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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2010
Charles J. Roslund, Murrysville, PA (US);
Louis G. Ottobre, Murrysville, PA (US);
Christopher P. Meier, Export, PA (US);
Jonathan E. Baisch, Export, PA (US);
Jay B. Metha, Monroeville, PA (US);
Fred H. Bednar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Rololfo I. Pinal, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Charles J. Roslund, Murrysville, PA (US);
Louis G. Ottobre, Murrysville, PA (US);
Christopher P. Meier, Export, PA (US);
Jonathan E. Baisch, Export, PA (US);
Jay B. Metha, Monroeville, PA (US);
Fred H. Bednar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Rololfo I. Pinal, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
A digital rod control system that employs separate power modules to energize the respective coils of a magnetic jack control rod drive rod drive system so that two, independently powered grippers can simultaneously support the control rod drive rod when it is not in motion to avoid dropped rods. The basic building block of the system is two or more selecting cabinets which receive multiplex power from at least one moving cabinet and are under the control of a single logic cabinet. Each of the cabinets include monitoring features to confirm the reliability of the system.