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PRODUCTION OF URANIUM TUBING

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4330395
The manufacture of thin-walled uranium tubing by the hot-piercing techique is described. Uranium billets are preheated to a temperature above 780 d C. The heated billet is fed to a station where it is engaged on its external surface by three convex-surfaced rotating rollers which are set at an angle to the axis of the billet to produce a surface friction force in one direction to force the billet over a piercing mandrel. While being formed around the mandrel and before losing the desired shape, the tube thus formed is cooled by a water spray.
Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-12-014429
Assignee:
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2830921
OSTI ID:
4330395
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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