iMAST Quarterly, Number 1, 2005

Abstract

This newsletter features laser fabricated stiffened structures. This technology holds the promise of weight reduction in applications aboard carriers. ARL successfully built similar sections which were installed on the USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) in 1994. iMAST's Repair Technology Program (RepTech) continues to address a portion of the "sustainment" effort within the Institute for Manufacturing and Sustainment Technologies. ARL's Eric Whitney is executing an in-situ project effort relative to submarine Vertical Launch System (VLS) missile tubes. Whitney and his ARL Laser Processing Division colleagues, in cooperation with project team members at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport's Rapid Prototyping Division, and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and IMA (PHNSY & IMA) have designed and developed a modular, man-portable, in-situ grinding/laser cladding tool for VLS missile tube repairs.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA497311

Entities

People

  • Kenneth C. Meinert Jr.

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Construction
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Laser Welding
  • Lasers
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Manufacturing
  • Marine Corps
  • Material Forming Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Navy
  • Production
  • Stainless Steel
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy