Apparatus for inspecting a boiling water reactor core shroud
US5784425A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 27, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 21, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An inspection apparatus is suspended from a robotic positioning arm and is operable to inspect the surface of a boiling water reactor core shroud. The apparatus includes an attachment bracket connected to the robotic positioning arm. A guide is connected to the attachment bracket and receives an arcuate rail having a first end portion and an opposite second end portion. A motor assembly drives the rail within the guide to position the rail at a desired location along the core shroud surface relating to the guide. The rail carries a transducer assembly which is moved along the rail by a chain and sprocket assembly. As the motor assembly drives the rail, the chain and sprocket assembly simultaneously moves the transducer assembly along the rail to inspect the core shroud surface.
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