Apparatus of assembling fuel rod bundle
An apparatus is described for assembling a fuel rod bundle having a number of elongated fuel rods arranged in parallel with each other and fixed by means of a plurality of spacers and lower and upper tie plates. The system comprises a fuel rod supplying apparatus for feeding successive fuel rods in a longitudinal direction of the rods, the fuel rod supplying apparatus including means for carrying the rods in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to any one of a plurality of positions; a bundling apparatus including means for fixing or holding the spacers and the lower tie plate and means for rotating the fixing means by given angles; and a measuring apparatus including a circular pitch measuring mechanism and a layer space or pitch measuring mechanism for measuring circular and layer pitches of the assembled fuel rods in the bundling apparatus.
- Assignee:
- Doryokuro Kakunenryo Kaihatsu Kigyodan
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4175318
- OSTI ID:
- 5317930
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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