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retirement June 1, served as the iirection of AEGIS destroyer and cruiser shipbuilding, the Navy's argest shipbuilding program.

Mr. Bowler stated, "Naval ship- juilding confronts a 'grapes of vrath' drought that will continue or the next six years, with the idministration's six-year shipbuild- ng and conversion budget at its owest level since 1947. The three vTavy warships in the FY 96 budget epresent the lowest number since .932. This situation is the catalyst or the six largest U.S. shipyards to orm the American Shipbuilding association." The ASA was formed y Avondale Industries; Bath Iron

Vorks; General Dynamics' Electric loat Division; Ingalls Shipbuild- ig; National Steel and Shipbuild- ig Company; and Newport News hipbuilding and Drydock Co.

For more information on the ASA

Circle 149 on Reader Service Card wedish Computer Co. orms American Subsidiary

Kockums Computer Systems AB ? Sweden (KCS), manufacturer of

AD/CAM/CIM systems for the lipbuilding industry, has formed subsidiary in Annapolis, Md. The 3W subsidiary will be responsible r KCS activities in North America, ryan J. Miller, former director 'governments programs, will head ie Maryland operation. Holger and, executive vice president of iles, explained the company's rategy, stating: "This move dem-

Lstrates that KCS is committed to e U.S. shipbuilding market, and 3 believe that several U.S. ship- .rds will become successful in com- ercial shipbuilding. Our customer .se in North America is growing, id we are also active in the ARPA aritech program. We formed the

S. company to provide local sup- rt for our growing business in the nerican market."

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Circle 131 on Reader Service Card $B Gas Turbines To ovide Main Propulsion r Stena Ferries

ABB Stal of Sweden has received order for the supply of four GT35 3 turbines to be used as the main >pulsion machinery in two of sna Line's new high-speed fer- s, the HSS 900. The ferries will :h be equipped with two gas tur- es, each unit developing 17 MW aower or 22,000 hp. The order ludes gears and ancillary equip- nt. According to the company,

B's gas turbines have halved the ission levels of conventional rine diesels. In cooperation with na Line, ABB Stal has plans to elop gas turbines with reduc- l in NOx emissions of an addi- lal 80 percent within the next 3e years. or more information on ABB STAL iircle 134 on Reader Service Card f, 1995

CAD/CAM Solutions For

Newbuilding Design

Nupas Cadmatic designs ship- building software that integrates

Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) and Computer Aided Manufactur- ing (CAM). The software supplies engineers with automatic drawings and detailed product information with which to structure vessels.

Nupas Cadmatic combines the engi- neering of ship construction and generation of production informa- tion using a 3D product model of the ship. Required information such as data and weight of sections or blocks, center of gravity, parts lists, profile lists, material take off, geometry for

NC cutting and bending techniques, welding shrinkage and numerical data for robots is up-to-date and on- line at all times.

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Kvaerner And DuPont Join

Forces On New Materials

A collaboration aimed at develop- ing new shipbuilding and offshore applications for composite materi- als has been agreed to between

DuPont of America and Norway's

Kvaerner Group.

The first specific outcome of the agreement is likely to be subsea protective structures for the oil in-

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