The National Shipbuilding Research Program, Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium Paper No. 7: Considerations for an Automated Pipe Fabrication Facility
Abstract
Fabrication cost of ship piping systems is of a magnitude worthy of study, since it is roughly equal to one-fourth of the total hull cost of a ship. The primary objective of our study is to design a cost effective and automatic handling, method of fabricating pipe which will reduce the labor, material storage space and required fabrication area. We have concluded that automatic, pipe fabricating there is not a single total automatic, or semisystem available in the world today. Yet, most of the machines required for such systems are available in Europe, Japan, and the United States. We envision the use of a mini-computer, supported by a primary computer, which could utilize a digitizer or some other method to design, update and revise the various parts of the system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA447689
Entities
People
- Ollie H. Gatlin