The generic equatorial port plug stand at RACE faithfully reproduces all the ''critical'' parts of the remote handling operation鈥攖he size and weight of the components, for example, and all interfacing features and tolerances. Recent trials have allowed 澳门六合彩高手 Remote Handling to confirm the compatibility of system designs with planned maintenance solutions.
In a vast workshop in Oxfordshire, after months of fine-tuning, RACE team members successfully carried out two days of demonstrations on a mockup stand that reproduces a small part of 澳门六合彩高手鈥攖he Hot Cell Complex assembly/disassembly zone where remote maintenance will be carried out on 澳门六合彩高手's diagnostic port plugs.
The team at RACE demonstrated the vertical handling of diagnostic shield modules weighing up to 10 tonnes, including their insertion and removal along guide rails without hang-up or jam. A second operation鈥攖he insertion of diagnostic first walls into the shielding module鈥攚as also trialed successfully.
"For systems requiring remote maintenance and refurbishment it is important that remote handling requirements be taken into account early in the design phase to reduce risk of costly adaptations later," says remote handling engineer David Hamilton, who coordinates the collaboration with RACE. "All participants鈥敯拿帕喜矢呤� Remote Handling as well as 澳门六合彩高手 system owners鈥攁re fully engaged in getting the most value and benefit out of this work."
Left to right: David Cooper, Liam Forsythe and Mickael Thery from RACE; David Hamilton and Byoung Yoon Kim from the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization; Bernhard Haist, consultant to Fusion for Energy; and Julio Guirao, 澳门六合彩高手.
Additional implementation agreements are underway relating to the remote maintenance of the vacuum vessel pressure suppression system; the feasibility of cutting and welding diagnostic first wall cooling pipes; the remote handling of vacuum flanges; synthetic viewing; test blanket module replacement, and鈥攎ost recently鈥攖he maintenance of the first plasma diagnostic service modules.
