design, construct, demonstrate, and delivery an automated, Narrow Gap welding system capable of welding high strength steel plates under shipyard production conditions in the construction of aircraft carriers. The program is being conducted in five phases: (1) Definition of Requirements; (2) Design of Welder Package; (3) Equipment Construction; (4) Qualification of Process and Equipment; and (5) Shipyard Demonstration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1983
Accession Number
ADA145497

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Base Metal
  • Chemical Composition
  • Construction
  • Explosions
  • Hardness
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Metals
  • Microstructure
  • Munitions
  • Production
  • Shipyards
  • Steel
  • Tensile Strength
  • Three Dimensional
  • Weld Metal

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Metallurgy