Special remote tooling developed and utilized to tighten TFTR TF coil casing bolts
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Plasma Physics Lab.
Special tooling has been developed and used to tighten toroidal field (TF) coil casing bolts that have loosened from years of Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) operation. Due to their location, many of the TF casing bolts cannot be directly accessed or viewed; their condition was first discovered during unrelated inspections in 1988. Engineering solutions were, sought until 1992, when a remotely operated wrench concept was successfully demonstrated on a TF coil mockup. The concept was developed into several working tools that have successfully been applied to tighten several thousand TF casing bolts during recent scheduled outages. This effort has improved the integrity and reliability of the TF coil system in preparing for the final experimental phase of the TFTR. This paper discusses the design and application of this tooling.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Plasma Physics Lab.; Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073; AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 10191808
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-CFP-2965; CONF-931018-15; ON: DE94001496; TRN: 93:024116
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Symposium on fusion engineering,Hyannis, MA (United States),11-15 Oct 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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