WASHING AND DRYING LINE FOR FUEL ELEMENT END PIECES Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: fuel element manufacture. SUBSTANCE: first of three adjacent baths of line are equipped with devices designed to heat degreasing solution and automatically monitoring and controlling its temperature and level; mechanisms of two first bathes are made in the form of magnetostrictive converters incorporating circulating pump unit whose suction pipe communicates through filter with bottom part and delivery one is inserted in top part of each of adjacent baths; washing mechanism of third bath is made in the form of external circulating pump unit whose suction pipe communicates with bottom part of bath and delivery pipe, with injectors in its top part; drying chamber abuts against third adjacent bath and has vertically movable gate valves; drying mechanism is made in the form of air heater and transport mechanism, in the form of gauze shipping conveyer. EFFECT: enhanced capacity and degreasing efficiency. 2 cl, 5 dwg