Intelligent Shipyard Welding Procedure System

Welding is a major shipbuilding activity requiring a large amount of labor-intensive documentation. Not only is the time required for preparing, documenting and validating welding procedures costly, but in many instances improper documentation results insignificant delays in the production schedule. Shipbuilders recognize that productivity could be enhanced through computerization of welding procedure information, as demonstrated by letters received from five major U.S. Shipyards which support theproposed effort.WeldWare proposes to develop an Intelligent Shipyard Welding Procedure (ISWP) system to reduce both costs and construction delays which result from improper welding procedure documentation submitted by suppliers. The proposed system meets the needs ofthe