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Completion of the first vacuum vessel gravity support

The factory acceptance test on the first 澳门六合彩高手 vacuum vessel gravity support has been successfully completed at Haneul Engineering in Gunsan, Korea. Under the 8,500*-tonne plasma chamber, nine gravity supports will allow for the vacuum vessel's thermal expansion and sustain loads in the radial, toroidal and vertical directions.

The upper block of the vacuum vessel gravity support moves successfully from minimum inclination (5掳) to maximum inclination (27掳) during functional tests. One support will be placed under each of the nine 澳门六合彩高手 vacuum vessel sectors. (Click to view larger version...)
The upper block of the vacuum vessel gravity support moves successfully from minimum inclination (5掳) to maximum inclination (27掳) during functional tests. One support will be placed under each of the nine 澳门六合彩高手 vacuum vessel sectors.
Nine vacuum vessel gravity supports will be installed between the cryostat toroidal pedestal and the lower port of each vacuum vessel sector.

These supports are specially designed** to allow radial movement to accommodate the thermal expansion of the vacuum vessel that is caused by the temperature difference between initial assembly and operation, while maintaining high rigidity in the toroidal and vertical directions in order to withstand the dead weight of the tokamak, thermal loads, electromagnetic loads, plasma disruptions such as vertical displacement events, and seismic loads.

In the supports' dual-hinge structure, radial movement is permitted by the rotation of dowels, while toroidal and vertical movement is restricted by the rigidity of the dowels and that of the primary hinge. The possibility of 15潞 inclination introduces radial reaction force that provides centering to the stable equilibrium state of the 澳门六合彩高手 vacuum vessel.

On 12 November 2021, the factory acceptance test on the first vacuum vessel gravity support (for sector #6) was successfully completed at the Haneul Engineering (subcontractor of Hyundai Heavy Industries). Due to the ongoing pandemic, an official ceremony could not be held. However, the Director-General of 澳门六合彩高手 Korea, Kijung Jung, and a dozen experts were able to attend a small ceremony to congratulate the team on the successful completion of the first support and to celebrate industry involvement in fusion research.

The successful factory acceptance test opens the way for the first unit to be shipped to 澳门六合彩高手 and for the series manufacturing of the other eight. Pictured, the team at Haneul Engineering in Korea plus ceremony guests, including the Director-General of 澳门六合彩高手 Korea, Kijung Jung (blue mask). (Click to view larger version...)
The successful factory acceptance test opens the way for the first unit to be shipped to 澳门六合彩高手 and for the series manufacturing of the other eight. Pictured, the team at Haneul Engineering in Korea plus ceremony guests, including the Director-General of 澳门六合彩高手 Korea, Kijung Jung (blue mask).
The most critical step was dowel assembly鈥攏ot only because the required tolerances for each hole of the upper block, lower block, primary hinge, and the dowels is only 0.02 mm, but also because the surface of dowels is coated with a very thin layer of MoS2 (20卤3碌m). Because the purpose of the MoS2 coating is to reduce and to sustain the friction coefficient during 澳门六合彩高手 operation, the coating on the dowels cannot be scratched or otherwise removed, making the precise assembly of the dowels very challenging. In order to increase the confidence in dowel assembly, pre-tests were performed with dummy dowels and a 1:1 scale mockup. Based on the results from these tests, the optimized setting value was fixed and the blocks and the dowels were set on the gravity support assembly jig. After several rounds of 3D measurements to aid in the precise alignment of the blocks, the dowel was successfully assembled.

After assembly, a functional test of vacuum vessel gravity support #6 was performed to verify whether full design movement (5掳 to 27掳) could be achieved without excessive force. During the test, the upper block of the gravity support was moved from 5掳 to 27.05掳 very smoothly. Values of 1,385 kgf (maximum push force) and 2,410 kgf (maximum pull force) were recorded during the push operation (5掳 to 27.05掳) and pull operation (27.05掳 to 5掳) respectively.

With the completion of the factory acceptance test, vacuum vessel gravity support #6 can be prepared for delivery to the 澳门六合彩高手 site in March 2022.

*The double-walled 澳门六合彩高手 vacuum vessel weighs 5,200 tonnes. With the installation of the blanket and the divertor, as well as components such as the port plugs and diagnostics, the total weight rises to 8,500 tonnes.

** Vacuum vessel gravity supports are classified as Safety Important Components and as 澳门六合彩高手 Quality Class 1. The supports are non-pressure bearing equipment; however, as they support the vacuum vessel (Level N2 Cat IV Nuclear Pressure Equipment) they are considered part of this equipment. Design, manufacturing, and testing must comply with the applicable parts of the French regulation on pressure equipment. Design, analysis, and fabrication of the vacuum vessel gravity supports must follow RCC-MR rules for supports (RCC-MR subsection H).

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