Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – Multiple station assembly or disassembly apparatus
Patent
1988-12-02
1990-04-03
Wasil, Daniel
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
Multiple station assembly or disassembly apparatus
29723, 29797, 376260, G21C 2100, B23P 1900
Patent
active
049137077
ABSTRACT:
To assemble nuclear fuel bundle spacers comprised of a multiplicity of rod-positioning ferrules, automated apparatus is provided comprising an indexing table mounting a plurality of identical, angularly spaced ferrule fixtures which are successively positioned at a first station for receipt of a pair of properly oriented ferrules. The table is indexed to present the ferrule pairs in turn to a second station where a spring is loaded in pre-assembly relation thereto. At the next table index position, a third station manipulates the successive fixture-mounted ferrule pairs to interlock the spring with each ferrule pair as a subasssembly which is then indexed in turn to a fourth station for assembly into a spacer fixture.
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King, Jr. Harold B.
Lewis Robert H.
MacIvergan Robert G.
Moreno Pat F.
General Electric Company
Schroeder Robert R.
Wasil Daniel
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