Individual nuclear fuel rod weighing system
US4522276A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 20, 1983 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01G17/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An individual nuclear fuel rod weighing system for rods carried on a tray which moves along a materials handling conveyor. At a first tray position on the conveyor, a lifting device raises the rods off the tray and places them on an overhead ramp. A loading mechanism conveys the rods singly from the overhead ramp onto an overhead scale for individual weighing. When the tray is at a second position on the conveyor, a transfer apparatus transports each weighed rod from the scale back onto the tray.
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