<html><head></head><body><p dir="ltr">For segmented construction, instead of full hemispheres, you only need dished heads of the same radius as your sphere and sufficient diameter to encompass all of the vertices in the segment.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I would refer to this as a "dished-only" head, and am unaware of other industry terms. Of course, you only really get the benefits out of segmented construction when you have good control over thinning, and pressing is preferable to spinning for that reason, if your press can accommodate your required diameter.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sean<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On October 22, 2015 5:02:45 PM MDT, "Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles" <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<p dir="ltr">What are you making?</p>
<p dir="ltr">As I mentioned, the DW hulls are segmented according to a cube projection, so a complete sphere would have six segments / sides and eight vertices, and three times the welding (and subsequent 100% NDT inspection) that two hemispheres would require.</p>
<p dir="ltr">You need a template for cutting, and an accurate jig for welding them together.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Did you get hemispheres supplied out of spec? Or is this a new project?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sean</p>
<br /><br /><div class="gmail_quote">On October 22, 2015 4:15:08 PM MDT, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div><span>Sean,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445551920035_2874"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445551920035_2873">Do you know how many sections a DW hull has and what is the technical name for what I want to do. I will ask EE if they will make the pieces. I think Dr Nuytten calls them woks? I want to sound like I know what I am talking about :-)</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445551920035_2872"><span>Hank</span></div> <br /><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br /><br /></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="A!
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On Thursday, October 22, 2015 12:27 PM, Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br /> </font> </div> <br /><br /> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv9870062619"><div><div dir="ltr">That's just a construction. Any regular polydehron that fits in your sphere can be used as a guide. Nuytco uses a cubic projection, so if you imagine a cube where all of the vertices touch the sphere, the weld lines are the great circle routes between vertices.</div>
<div dir="ltr">If two hemispheres don't work for you, the next lowest part count you can go to is four, corresponding to the tetrahedron projection.</div>
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<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /><div class="yiv9870062619gmail_quote">On October 22, 2015 11:49:51 AM MDT, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="yiv9870062619gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;">
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