Laser Welded Burst Disk Weld Tooling
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
A production run of 5550 hermetically sealed cylinder assemblies with precision pressure relief burst discs will be assembled and laser welded at a manufacturing lab at Sandia National Labs. Production of these cylinder assemblies requires many steps, including piece part machining, geometric inspection, cleaning, subassembly, complete assembly via laser welding, and finally leak checking. While this production run is large enough to invest in process optimization and specialized tooling, it is not quite large enough to dedicate new lab space and specify equipment specifically for this job. This study will investigate process parameters and their effects on quality and process flow time, as well as a fixturing design study with the goal of reducing process time while maintaining quality requirements.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 2431647
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2023-01174R
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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