Through the implementation of friction stir welding, the safety, reliability, and producibility of the external tank is enhanced. Such fusion procedures are accomplished with the use of a short barrel weld tool or a long barrel weld tool. Forecasted developments in the fusion tooling field include the advent of a universal tool which is capable to fusing all barrel configurations. A wide array of mechanical and electrical controls are described for such a device.


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    Title :

    Friction Stir Welding of the Space Shuttle External Tank Longitudinal Barrel Welds


    Contributors:
    G. Adams (author) / P. Pareti (author) / J. Thompson (author) / K. Lawless (author)

    Publication date :

    2001


    Size :

    18 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English