Design and Fabrication of Remote Welding Equipment in a Hot-Cell
The remote welding equipment for nuclear fuel bundle fabrication in a hot-cell was designed and developed. To achieve this, a preliminary investigation of hands-on fuel fabrication outside a hot-cell was conducted with a consideration of the constraints caused by the welding in a hot-cell. Some basi...
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| description | The remote welding equipment for nuclear fuel bundle fabrication in a hot-cell was designed and developed. To achieve this, a preliminary investigation of hands-on fuel fabrication outside a hot-cell was conducted with a consideration of the constraints caused by the welding in a hot-cell. Some basic experiments were also carried out to improve the end-plate welding process for nuclear fuel bundle fabrication. The resistance welding equipment using end-plate welding was also improved. It was found that the remote resistance welding was more suitable for joining an end-plate to end caps in a hot-cell. This paper presents an outline of the developed welding equipment for nuclear fuel bundle fabrication and reviews a conceptual design of remote welding equipment using a master-slave manipulator. Furthermore, the mechanical considerations and a mock-up simulation test were described. Finally, its performance test results were presented for a mock-up of the remote resistance welding equipment for nuclear fuel bundle fabrication. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c974213afc064e08ad8aaa54d8744de22025-02-03T01:10:43ZengWileyScience and Technology of Nuclear Installations1687-60751687-60832013-01-01201310.1155/2013/970942970942Design and Fabrication of Remote Welding Equipment in a Hot-CellSoosung Kim0Kihwan Kim1Jungwon Lee2Jinhyun Koh3Research Reactor Fuel Development Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-353, Republic of KoreaResearch Reactor Fuel Development Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-353, Republic of KoreaResearch Reactor Fuel Development Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-353, Republic of KoreaKorea University of Technology and Education, Cheonan 330-708, Republic of KoreaThe remote welding equipment for nuclear fuel bundle fabrication in a hot-cell was designed and developed. To achieve this, a preliminary investigation of hands-on fuel fabrication outside a hot-cell was conducted with a consideration of the constraints caused by the welding in a hot-cell. Some basic experiments were also carried out to improve the end-plate welding process for nuclear fuel bundle fabrication. The resistance welding equipment using end-plate welding was also improved. It was found that the remote resistance welding was more suitable for joining an end-plate to end caps in a hot-cell. This paper presents an outline of the developed welding equipment for nuclear fuel bundle fabrication and reviews a conceptual design of remote welding equipment using a master-slave manipulator. Furthermore, the mechanical considerations and a mock-up simulation test were described. Finally, its performance test results were presented for a mock-up of the remote resistance welding equipment for nuclear fuel bundle fabrication.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/970942 |
| spellingShingle | Soosung Kim Kihwan Kim Jungwon Lee Jinhyun Koh Design and Fabrication of Remote Welding Equipment in a Hot-Cell Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations |
| title | Design and Fabrication of Remote Welding Equipment in a Hot-Cell |
| title_full | Design and Fabrication of Remote Welding Equipment in a Hot-Cell |
| title_fullStr | Design and Fabrication of Remote Welding Equipment in a Hot-Cell |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and Fabrication of Remote Welding Equipment in a Hot-Cell |
| title_short | Design and Fabrication of Remote Welding Equipment in a Hot-Cell |
| title_sort | design and fabrication of remote welding equipment in a hot cell |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/970942 |
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