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AssigneeFramatome ANP GmbH
InventorsPascal Latreille, Christophe Parize, Marc Gely
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The maintenance device comprises a robot (2) for carrying out maintenance work in a remote-controlled or programmed way in the maintenance region. The robot (2) comprises a supporting part (2a) connected to a clamping support (3) secured to a means (4) of transporting the maintenance device (1) between an introductory region and the maintenance region. The clamping support (3) comprises clamping shoes (11, 13a, 13b) which can be moved in roughly parallel and opposite directions so as to clamp the maintenance device (1) in the maintenance region. The transport means (4) may be constructed in the form of a carriage comprising two motorized wheelsets. The device and the method of the invention make it possible in particular to carry out machining or inspection work inside primary pipes of a pressurized water nuclear reactor.
Maintenance device for working in a maintenance region of a plant delimited by at least one wall (32) having at least two facing surfaces between which the maintenance work is performed and which is accessible from an introductory region (31) of the plant, comprising a robot (2) for carrying out the maintenance work in a remote-controlled or programmed way and an immobilizing device for immobilizing a supporting part (2a) of the robot (2) in the work position, comprising additionally a motorized and remote-controlled transport carriage (4) and wherein the device (3) for immobilizing the supporting part (2a) of the robot (2) is a clamping support secured to the transport carriage (4), comprising at least two clamping shoes (11, 13a, 13b) associated with movement means (12, 14a, 14b), each in at least one direction so as to move the shoe (11, 13a, 13b) away from the clamping support (3), the movements of the two clamping shoes (11, 13a, 13b) being performed in parallel and opposite directions, and removable means (9) of fixing the supporting part (2a) of the robot (2) on the motorized transport means and the robot (2) is a robot arm comprising elements (2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f) mounted to rotate one with respect to another and produced in the form of an anthropomorphic arm.
Method for carrying out maintenance work in a region of a plant delimited by at least one wall (32) having at least two facing surfaces between which the maintenance work is carried out and which is accessible from an introductory region (31), comprising:
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