Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft

Dietgar Figlhuber

Robert Weber

Jakob Weber

Johannes Gallwas

Inspection and testing device for the bottoms of reactor pressure vessels, including an insulation layer and a shielding layer enclosing the pressure vessel, a track fitted to the bottom of the pressure vessel having a first part fixed to the bottom of the pressure vessel and a second part detachable from the first part and passing through the insulation and shielding layers, the second part having a substantially horizontal end region disposed outside the shielding layer, and including a testing and inspection device connected to the track for inspecting and testing the bottom of the pressure vessel.

Inspection and testing device

Inspection device for testing vessels surrounded by a wall having an inner and an outer surface including a movable testing device and a track for guiding the testing device. The guiding track extending from a portion disposed in the vicinity of the vessel between the wall and the vessel, through a U-shaped portion over the wall and ending at a rest position for the testing device on the outer surface of the wall.

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Erlangen, Germany

Dietgar Figlhuber