Incore cutting machine
AssigneeConsumers Power Company
InventorWilliam E. Adams
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Abstract
The invention pertains to apparatus for severing elongated radioactive cables into short sections for waste storage purposes. During operation the apparatus is submerged within a water shield and the cable to be cut is guided into feed rollers driven by an electric motor. The feed rollers and a shear are operated by a common electric motor, and indexing mechanism intermittently rotates the feed rollers in synchronization with the shear operation. The feed roller movement is reversible permitting removal of an enlarged cable end incapable of passing through the rollers.
Claims9
Apparatus for shearing elongated radioactive members into short lengths while located within a water shield comprising, in combination, a frame adapted to be supported within a water shield pool, a vertically oriented elongated member feed path defined on said frame having upper, central and lower regions, an upwardly opening intake funnel mounted on said frame defining said feed path upper region, a pair of feed rollers rotatably mounted on said frame having peripheral portions located in opposed relationship within said feed path central region below said funnel and in alignment therewith whereby an elongated member within said central region engages said peripheral portions and is axially translated by said rollers, a shear movably mounted on said frame below said rollers and movable through said feed path lower region, electric motor means mounted on said frame, and transmission means mounted on said frame driven by said electric motor means operatively connected to and driving said feed rollers and shear whereby elongated members inserted into said intake funnel are moved through said feed path by said rollers and severed into short lengths by said shear.
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