TUBE SPLITTING APPARATUS

Title: TUBE SPLITTING APPARATUS

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A tool is described for cutting a coolant tube adapted to contain fuel elements to enable the tube to be removed from a graphite moderator mass. The tool splits the tube longitudinally into halves and curls the longitudinal edges of the halves inwardly so that they occupy less space and can be moved radially inwardly away from the walls of the hole in the graphite for easy removal from the graphite.

Inventors:: Frantz, C.E.; Cawley, W.E.

Issue Date:: 1961-05-01

Research Org.:: Originating Research Org. not identified

OSTI Identifier:: 4037526

Patent Number(s):: 2983042

Assignee:: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission DTIE; NSA-15-017048

NSA Number:: NSA-15-017048

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-61

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT; COOLANTS; CUTTING TOOLS; EFFICIENCY; FUEL ELEMENTS; GRAPHITE; MODERATORS; TOOLS; TUBES

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