Welding fixture for nuclear reactor fuel assembly grid
US4556776A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 26, 1983 |
| Grant date | Dec 3, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A welding fixture for a nuclear fuel assembly grid having rigid top and bottom members and having apparatus for releasably securing them together. The bottom and top members each have an egg-crate configuration of interleaved fixture straps. Top notches on the bottom fixture straps' top edges are placed to engage the grid straps' bottom edges when the grid straps are aligned for welding. Likewise, bottom notches on the top fixture straps' bottom edges are placed to engage the grid straps' top edges when the grid straps are aligned for welding.
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