Nuclear storage overpack door actuator and alignment apparatus
Patent
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OSTI ID:949192
- North Huntingdon, PA
The invention is a door actuator and alignment apparatus for opening and closing the 15,000-pound horizontally sliding door of a storage overpack. The door actuator includes a ball screw mounted horizontally on a rigid frame including a pair of door panel support rails. An electrically powered ball nut moves along the ball screw. The ball nut rotating device is attached to a carriage. The carriage attachment to the sliding door is horizontally pivoting. Additional alignment features include precision cam followers attached to the rails and rail guides attached to the carriage.
- Research Organization:
- Bechtel Bettis Inc
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC11-98PN38206
- Assignee:
- The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Number(s):
- 6,891,913
- Application Number:
- 10/341,472
- OSTI ID:
- 949192
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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