AT AVONDALE: PRODUCTIVITY UP AND COSTS DOWN

A new automated welding system is described which is currently operating at a welding rate of 4 feet per minute to produce more than 20 feet of T beam and 15 feet of L beam per man hour. The system is highly cost effective and reduces the handling of the raw, semi-finished, and finished material.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1976-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 89-91
• Serial:
  • Marine Engineering/Log
  • Volume: 81
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corp.
  • ISSN: 0732-5460

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic welding; Automation; Economics; Planning; Production; Production control; Productivity; Shipbuilding; Shipyards; Welding
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic welding systems; Shipyard automation; Welding economics
• Subject Areas: Economics; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149302
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 1977 12:00AM