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AUTOMATED CUTTING EQUIPMENT SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 2016-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Cutting and Trimming (Machine-Tooling)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
CONT

Power Cutting, Inc., under contract to GPU Nuclear, has engineered, fabricated, and tested an automated cutting equipment system (ACES) to conduct the cutting of the LCSA [lower core support assembly]. The cutting system will include plasma arc cutting, rotary grinding, and abrasive water jetting. It will be a system consisting of a support frame, movable carriage, and trolley for horizontal x,y direction control, and a movable vertical z axis robotic telescoping arm supported on the trolley/carriage arrangement. The support frame, carriage, trolley, and robotic arm will be set on and above the LCSA, submerged in [approximately] 35 ft of reactor coolant. It will be remotely operated and controlled.

OBS

automated cutting equipment system; ACES: term and abbreviation extracted from the “Glossaire de l’énergie nucléaire” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Découpage et taillage (Usinage)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
OBS

équipement automatisé de découpage : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’énergie nucléaire» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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