The purpose of the Smart Crane Ammunition Transfer System (SCATS) project is to demonstrate robotic/telerobotic controls technology for a mobile articulated crane for missile/munitions handling, delivery, and reload. Missile resupply and reload have been manually intensive operations up to this time. Currently, reload missiles are delivered by truck to the site of the launcher. A crew of four to five personnel reloads the missiles from the truck to the launcher using a hydraulic-powered crane. The missiles are handled carefully for the safety of the missiles and personnel. Numerous steps are required in the reload process and the entire reload operation can take over an hour for some missile systems. Recent US Army directives require the entire operation to be accomplished in a fraction of that time. Current development of SCATS is being based primarily on reloading Patriot missiles. This paper summarizes the current status of the SCATS project at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Additional information on project background and requirements has been described previously (Bradley, et al., 1995).
Demonstration of the smart crane ammunition transfer system
1996
8 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics , Industrial & Mechanical Engineering , Ammunition , Cranes , Materials Handling Equipment , Missiles , Remote Handling Equipment , Computerized Control Systems , Demonstration Programs , Materials Handling , Military Equipment , Remote Handling , Robots , Meetings , EDB/450000 , EDB/420200
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