Abstract:
A reluctance motor has a stator with a plurality of stator pole bodies arranged circumferentially one after the other and supporting a body and a rotor with a plurality of rotor poles arranged circumferentially one after the other, so that a given turning movement of the rotor causes the permeance between a stator pole and a rotor pole to increase from a minimum value to a maximum value upon half the movement, and then to decrease progressively to the minimum value. The winding is connected to a current source, the voltage of which during motor operation is synchronized in such a way that the average value of the current flowing through the winding while the permeance is increasing is greater than while it is decreasing. The current source is a controlled semiconductor converter connected between a network and a winding and which forms a part of a controlled circuit and delivers a direct current. A current comparison device which controls the converter compares the difference between the current flow through the converter and a varying reference value. This varying reference value is furnished by the combination of a constant reference value and a second reference value, the supply of which is controlled by a switching device operating synchronously with the rotation of the motor. The reference value supplied to the switching device is a combination of a predetermined reference value and a value dependent on the speed of rotation. A phase-advancing circuit is provided to advance the operation of the switch means proportionately to the speed of rotation.
Abstract:
For stabilizing the operation of the motors in a system having a machine such as a rotary kiln driven by two motors, and where speed fluctuations of different frequencies may occur in the system, the motors are controlled through a single control member when the fluctuations are below a certain frequency whereas for fluctuation above that frequency a high pass filter permits the control signals to pass individually to the two motors.
Abstract:
A control system for an electrically heated furnace for sintering powder bodies, especially bodies of hard metal, has a vacuum pump connected to the interior of the furnace chamber by a suction conduit. The furnace includes a plurality of heating elements for different zones, a temperature sensitive instrument for each zone and a controlled measuring instrument for one of the zones which is the master zone. These instruments are connected to a master regulator for the furnace and slave regulators for the individual zones. A throttle valve in the vacuum conduit, or a controlled tap connected to the vacuum conduit, make it possible to keep the pressure in the furnace constant despite the fact that the pump runs at a constant speed. A pressure-sensing member connected to the vacuum conduit is also connected to the regulators for the heating elements.
Abstract:
A nuclear reactor formed of fuel assemblies each including a plurality of parallel fuel rods arranged in a predetermined fuel rod lattice, which rods are freely extractable and insertable at one end of the fuel assembly, is refueled by extracting from one of the fuel assemblies a number of fuel rods substantially less than the total number of fuel rods and replacing these by inserting new fuel rods into the vacated positions. This is done for a majority of fuel assemblies of the reactor. At the next refueling operation different fuel rods from those previously replaced are removed and replaced. The removal and return of the rods is produced by a tool having a plurality of gripping members capable of engaging shoulder beneath head formed on the upper ends of the fuel rods. This may be accomplished by providing a tool having a numbers of gripping members attached to the tool body corresponding to the lattice positions of the fuel rods to be extracted, having gripping members which can be pushed together to grip beneath shoulders on the upper ends of the fuel rods.
Abstract:
A tap changer for switching the load current of a transformer from a first winding output to a second winding output includes two pairs of anti-parallel connected semi-conductor rectifiers with a control device for each pair. A switch arrangement is provided for connecting each of the pairs between any of the outputs and a load current connection. The device includes a control arrangement for controlling and performing the switch between the outputs, which includes a device for transmitting the load current from the rectifier pair connected to one winding output to the pair connected to an adjacent winding output. This transfer is carried out partly by natural commutation except when there is a decrease in the turns of the winding and at the same time a resistive load and partly by means of switching when the load current passes through zero upon a decrease in the turns of the winding and at the same time a resistive load.
Abstract:
An arrangement for measuring distance under conditions when disturbances of various types may be expected to occur between the measuring instrument and the object to which the distance is to be measured comprises an emitter unit arranged to emit a series of electro-magnetic pulses in the direction of the object and a receiver unit, which only registers the very first echo from each single pulse emitted, and the echo which of all those registered has covered the longest distance is considered to comprise a measurement of the distance to the object in question.
Abstract:
In the hydrostatic extrusion of tubing, a hollow billet is pressed forward into the conical die opening of the press by a following piston until the material of the billet is pressed inwardly against the mandrel and is shaped to the conical surface of the die, after which pressure fluid is admitted around the billet for hydrostatic extrusion.
Abstract:
A TAP CHANGER FOR TRANSFORMERS HAS STEP SELECTORS AND LOAD CONNECTORS. THE STEP SELECTOR HAS A CENTER PART PROVIDED WITH CARRIER MEMBERS FOR MOVABLE CONNECTION CONTACTS AND SLIP RINGS FOR BRUSHES. THE CARRIER MEMBERS ARE FORMED OF TWO PARALLEL RODS OF INSULATING MATERIAL, BOTH MOUNTED TO TURN AROUND THE AXIS OF THE CENTER MEMBERS ARE ROD CARRIERS A NUMBER OF MOVABLE CONNECTING CONTACTS AND A CORRESPONDING NUMBER OF SLIP RINGS. THE TWO RODS ARE POSITIONED INSIDE THE SLIP RINGS SO THAT THEY CAN BE PIVOTED STEPWISE IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER THROUGH SUBSTANTIAL ANGLES.
Abstract:
Commutator segments are formed by hydrostatically extruding a billet having a core of aluminum or aluminum alloy and a tubular copper or copper alloy casing through a die of such shape that a thin strip is produced. This strip, either during extending or by rolling after extrusion, is given a shape which is thinner in the center than at the edges. The strip is cut longitudinally along its central axis and cut to suitable lengths.
Abstract:
A nuclear reactor includes a reactor core and a pressure vessel surrounding the reactor core. A plurality of tubes pass through the bottom part of the vessel and extend towards the core. These tubes have upper ends forming guide tubes for control rods. The core is formed of a plurality of core units each comprising a fuel assembly and a rod movable in one of the control rod guide tubes. The fuel assemblies are substantially polygonal in cross section and are arranged in a polygonal lattice. Each of the fuel assemblies rests on a separate control rod guide tube. The fuel assemblies are arranged close together with at most only a small gap between them and are laterally supported by the adjacent fuel assemblies and the control rod guide tubes.