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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1976
Gilbert Chaze, Bourg-la-Reine, FR;
Guy Cherel, Le Vesinet, FR;
Rene Guilloteau, Verrieres-le-Buisson, FR;
Daniel Tucoulat, La Frette sur Seine, FR;
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Saint-Gobain Techniques Nouvelles, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method and device for cutting a bundle of irradiated nuclear fuel tubes so as to cut the fuel into pieces of a suitable length for subsequent operation. According to the invention the fuel tubes are moved from the storage pond by manipulating means to the store of the cutting machine. Means is provided for detecting the position of the bottom end of the bundle with respect to a cutting section in the cutter by means of a movable reference plate so as to enable the bundle to be moved to an operative position in which the first cut can be made in the immediate neighborhood of the base spigot. The arrangement also includes means for moving the bundle forwards while adjusting its position between two cutting operations.