The development of the Skylab M512 Materials Processing Facility is traced from the design of a portable, self-contained electron beam welding system for terrestrial applications to the highly complex experiment system ultimately developed for three Skylab missions. The M512 experiment facility was designed to support six in-space experiments intended to explore the advantages of manufacturing materials in the near-zero-gravity environment of Earth orbit. Detailed descriptions of the M512 facility and related experiment hardware are provided, with discussions of hardware verification and man-machine interfaces included. An analysis of the operation of the facility and experiments during the three Skylab missions is presented, including discussions of the hardware performance, anomalies, and data returned to earth. (Author)


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    Title :

    Skylab Materials Processing Facility Experiment Developer'S Report


    Contributors:
    P. G. Parks (author)

    Publication date :

    1975


    Size :

    176 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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