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AssigneeDeutsche Gesellschaft fur Wiederaufarbeitung
InventorsJacobus N. C. van Geel, Frans M. Dobbels, Walther A. H. Theunissen
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An apparatus for converting molten glass containing radioactive waste into molded pellets or spheres comprising means for generating a flowing stream of the molten glass and a rotating wheel disposed beneath the flowing stream. The wheel is preferably mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis and has a series of mold cavities formed in the circumferential wall of the wheel, into which cavities the stream is directed by gravity. The mold cavities have flared side walls so that when the stream strikes the inclined wall it is deflected toward the center of the cavity through a focal point. The side walls of adjacent mold cavities form a knife edge at the surface of the wheel to preclude the bridging of glass from one cavity to another.
Device for continuous production of molded glass bodies from a glass melt containing radioactive waste comprising means for dispensing said melt in a continuous stream, and a wheel mounted for rotation beneath said dispensing means, said wheel having formed in a surface thereof a series of mold cavities for receiving said melt as the wheel rotates, adjacent cavities being circumferentially separated by thin flat walls terminating in a knife edge, said thin flat walls of each cavity being joined at their ends by frusto-conical segmental walls.
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