AUTOMATIC MANUFACTURING LINE OF FUEL ELEMENTS OF NUCLEAR REACTOR Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G21C21/02 

FIELD: power industry.

SUBSTANCE: in addition, automatic line contains unloading mechanism of inter-operation cassette and loading mechanism of inter-operation cassette. Unloading and loading mechanisms are equipped with devices of vertical pitch movement by the value equal to pitch of flanges of inter-operation cassette, on which there arranged are covers or fuel elements in inter-operation cassette. In addition, devices meant for weighing, installation of sealing by welding of a plug to the equipped cover, monitoring and rejection of fuel element with respect to internal components, monitoring of fuel element tightness, ultrasonic testing of welds, monitoring of fuel element geometry, pressure monitoring inside fuel element cover are equipped with readout devices of bar code on fuel element cover. Indexing conveyor rack with parallel rows of racks has been used for wiring of covers and fuel elements on installations and from installation to installation. At that, racks are equipped with cutouts made coaxially through all the racks and intended for arrangement of covers or fuel elements.

EFFECT: racks are equipped with hinged sections located on ends of racks, which face either the previous or the next installation, and patch pieces from the material that cannot damage to surface of covers and fuel elements.

3 cl, 10 dwg