Deployment system for an upper bundle steam generator cleaning/inspection device
US6543392B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28G3/16
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A deployment system for an upper bundle steam generator cleaning/inspection device, the deployment system including an elongated body feedable through an access in a steam generator shell proximate the tube sheet of the steam generator, the elongated body flexible in one configuration to bend into a position for extension up through flow slots in support plates of the interior of the steam generator, and rigid in another configuration for positioning and supporting cleaning/inspection devices up through the steam generator proximate the upper tube bundles of the steam generator; and a drive device for driving the elongated body up through the support plates and for retracting the elongated body back down through the support plates.
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