Fabrication of an Ultra Smooth Liner for Ranchero

Abstract

Recent calculations indicate that Atlas liners must have waviness amplitudes less than 10 nm over spatial wavelengths near 1 cm [ 11. A liner for Rancher0 has been produced, on equipment at LANL, with waviness amplitudes as close to 10 nm as was possible. A lathe, with air bearing slideways and spindle, was used in concert with a single crystal diamond tool to produce this part. Since the dimensional characterization of this liner can be as challenging as the production, on-machine gauging techniques were used for much of the dimensional inspection. This paper discusses the fabrication and metrology of this ultra smooth liner.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA639996

Entities

People

  • D. J. Hatch
  • F. P. Garcia
  • J. J. Bartos
  • J. Townsend
  • R. B. Randolph
  • R. D. Day
  • W. E. Anderson

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Amplitude
  • Bearings
  • Crystals
  • Emerging Technology
  • Fabrication
  • Gas Bearings
  • High Energy
  • High Resolution
  • Inspection
  • Machines
  • Measurement
  • Metrology
  • Photographs
  • Precision
  • Pulsed Power
  • Single Crystals

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Software Engineering
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).