@inproceedings{6c20850d96894732a50a564ae1d54c70,
title = "Experience with shipyard installation of a hybrid pipe welding system",
abstract = "Laser-Gas Metal Arc (GMA) hybrid welding is fast making the transition from laboratory to production, in industries as diverse as shipbuilding to automobile manufacture. For the past 3 years, our team has striven to both develop a hybrid welding process for steel pipe, and to specify, build, and install a hybrid pipe welding system in a General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard. In March 2007, the system was successfully installed into the shipyard. This work presents a summary of our continued experimental explorations into various practical aspects of hybrid welding, discusses the system design, and provides an overview of the installation of the system into the shipyard. Test results are presented, as well as lessons learned throughout the project.",
author = "Reutzel, {E. W.} and Kern, {L. A.} and Tressler, {J. F.} and Sullivan, {M. J.}",
note = "Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; 26th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, ICALEO 2007 ; Conference date: 29-10-2007 Through 01-11-2007",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.2351/1.5061042",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780912035888",
series = "26th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, ICALEO 2007 - Congress Proceedings",
publisher = "Laser Institute of America",
booktitle = "26th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, ICALEO 2007 - Congress Proceedings",
address = "United States",
}