Lightning Arrestor Connectors Production Readiness

Marten, Steve ; Linder, Kim ; Emmons, Jim ; Gomez, Antonio ; Hasam, Dawud ; Maurer, Michelle

Kansas City Plant (KCP), Kansas City, MO

关键词: Lightning;    42 Engineering;    Production;    Connectors;    Fabrication;   

DOI  :  10.2172/952468
RP-ID  :  KCP-613-8510
RP-ID  :  DE-AC04-01AL66850
RP-ID  :  952468

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Lightning Arrestor Connector (LAC), part “M”, presented opportunities to improve the processes used to fabricate LACs. The A## LACs were the first production LACs produced at the KCP, after the product was transferred from Pinnellas. The new LAC relied on the lessons learned from the A## LACs; however, additional improvements were needed to meet the required budget, yield, and schedule requirements. Improvement projects completed since 2001 include Hermetic Connector Sealing Improvement, Contact Assembly molding Improvement, development of a second vendor for LAC shells, general process improvement, tooling improvement, reduction of the LAC production cycle time, and documention of the LAC granule fabrication process. This report summarizes the accomplishments achieved in improving the LAC Production Readiness.