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SIVB COMPONENTS
Sheet Two

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Building the Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) Tank Walls
(Huntington Beach, CA)



SIVB 506 formed wall sections at Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica CA.

Using a Version Brake to curve the machined tanksections at Santa Monica (SIVB 506).

Sub-assembly bay at the Douglas Aircraft Co. Space Division, Huntington Beach CA. Complete SIVB 210 in distance.

SIVB 509 in the "Pandjuris" welding rig, Huntington Beach.

SIVB 509 in Pandjuris welding rig.

SIVB 510 tank segments.

SIVB 507 final segment (1967).

Automated Pandjuris welding machine. SIVB 507 final weld.

Pandjuris welder in action ( SIVB 507).

Trimming end of tank 507.

SIVB 506

SIVB 507

Looking through SIVB 509 as section of 510 is placed into storage rack (1967).
SIVB 501 tank with 511 segments in foreground.

SIVB 514 being positioned for welding of outer rings.
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Building the Tank Domes
(Santa Monica, CA)



SIVB 507 common
bulkhead in weld ring
position.

SIVB 508 aft dome in
fitting installation position.

SIVB 507 aft dome.

SIVB 507 common
bulkhead prepared for
bonding.

Common Bulkhead being
placed over honeycomb
layer (SIVB 506).

Technician sands the
honeycomb of the
common bulkhead for
SIVB 506 (1966).

SIVB 508 common
bulkhead which would
separate the Liquid
Oxygen tank from the
Liquid Hydrogen tank.

SIVB 212 LOX tank
(1967).
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