US Navy maintainers get trained on aluminium structure restoration by CTC

A group of U.S. Navy maintainers has been taught how to utilise a method Concurrent Technologies Corp. (CTC) developed for repairing aluminium structures without removing the gear from a ship. The business announced on Monday that staff at the Norfolk, Virginia-based Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center got training and transition support for the Reverse Sensitization Unit (RSU).

Without removing or replacing the sensitised material, sensitised aluminium structures can be restored to their previously unsensitised state while still in situ. Aluminium alloys from the 5xxx family are strong, light, weldable, reasonably priced, and often corrosion-resistant when brand new.

Assembling, running, and storing the unit were demonstrated by CTC in line with a NAVSEA-approved, RSU-specific programme. The business received input on future technological improvements and plans to keep promoting the use of its own RSU in Navy fleet maintenance. On a proprietary method to facilitate vessel material repair, RSU was created.

Concurrent Technologies Corporation is a professional services company that does research and development. Cross-domain solutions, design and development, information management, modelling and simulation, software engineering, and technology transfer are all services offered by the company.