Nondestructive testing of brazed rocket engine components.
Radiographic, ultrasonic, thermographic and leak test quality control for brazed liquid propellant rocket engine components
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Radiographic, ultrasonic, thermographic and leak test quality control for brazed liquid propellant rocket engine components
Brazed and welded tube connections tested for space vehicle use
Application techniques for protecting materials during salt bath brazing
Ultrasonic scanning system developed for in place inspection of brazed tube joints
Technique detects voids greater than or equal to 0.1016 cm in braze depths of 0.254 cm, detecting voids of smaller dimensions is possible. Internal design ensures control of beam's water path length to within 0.635 cm, this length is critical to system's accuracy.
Manual presents standards and techniques which are known or are particular to specific industry, and is useful as guide in closing tolerance brazing. Material and equipment specifications, tool setting tables, and quality control data and instructions are included. Since similar standards are available, manual is supplementary reference.
Technique uses braze metal and joint design that together compensate for the difficult anisotropic properties of the graphite and are usable at elevated temperatures.
Units are used for repairing and assembling stainless steel tubing. Heat generated by chemical reaction is used to melt brazing alloy and bonded area is not contaminated by the reactants or by-products of the reaction.
Development of optimum fabrication techniques for brazed stainless steel transition joints
Acceptance tests including capacity, cell short, high vacuum leak, overcharge, and internal resistance of nickel-cadmium secondary cells with nickel braze ceramic seals for spacecraft
Exothermic braze units for repair and assembly of stainless steel materials on space missions
Application of commercial coating to exterior of sandwich panel structures for determining presence of voids in brazed plates is discussed. Procedure for applying coating material and method of conducting nondestructive tests are explained. Illustrations are included to show appearance of voids.
Analyses for Experiment M552, Exothermic Brazing (MSFC), to be used for evaluating the performance of the Skylab corollary experiments under preflight, inflight, and post-flight conditions are presented. Experiment contingency plan workaround procedure and malfunction analyses are presented in order to assist in making the experiment operationally successful.
Data on binary-metal eutectics and melting-point minimums have been assembled for use in selecting brazing filler compositions for refractory metals. Data are presented in four tables for ready reference. Brief discussion of problems and potentials of metallides is included in appendix.
To bond parts, sandwich assembly is made up of aluminum core, aluminum face sheet with brazing alloy interface, and nickel plated stainless steel part. Sandwich is placed between bottom and top glide sheet that is placed in stainless steel retort where assembly is bonded at 580 C.
Wire grid permits retorts to be opened more quickly after brazing. Grid also aids purging and evacuation, better control of vacuum in part area, and reduces thermocouple damage.
Alloys are ductile and are not subject to hydrogen or cryogenic embrittlement. During brazing operation, alloys demonstrate excellent wetting, flow and gap-filling capacities, and resist oxidation and salt-spray corrosion. Alloys are producible as foils, tape, wire, and powder. They may be used to join stainless steels and nickel and cobalt high-temperature alloys.
Tests show that Gold-Copper-Nickel alloy is compatible with ammonia systems. Joining tubes by brazing has advantages such as reducing chances of excessive grain growth in base metal, saving weight, and cleanliness.