BOA: Pipe-asbestos insulation removal robot system

Conference · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:229522

Schempf, H; Bares, J; Schnorr, W ^[1]

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1. Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

The BOA system is a mobile pipe-external robotic crawler used to remotely strip and bag asbestos-containing lagging and insulation materials (ACLIM) from various diameter pipes in (primarily) industrial installations. Steam and process lines within the DOE weapons complex warrant the use of a remote device due to the high labor costs and high level of radioactive contamination, making manual removal extremely costly and highly inefficient. Currently targeted facilities for demonstration and remediation are Fernald in Ohio and Oak Ridge in Tennessee.

• Research Organization: USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC), WV (United States)
• OSTI ID: 229522
• Report Number(s): DOE/METC-96/1021-Vol.1; CONF-9510108-Vol.1; ON: DE96000551; TRN: 96:001841-0029
• Resource Relation: Conference: Environmental technology development through industry partnership, Morgantown, WV (United States), 3-5 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the environmental technology through industry partnership conference. Volume 1; Kothari, V.P.; PB: 312 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
ASBESTOS
REMOVAL
ROBOTS
DESIGN
LABOR
PIPES
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
CONTAMINATION
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS