A program was recently completed to determine the feasibility of improving the affordability of collar construction during Navy ship fabrication. The program, led by the Institute for Manufacturing and Sustainment Technologies (IMAST) and originally funded by the Surface Strike Affordability Initiative, was tasked with identifying potential designs that would reduce the labor associated with collar installation, test viable designs to verify structural performance, and develop tools for use in implementing the technology for construction of the next generation of surface combatants. The program team consisted of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW), Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS), the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD), the Navy Joining Center (NJC) of the Edison Welding Institute, Advanced Computation and Engineering Services (ACES), and the Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University (ARL Penn State).


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