High Productivity Aluminum Manufacturing

Abstract

This report documents the first year of a two year program to develop single side, single pass butt welding capability of aluminum 5083 marine plate used for LCS construction. Welding process parameters and equipment techniques were developed to successfully weld 5/16 (8mm) thick plate. Technical limitations of this process made it unlikely it would be implemented in LCS shipyards. It was recommended not to continue this program to the planned second year, Phase 2 tasks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA634051

Entities

People

  • D. J. Spinella
  • Daniel M. Myers
  • Israel Stol
  • Kirit Shah
  • Kyle L. Williams
  • Philip Gacka
  • William H. Grassel

Organizations

  • Alcoa

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Arc Welding
  • Butt Welding
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Models
  • Gas Metal Arc Welding
  • Geometry
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Metals
  • Power Supplies
  • Production
  • Productivity
  • Shipyards
  • Welding
  • Welds

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Metallurgy
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.