Electrospark deposition for the repair of Army main battle tank components / Victor Champagne, Marc Pepi, and Brian Edwards.
| Author/creator | Champagne, Victor K. |
| Other author | Pepi, Marc S. |
| Other author | Edwards, Brian. |
| Other author | U.S. Army Research Laboratory. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD : U.S. Army Research Laboratory, [2006] |
| Description | 1 online resource (vi, 38 pages) : digital, PDF file. |
| Supplemental Content | http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo614 |
| Subjects |
| Series | ARL/TR ; 3849 ARL-TR (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.) ; 3849. ^A566074 |
| Abstract | This report discusses the successful application of electrospark deposition (ESD) to reclaim expensive U.S. Army main battle tank components which had no other means of being repaired. The components included the M1A1 main battle tank cradle (fabricated from AISI 4130 steel, then chrome plated) and the M1A1 helical (sun) gear shaft (chrome-plated AISI 9310). These parts had exhibited large corrosion pits and wear in service. Systems were dead-lined based on the discovery of these anomalies during inspection and the fact that insufficient replacement parts were available. There was no approved repair procedure for these components, and conventional weld repair technologies had been eliminated at Anniston Army Depot (ANAD), AL, to repair large pits. Approximately 8% of the vehicles overhauled at ANAD were defective, and deeply corroded parts were removed from the systems and put in storage. Emphasis of this report is placed upon the ESD process development and qualification. |
| General note | Title from title screen (viewed Nov. 2, 2010). |
| General note | "July 2006." |
| Access restriction | APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE IN MICROFICHE. |
| Issued in other form | Paper version: Champagne, Victor K. Electrospark deposition for the repair of Army main battle tank components. vi, 38 p. |
| Technical rpt# | ARL-TR-3849 |
| GPO item number | 0324-A-01 (online) |
| Govt. docs number | D 101.133:3849 |
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