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Alan Phizacklea, Production Engineering Department Consultant, BAE Systems.
An engineering challenge involving massive sections of submarines at BAE Systems’ Barrow shipyard which once took several days to complete can now be finished in just a matter of hours.
Manoeuvring two pressure hull units â the ‘slices’ of submarines that are eventually joined together to create the completed craft â is a delicate operation.
When both weigh several hundred tonnes yet need to be lined up with pinpoint accuracy, getting it right takes experience and precision.
The new Central Yard Facility, opened in May 2018, is where these giant sections of the Royal Navy’s next generation of nuclear submarines are aligned and welded.