Speaker
Description
Target machining using datum point tooling for
Precision High Energy-Density Liner Implosion Experiment (PHELIX) magnetic implosion system
Franklin Fierro, Patrick M. Donovan, John C. Lamar, Jeff Griego, Randall B. Randolph, Christopher L. Rousculp
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos NM, 87545
Cylindrical driven shock experiments examining damaged surface hydrodynamics and Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities require targets and assemblies to have precision-machined surfaces and made to exacting tolerances. The objective is to ensure that the impactor shocks the target wall cylindrically and not asymmetrically requires a well thought out design and precision placement of the targets. Our solution was the use of palletized datum point tooling which helped us achieve the work piece precision with a high degree of repeatability and flexibility throughout several machining and inspection processes. I will explain how this tooling was key to success in a series of three different fielded experiments for the Phelix pulsed power program.
Method of Presentation: Poster
LA-UR-19-21555
Franklin Fierro ffierro@lanl.gov
Cell: 505-500-5477
MST-7 Target Engineering
