Advanced technology for manufacturing of wedge liners and spacers intended for shipboard equipment installation
The paper deals with a typically labor-and time-consuming process of manufacturing wedge liners and levelling spacers used for adjustment of shipboard equipment components and assemblies. The main purpose of this research was to improve the productivity and workmanship in manufacturing of wedge liners and spacers by introducing new special-purpose jigs into shipbuilding and ship-repair production. The jigs are tuned individually for each wedge and spacer based on computer program calculations. Initial inputs for computations are the size of spacers and liners and measurements of clearances between foundations and machines.