Method of manufacturing nuclear fuel bundle spacers
    1.
    发明授权
    Method of manufacturing nuclear fuel bundle spacers 失效
    制造核燃料束间隔物的方法

    公开(公告)号:US4869865A

    公开(公告)日:1989-09-26

    申请号:US279185

    申请日:1988-12-02

    IPC分类号: G21C3/34

    摘要: In the automated production line manufacture of nuclear fuel bundle spacers, rod-supporting ferrules are cut from tubular stock, checked for length, laser cut to create predetermined features in the ferrule sidewall, formed with rod-centering stops in the ferrule sidewall, and checked for stop height dimensional accuracy. Pairs of ferrules are subassembled with a captive spring and assembled into a spacer assembly fixture together with other spacer parts. The fixtured spacer parts are conjoined by laser welding to create a structurally rigid spacer. The various production line operating stations are served by separate controllers linked to a central computer for production status reporting, parts traceability, and overall control purposes.

    摘要翻译: 在核燃料束间隔物的自动化生产线生产线中,从管状坯料切割棒支撑套圈,检查长度,激光切割以在套圈侧壁中产生预定特征,在套圈侧壁中形成有杆定心止动件,并检查 用于停止高度尺寸精度。 一对套圈用固定弹簧组装,并与其他间隔件一起组装成间隔件组装夹具。 夹具的间隔件通过激光焊接结合在一起,形成结构刚性的间隔件。 各种生产线操作站由连接到中央计算机的单独控制器提供,用于生产状态报告,零件可追溯性和总体控制目的。

    Reduced height spacer for nuclear fuel rods
    3.
    发明授权
    Reduced height spacer for nuclear fuel rods 失效
    降低核燃料棒的高度间隔

    公开(公告)号:US5566217A

    公开(公告)日:1996-10-15

    申请号:US380591

    申请日:1995-01-30

    IPC分类号: G21C3/344 G21C3/356 G21C3/34

    摘要: A spacer includes a plurality of ferrules welded to one another to form a structural integral matrix for locating fuel rods in a fuel bundle. Each ferrule has a pair of stops along one side of the ferrule and a central opening along its opposite side. An elongated flat spring having openings straddling a central cross-piece is disposed along an outer edge of the ferrule with the spring openings receiving band portions of the ferrule above and below the opening through the ferrule. The intermediate cross-piece bears against an adjoining ferrule whereby the end portions of the spring bear against the rod in the one ferrule, biasing it against the opposite stops. Thus ferrule/spring construction reduces the quantity of material of the ferrule, thereby improving performance without sacrificing structural integrity.

    摘要翻译: 间隔件包括彼此焊接的多个套圈,以形成用于将燃料棒定位在燃料束中的结构整体式基体。 每个套圈在套圈的一侧具有一对止动件,沿其相对侧具有中心开口。 具有穿过中心横截面的开口的细长的平面弹簧沿着套圈的外边缘设置,弹簧开口通过套圈将开口的上方和下方的套圈的带部分接收。 中间横件靠在相邻的套圈上,由此弹簧的端部抵靠在一个套圈中的杆上,将其抵靠相对的止挡件偏压。 因此,套圈/弹簧结构减小了套圈的材料的数量,从而在不牺牲结构完整性的情况下提高性能。