Conveying system for conveying substantially cylindrical objects such as nuclear fuel pellets
AssigneeCompagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires
InventorsJean Couzy, Michel Marchand
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Abstract
For conveying in single file and in a lying position substantially cylindrical objects such as nuclear fuel pellets (P) in a substantially horizontal, non-linear path, a conveying system (20) is proposed, which comprises an endless belt (26) running over pulleys having substantially vertical axes. Regulatable guides (44) maintain the objects laterally on the upper edge (30) of the endless belt (26).
Claims12
A conveying system for continuously conveying, in single file and in the direction of a longitudinal axis thereof, substantially cylindrical objects along a non-linear path contained in a substantially horizontal plane, said system comprising:
- an endless belt mounted on pulleys having axes perpendicular to said plane, whereby an upper edge of, said belt follows said non-linear path, said objects being adapted to rest on said upper edge by gravity;
- driving means adapted to move said endless belt along said non-linear path;
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- guidance means, for guiding the objects along said non-linear path, above the upper edge of said belt.
Conveying system for the continuous conveying in single file and in the direction of their greatest axis substantially cylindrical objects in accordance with a nonlinear path contained in a substantially horizontal plane, said system comprising;
- an endless belt installed on pulleys having axes perpendicular to said plane, so as to support the objects by an upper edge of the belt and convey them in accordance with said path, and
- means for guiding the objects along said path, above the upper edge of the belt, wherein the objects to be conveyed are nuclear fuel pellets to be machined between a driving wheel and an abrasive wheel of a grinder, having parallel axes and located in the same substantially horizontal plane, a station for routing pellets into a grinder incorporating a rectilinear strip placed in the extension of another rectilinear portion of the endless belt, extending between the wheels in the pellet advance direction and whereof an upper face is laterally inclined towards the driving wheel.
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