Patent · US Expired

Repair plug for heat exchanger tubes, especially for steam generators of pressurized-weather nuclear power plants

US4425944A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 13, 1981
Grant dateJan 17, 1984
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Expiry dateNov 13, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF28F11/02
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Repair plug for sealing heat exchanger tubes, including a closure plug part being tightly connectable to a heat exchanger tube and having an end for insertion into the heat exchanger tube, and a polisher plug part disposed on the insertion end of the closure plug part axially in front of the insertion end in insertion direction thereof forming a single structural unit with the closure plug part, the polisher plug part remaining in the sealed heat exchanger tube after completing the tight connection.

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