KAUAI,
AEC-TRF
F&SNO.
SCIENTIFIC
TITLE
“11020
Dynamic Balancing Machine Facility
SANDIA
BoD
SCIENTIFIC STATION NO.
STRUCTURE FACILITY NO.
USER
668
None
Foo
FUNDING
($000)
AGENCY
AEC
ENGR
PROC
CONST
TOTAL
5.6
61.1
66.7
5.6
61.1
66.7
FURN
PRE-GO
Prior Cost
TOTAL
COMPLETED
DESCRIPTION The Dynamic Balancing Machine facility is located at the trailer
dock and is used by Sandia to balance rocket nose cones. This Sandia furnished
balancing machine is housed in a 22 x 27-{t. steel frame building with corrugated
aluminum siding and roofing and an eave height of 19-ft. There are two (2) motor
operated doorways in the building. One (1) doorway is 8 x 8-ft. and the other is
7 x 10-ft. (Completed in 1966.)
A reinforced concrete pad,
!6x 17 x 3-ft.
thick forms the base for the balancing
machine. The pad is separated from the surrounding building footings by expansion joints. Isolation or the pad prevents the passage of vibrations induced by
the machine into the building's structural framework. A monorail with a é2-ton
manually operated chain hoist extends the full 22-ft. length of the building, plus
O-ft. outside of it. The hoist has a hook lift height of |4-ft. An elevated wooden
deck, level with the trailer dock, is provided ar2zund the machine.
Incoming 208 volt power from a panel at the trailer dock is fed through a 120/208440 volt,
30 kw transformer to a control console and motor generator set and into
the dynamic balancing machine.
volt, 60 cycle, 3 phase power.
Maximum output of the MG set is 18 kw of 440
Fluorescent and mercury vapor fixtures provide interior lighting. Red warning
lights mounted over each entrance light up when the balancing machine is in
Operation. Convenience outlets of 110 volt capacity are provided in the interior.
The building is insulated, air conditioned and dehumidified.
DRAWINGS:
F 97-668-Al and A2
F 97-668-S1] and S2
F 97-668-M1
F 97-668-E1
JS 97-032-Cl
11-16
VOL If
April 1949