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4-1988 8:00 AM

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USBI, a Division of United Technologies/ is responsible for the assembly, checkout and refurbishment of the structural, guidance and recovery components of the Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) as part of the NASA Space Transportation system/ Space Shuttle. The work is performed at Kennedy Space Center/ Florida and the contract is administered by Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville/ Alabama. Figure 1 shows the SRB and associated hardware that USBI is responsible for. Recently/ a considerable effort was made to qualify the use of Plastic Media Blasting (PMB) for safely and effectively removing paint and other coatings from SRB aluminum structures. As a result of the effort an improvement was made in the design of surface finishing equipment for processing flight hardware/ in addition to a potentially patentable idea on improved plastic media composition.

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Apr 1st, 8:00 AM

Localized Coating Removal Using Plastic Media Blasting

USBI, a Division of United Technologies/ is responsible for the assembly, checkout and refurbishment of the structural, guidance and recovery components of the Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) as part of the NASA Space Transportation system/ Space Shuttle. The work is performed at Kennedy Space Center/ Florida and the contract is administered by Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville/ Alabama. Figure 1 shows the SRB and associated hardware that USBI is responsible for. Recently/ a considerable effort was made to qualify the use of Plastic Media Blasting (PMB) for safely and effectively removing paint and other coatings from SRB aluminum structures. As a result of the effort an improvement was made in the design of surface finishing equipment for processing flight hardware/ in addition to a potentially patentable idea on improved plastic media composition.

 

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