The installation pesonnel working with partners take a mat from the pallet carry it to the installation point and then install the mat in.
How to instell marston mat.
Am 2 is heavy and cumbersome to install.
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Perforated steel planking marston mat 10 ft x 15 in x 1 4 in thickness 66 lbs two million tons produced in wwii enough steel for manufacture of 650 liberty ships marston mat design origin carnegie steel 1941 corp of engineers video transportable runway youtube.
The wwii era marston mat was light enough for a single man to haul to position and assemble by hand.
Thermal expansion and insert the mat locking bars.
This next generation matting system am x consists of a lightweight foam core sandwiched between.
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The air force research laboratory afrl is developing an am 2 alternative made from composite materials.
Locked together by a hook and slot design beaten into the earth with sledge hammers and secured by steel spring clips sections of runway could be removed with a pry bar.
Marston mat s simple design facilitated easy repair as well as easy installation.
Marston mat properly pierced or perforated steel planking psp is standardized perforated steel matting material originally developed by the united states at the waterways experiment station shortly before world war ii primarily for the rapid construction of temporary runways and landing strips also misspelled as marsden matting the nickname came from marston north carolina adjacent.
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An early in theater use of psp was in constructing a 5 000 foot runway on greenland s bluie west one bw 1 an allied ferry command and u s a a f airfield located on the extreme southwest corner of.
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