Electric heating – Heating devices – With heater-unit housing – casing – or support means
Patent
1986-12-04
1987-10-13
Albritton, C. L.
Electric heating
Heating devices
With heater-unit housing, casing, or support means
219544, 338302, 338303, H05B 306
Patent
active
047000538
ABSTRACT:
Both an apparatus and a process for accurately applying a correct amount of brazing heat to a conduit are disclosed herein. The apparatus generally comprises a mandrel including an electrical resistance wire heating element and a heat sensor for sensing the temperature of the inside walls of the conduit which were heated. The mandrel is preferably formed from a refractory material, and the heat sensor is located beneath the surface of the mandrel in order to insulate it from heat radiated from the electrical resistance wire wound about the mandrel body. The mandrel further includes an opening in the portion of the mandrel which surrounds the heat sensor in order that the sensor may be selectively exposed to a section of conduit to which heat was applied by sliding the mandrel to a position which aligns the opening with the wall of the heated conduit. The temperature of the conduit may then be determined as a function of the radiant heat received by the heat sensor. The invention is particularly useful in producing high quality braze joints between reinforcing sleeves inserted within damaged heat exchange tubes of a nuclear steam generator since the heat sensor allows the operator to determine whether or not a proper amount of brazing heat was applied to the sleeve/tube configuration.
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Driggers John M.
Pirl William E.
Albritton C. L.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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