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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2013
Kepco Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd., Daejeon, KR;
Se Yong Shin, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Chang Hwan Hwang, Daejeon, KR;
Hung Soon Chang, Daejeon, KR;
Tae Hyung Na, Daejeon, KR;
Bong Sik Moon, Daejeon, KR;
Young Seok Yoon, Daejeon, KR;
KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD., Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for automatically loading a fuel pellet for manufacturing a nuclear fuel rod is provided. The apparatus includes a tray transfer unit that horizontally transfers the tray, a fuel pellet alignment unit that aligns fuel pellets arranged in the tray, a measurement unit that measures an entire length of the fuel pellets arranged in a row on the tray, a controller that compares an accumulated measured length with a set length, a waiting table located adjacent to the tray transfer unit to store a redundancy fuel pellet, and a fuel pellet movement unit that is driven by the controller and moves the fuel pellets between the tray and the waiting table.