Abb Reaktor Gmbh

Brown Boveri Reaktor Gmbh

Hans Haller

Klaus Schreiner

Filippo D'Annucci

Fritz Ziegelmeyer

Previously, only webs between connectors in reactor pressure vessel lids have been examined for incipient cracks by using an ultrasonic scanning head. In order to be able to test the connector penetrated by a bush from an annular gap formed between the connector and the bush, a frame is provided which carries a housing through lockable floating bearings for receiving a rotary plate in the housing. The rotary plate is concentrically associated with a centering piece which is adjustable in the vertical direction and is eccentrically associated with a lifting cylinder which is likewise vertically adjustable. A free end of the lifting cylinder carries a probe drive for inserting a probe into the annular gap. The annular gap is scanned by the probe due to an oscillating movement of the rotary plate.

Method and device for non-destructive testing of a penetration of a

Previously when testing a connector penetration of a reactor pressure vessel lid, one assumed that an annular gap between the connector and the sleeve was concentric. However, tests have shown that in some lid structures a deflection of the connector took place after cooling to room temperature, which led to an eccentric configuration of the sleeve and the connector. In order to be able to completely test such annular gaps, a method and device for nondestructive testing of a penetration of a reactor pressure vessel lid according to the invention includes displacing the sleeve with the help of a thrust piece, until an accessible annular gap is reached. A sensor then arrives at the annular gap through a recess in the thrust piece.

Method and device for nondestructive testing of a penetration of a

Heretofore, dimples or recesses that were distributed over the periphery of a cylindrical wall of a counterbore in a component had to be formed or inserted one after the other, which required complicated positioning work. According to the invention, in order to simultaneously form all of the dimples with a simple positioning device, a deflection body is provided through which at least two milling spindles pass in a planet-like disposition relative to a central control rod. The deflection body is connected to a centering piece facing the counterbore and to an intermediate piece facing away from the counterbore. The intermediate piece in turn forms a type of cylinder/piston connection with a gear housing. Each milling spindle is connected to an output shaft of a gear housing by a flexible shaft that is axially movably guided in between. A relative movement takes place between the housing and the intermediate piece in the course of a predeterminable stroke after the centering piece contacts the base surface of the counterbore. The control rod also performs the relative movement by simultaneously moving the milling spindles radially outwardly in the vicinity of the deflection body.

Device for forming a plurality of dimples in a cylindrical wall of a

Apparatus for positioning a mast for the inspection and/or repair of a core shroud of a water-cooled nuclear reactor, heretofore have had television cameras directed at centering pins and bores from the side. Due to the inclined direction of surveillance, the alignment produced therewith has been inaccurate. In order to achieve a precise positioning, according to the invention a marking element which is provided between the television camera and the support plate has markings which can be brought into alignment with a marking made on the support plate. The centering pins and the bores are disposed concentrically to one another once they have been brought into alignment.

Apparatus for positioning a mast for the inspection and/or repair of a

A clamping element for fixation in a bore of a structural element and for carrying a load includes a clamping sleeve formed of a plurality of partial shells and having a central axis, a clamping bolt vertically movable in the clamping sleeve, the partial shells and the clamping bolt having mutually cooperating spreading surfaces converging and tapering toward the load, the clamping bolt permanently subjecting the partial shells to an automatically acting clamping force, the clamping bolt being axially movable to counteract and relieve the clamping force, the partial shells and the clamping bolt having surfaces adjacent the spreading surfaces converging obliquely toward the central axis and forcing the partial shells into a disengaged position.

Clamping element for fixation in a bore of a structural part

A steam generator having a tube sheet, tubes ending in the tube sheet, a chamber adjoining the tube sheet having an access opening formed therein and a device disposed in the chamber for inserting a sleeve into one of the tubes in a plurality of partial insertion strokes, the inserting device includes a movable clamping device holding and moving the sleeve in axial direction of the tube in one of the partial insertion strokes, and a stationary clamping device associated with the movable clamping device holding the sleeve during a backstroke of the movable clamping device.

Device for placing a cylindrical body, especially a sleeve, in a tube of

A crash protection apparatus for a pulling device having a hollow piston cylinder and a pulling claw for pulling a tube out of a tube sheet of a heat exchanger chamber in which the pulling device is disposed, the crash protection apparatus includes another cylinder without a piston rod having an axis substantially parallel to the axis of the hollow-piston cylinder and being fixed relative to the tube sheet in the chamber, a piston of the other cylinder, a bracket extending from the piston substantially at a right angle to the axis of the other cylinder for supporting the pulling device with a supporting force provided by the other cylinder, and a device for controlling the supporting force for compensating only the weight of the pulling device in each position of the pulling device.

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Mannheim, Germany

Hans Haller