SHIPBUILDING EQUIPMENT AT MITSUBISHI

The paper is presented in three parts. Part (1) deals with the design and application in a shipyard of the horizontal fillet welding system newly developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. This makes use of a welding robot which is capable of carrying out continuous automatic MIG welding on an assembly lattice. Experience with a prototype model of the system in the construction of a panel block of a 150,000-dwt tanker is summarised. An automatic sub-assembly machine described in Part (2) automatically lifts, hauls, positions and tack welds stiffening members to a conveyor-transported web plate to fabricate a deck, side or bottom transverse of the ship web frame. The machine is now in successful operation in the Koyagi shipyard. Part (3) describes a centrally controlled pipe processing system for the automation of various phases such as fabrication, assembly and handling of small and medium-sized straight pipes in pipe shops. An outline of the N/C data generation system is presented.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 1976 REAPS Technical Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, 15-16 June 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  Illinois Institute of Technology

  3300 South Federal Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60616-3793
• Authors:
  • Kamata, A
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: 34 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic welding; Automation; Cargo handling equipment; Equipment; Fabrication; Fillet welds; Information processing; Machines; Materials management; Pipe; Shipbuilding; Shipyards; Welding
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic welding systems; Pipe fabrication; Shipyard automation; Welding machines
• Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173675
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Ship Research Association
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1978 12:00AM