Applications of robotics and remote handling at AWE Aldermaston

Conference · Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:714945

Jackson, T D ^[1]

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1. Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston (United Kingdom)

This paper reports on the application of robotics in the UK automatic weapons establishment at Aldermaston. Current activities include the whole arm manipulator for remote handling of hazardous materials within gloveboxes via the gloves provided for the human operator, a remotely operated floor cleaning vehicle for the reduction cell facility, automated loading and unloading of the slant bed lathe and high accuracy turning center, a pick and place robot for feeding components to a high explosives lathe, an RTX robot arm for positioning nondestructive examination sensors, a project to design materials handling equipment and processes for a new process facility, a low level radioactive waste compactor, a machining waste baler, a polishing and abrading rig, and an eight legged gripper for an active cell environment.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Largo, FL (United States). Neutron Devices Dept.
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00656
• OSTI ID: 714945
• Report Number(s): GEPP-CP-1222; CONF-9004263-; ON: TI91020218; TRN: JT9237%%3
• Resource Relation: Conference: 4. annual SUBWOG-F robotics,Albuquerque, NM (United States),24-26 Apr 1990; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1990; Related Information: Is Part Of JOWOG 39 manufacturing technology, Fourth annual SUBWOG-F robotics meeting minutes; PB: 206 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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42 ENGINEERING
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
ROBOTS
USES
UNITED KINGDOM
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
AUTOMATION
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
DECONTAMINATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
LATHES
MACHINERY
MANIPULATORS
MANUFACTURERS
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
MILLING MACHINES
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES
NUCLEAR INDUSTRY
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
POSITIONING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TRANSDUCERS