Electric heating – Metal heating – By arc
Patent
1996-02-14
1999-02-09
Mills, Gregory L.
Electric heating
Metal heating
By arc
21912113, 21912115, B23K 1500
Patent
active
058698019
ABSTRACT:
A device for electron beam processing of materials in space designed for the performance of the technical operations of welding, cutting, heating, filler welding, tube welding, brazing, coating deposition by the method of thermal evaporation of materials under vacuum by an operator in a spacesuit during EVA. The device includes a range of replaceable electron beam handtools, control and power supply modules, connection cables and a module for monitoring the condition of the device which is placed inside the space vehicle.
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Bulatsev Alexandr R.
Demyanenko Vladimir V.
Dzhanibekov Vladimir A.
Gavrish Sergei S.
Kryukov Valeri A.
Lundeen Daniel N.
Mills Gregory L.
The E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute of the National Academ
Wisner Mark R.
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