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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Korea Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd., Daejeon, KR;
Ki-jun Kwon, Daejeon, KR;
Se-yong Shin, Daejeon, KR;
Sang-pil Kong, Daejeon, KR;
Hung-soon Chang, Daejeon, KR;
Jeong-ho Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Tae-hyung Na, Daejeon, KR;
Korea Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd., Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed therein are an apparatus for and a method of welding a flange to a guide thimble tube in a nuclear fuel assembly. The automatic welding apparatus includes a welding unit located on an axially conveying line of a tube for welding a surface of the tube inserted thereinto and a surface of a flange, a flange supplying unit for supplying the flange at a tube inlet of the welding unit onto the axially conveying line, and a conveying unit mounted on the axially conveying line in such a way as to move the tube and the flange on the axially conveying line, so that they are inserted into and drawn from the welding unit.