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US 12,000,537 B2Granted
Method of cladding a pressure vessel
AssigneeRolls-Royce Smr Limited
InventorsDaniel Clark, Sebastiano D Giudice, Carl Boettcher
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Abstract
Cladding of the interior of a component part of a pressure vessel is shown. A lining which conforms to at least a portion of the interior geometry of the component is positioned in the interior of the component. The lining is then pressed into the component past its yield strength. The lining is then fused to the component.
Claims9
A method of cladding an interior of a component of a pressure vessel, comprising:
- obtaining the component;
- obtaining a lining for the component which conforms to at least a portion of an interior geometry of the component;
- positioning the lining inside the interior of the component;
- pressing the lining into the component past a yield strength of the lining, in which the pressing of the lining comprises repeated iterations of pressing the lining and annealing the lining;
- and
- fusing the lining to the component.
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