NSRP ASE - an Applied Research Program Reducing Ship Construction and Repair Costs

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zeroG® Arm Systems	Foreign Shipyard Benchmarking	Mobile Robotics Manufacturing System	Tank Boundary and Penetration Testing
Use of zeroG® Arm Systems reduces injuries and increases productivity in shipbuilding.	A team of shipbuilding coatings specialists conducted overseas visits to address surface preparation and coatings benchmarking.	Further advancing the manufacturing system to include Hi-Force Manipulator, Hi-Dexterity Manipulator and multiple task operations on a single platform.	A study was completed to identify and document best practices for early testing of tank/compartment boundaries.
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Virtual Reality Wiring Training	Noise Control Methods for Shipbuilding	Pre-construction Primer for "Single Coat" Painting	Naval Vessel Ice Capability Optimization Effort
Developing an interactive, integrated, virtual reality (VR) training module. The team is working with Tier 1 shipyards to engage multi-disciplinary participation and guidance in future module development and follow-on research including RA R&D.	A collection of current noise data representative of shipyard work was produced, the sources of noise that pose significant control challenges were summarized, and some practical control solutions and information resources that can demonstrate immediate benefit in reducing noise exposure in shipyards were identified.	A successful process for retaining pre-construction primer was developed and demonstrated on four prototype tanks during production of the LPD-26 at HII-Ingalls Shipbuilding.	The project team is developing and documenting ice belt structural design processes. Radar charts were created to help visualize comparisons by ICE BELT Class. Phase II is underway.
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Lowering Cable Hanger Installation Costs	110v Drawn Arc Stud Welding System	Cost of Survivability in Naval Engineering Systems (COSINES)	Ship Common Information Model
Developing the data needed to reduce the cost of local cable hanger installation by optimizing the spacing for vertical runs and by reducing the need for hot work.	A portable drawn-arc with ferrule and short cycle stud welder powered by 110v.	COSINES quantified the cost difference of a single distributive system built to two different regimes, commercial and military, on a small sized combatant using the Sea Water Service system.	SCIM provides the ability to share data for U.S. Navy ship design, analysis, construction, and post-delivery support.
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Distortion Control "Tool Box"	Elimination of Overwelding	Production Planning Integration with CAD	Technical Memory Management System
Distortion control modules will be designed and implemented to reduce the production rework associated with construction of lightweight ship structures.	The primary purpose of the project is to develop and execute a structural welding test plan to re-evaluate the current Navy fillet weld size requirements aimed at allowing all shipyards doing work for the Navy and Coast Guard to use smaller precision welds on future ships.	Production planning represents the most important link between a Product Information Model (PIM) or CAD model, and the realities of shipyard construction.	Evaluating the business impact of the formal assessment capability within the E2ks toolset for 2 separate and distinct shipyard engineering environments.
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NSRP is co-funded by the U.S. Shipbuilding Industry and the U.S. Navy
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