Plugger guide for aligning an end plug and a fuel rod tube end

Details Plugger guide for aligning an end plug and a fuel rod tube end Plugger guide for aligning an end plug and a fuel rod tube end

1985-05-03

1987-02-10

Watson, Robert C.

Metal working

Means to assemble or disassemble

Means comprising hand manipulatable tool

B25B 2714

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046414088

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for applying an end plug to a nuclear fuel rod tube end includes a stationary base, a support carriage and a track assembly mounting the support carriage on the base for reciprocal movement relative to the base. The apparatus also includes a plugger guide supported on the carriage for movement therewith. The plugger guide has an elongated central bore with one end for receiving the end plug and an opposite end for receiving the tube end. The plugger guide contains a plurality of sets of bearings in spaced axial positions along the bore which adapts it to guide the tube end toward the end plug for application of the end plug into the tube end as the carriage is moved.

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patent: 3194611 (1965-07-01), Mahony
patent: 3347603 (1967-10-01), Ignatjev
patent: 4260119 (1981-04-01), Price

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