Robot with suction cup attachment to steam generator partition
AssigneeVermaat Technics B.V.
InventorHuibrecht P. Vermaat
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Abstract
A robot for carrying out operations in, for example, a chamber of a heat exchanger being divided into two compartments by means of a partition can be attached to said partition by means of suction cups. An accurate vertical movement of the shoulder joint necessitates the application of either two hinges or a double hinge between the robot itself and the suction cups.
Claims8
A robot particularly suitable for being hoisted into one of the chambers of a heat exchanger steam generator, said chambers being separated from one another by a partition, so as to carry out inspection and repair operations, comprising a supporting means including guide means along which a first table is reciprocal, a shoulder joint arranged on the table to rotate a mounting head for a robot arm assembly about a vertical axis, as well as driving means for said first table, said mounting head, and said robot arm assembly, said supporting means comprises a table plate (6) on which said guide means (7) for said first table (8) are provided and a base plate (2) onto which suction cups (3) are applied to secure the robot to the partition (1) of the heat exchanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.