Verification of Pilger Mill Performance
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
The Nuclear Technology Research & Development program of the Office of Nuclear Energy has implemented a program to develop an advanced reactor cladding fabrication capability by using the extrusion and pilgering processes. Oxide-dispersion strengthened (ODS) steels are a promising class of advanced materials, but processes need to be developed to produce tubing for these advanced alloys. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has converted its rolling mill into a lab-scale pilger mill, which required designing pilger tooling and rolls that contained multiple pilgering grooves and designing a servo-driven feed mechanism. Upon assembling and checking out the system, initial pilgering runs were completed. This report will provide verification of the design and performance of the lab-scale pilger mill.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 1501467
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-28042; NTRD-FUEL-2018-000113
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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