WO2001045114A1 - Dispositif et procede de montage d'une grille-entretoise d'un assemblage de combustible pour un reacteur nucleaire - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a device for mounting a spacer grid of a fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor and in particular of a fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor cooled by pressurized water.
- the fuel assemblies of nuclear reactors cooled by water and in particular the fuel assemblies of nuclear reactors cooled by pressurized water comprise a skeleton ensuring the maintenance of fuel rods in the form of a bundle in which the pencils are all parallel to each other.
- the skeleton in particular comprises spacer grids distributed along the length of the fuel assembly and each comprising a network of cells into which the fuel rods are introduced.
- the skeleton of the fuel assembly also includes guide tubes which are introduced into certain cells of the spacer grids in place of fuel rods and which ensure the fixing of the spacer grids in positions distributed along the length of the guide tubes. of the fuel assembly.
- the spacer grids consist of metallic plates of rectangular shape intersecting and assembled together at 90 ° along the edges of the cells of reception of the fuel rods of parallelepiped shape.
- the metal plates of a spacer grid constitute a first and a second set of parallel metal plates which are interleaved, the plates of the second set being perpendicular to the plates of the first set.
- the assembly of the plates, at the level of each of the edges, is produced by mutual engagement of two plates in slots extending at least over half the width of the plates, each of the plates comprising a set of slots separated two by two by a constant distance in the direction of the length of the pads.
- the parallelepiped cells intended to receive fuel rods each have four walls, each wall being constituted by a portion of a plate comprised between two successive slots.
- each of the cells intended to receive a fuel rod on two walls of a dihedral angle of the cell, are arranged springs and on the two opposite walls, rigid supporting bosses, so that the pencils are held between at least two sets of springs and bosses, inside the cell.
- the rods are held effectively, while being able to move relative to the spacer grids under the effect of thermal expansion in the operating nuclear reactor.
- the cooling water of the nuclear reactor circulates in the longitudinal direction of the fuel rods which is generally the vertical direction in the reactor in service.
- the spacer grids comprise, along the upper edges of the rod receiving cells, mixing fins which are shaped by cutting, when cutting the wafers and by folding inward of the cells.
- One of the edges of the plates also includes tabs for assembling the spacer grid with the guide tubes.
- the mixing fins and the tongues are formed by parts projecting from the edges along the width of the plates obtained at the time of cutting the plates.
- the springs and bosses, arranged on the walls of the grid cells, can be obtained by cutting and pushing back the metal from the plates.
- the springs can also be added and fixed to the cell walls, when mounting the spacer grid.
- the plates of the spacer grids are made of zirconium alloy. When added springs are used, these springs can be made of a nickel alloy.
- the manufacture of spacer grids comprises a step of cutting plates of generally rectangular shape in a strip of zirconium alloy, the cutting operation making it possible to form the mixing fins and the tabs on the edges of the plates.
- the plates are also cut at regular intervals to obtain the rectilinear assembly slots extending over at least half the width of the plates. Finally, the plates are cut and pushed back to make the bosses and possibly the springs.
- a second operation in the manufacture of spacer grids consists in mounting the spacer grid, by engaging the metal plates of the two sets of parallel plates in 90 ° crisscrossed arrangements. This operation must be carried out with great care, since it conditions the obtaining of the geometric characteristics of the spacer grid. These geometrical conditions themselves have an important influence on the quality of production and the performance of the fuel assembly. In order to improve the positioning of the wafers relative to each other at the time of assembly, it is possible to provide punctures produced by cutting and pushing back the metal from the wafers, along the assembly edges of the cells.
- a frame is formed around the grid, along its periphery, constituted by external plates.
- the grid is then placed in a welding template and the plates are welded together according to the edges of the cells.
- the mounting of a spacer grid by assembling two sets of parallel plates together can be carried out manually, the plates of a first set of plates being placed in parallel arrangements inside a template and the second game pads wafers being assembled manually one by one, by mutual engagement of their slots in the wafer assembly slots of the first set of wafers.
- a method and a device for mounting plates of spacer grids making it possible to insert the plates of the second set of plates, one by one, into the assembly parts of the plates of the first set of inserts held in a template, this operation being carried out using a movable insertion device for the inserts of the second set of inserts, one by one, comprising means for clamping the insert in a position facilitating its insertion.
- the template is mounted mobile on a fixed frame of an assembly device, in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the pads of the first set of pads in position in the template and the movable assembly can be moved in a direction orthogonal to displacement of the template for inserting a plate held by the clamping means.
- the displacement of the template in the longitudinal direction of the plates of the first set of plates makes it possible to successively bring the assembly parts of the plates of the first set of plates into an arrangement for engaging a plate of the second set of plates carried by the mobile equipment.
- the moving assembly comprises, in addition to the means for clamping a wafer of the second set of wafers, a comb intended to come to engage on the wafers of the first set of wafers to maintain them in areas close to the engagement areas of the wafer of the second set of wafers, during the engagement of the latter.
- the spacer grids according to certain designs of the fuel assemblies for a pressurized water nuclear reactor have wider springs, longer mixing fins and the fixing tabs on the guide tubes are arranged along the edge of the plates opposite the edge on which the mixing fins are arranged.
- These spacer grids cannot be assembled with the assembly machine according to the prior art, because the wider springs of a plate cannot allow passage to the mixing fins of the plate whose engagement is carried out.
- the fact that the mixing fins are longer and that the tabs are arranged on the edge opposite the edge of the plate on which the mixing fins are placed requires a much longer displacement of the plates for engagement.
- there is only a manual method such as the method described above.
- the inserts of the first set of inserts are arranged parallel to each other in the grooves of a template and the inserts of the second set of inserts are manually engaged one by one after having been fitted with pliers enabling the springs to be erased in the thickness of the insert.
- the manual assembly of the inserts is a long operation and requires the use of competent personnel without, however, a perfect geometry of the spacer grids being guaranteed.
- the manufacture of the wafers includes an operation of cutting a strip which makes it possible on the one hand to obtain the cut edges of the wafers, according to the required shapes, and on the other hand the internal cuts of the plates which constitute the slots or notches, the assembly punctures, the bosses and possibly the springs.
- the die cutting of the plates induces stresses and deformations by driving in parts of the plate.
- the plate, after cutting, is therefore no longer perfectly flat. It is therefore necessary to counteract, or even eliminate, this deformation by an appropriate device, to facilitate or allow assembly of the plates.
- the object of the invention is therefore to propose a device for mounting a clay brace of a fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor, constituted by a first set of metal plates of generally rectangular shape, parallel to each other and a second set of generally rectangular metal plates parallel to each other intersected with the plates of the first set, in planes perpendicular to the plates of the first set of plates, assembled by mutual engagement in slots separated by a constant distance along the length of the plates, s 'extending at least over half the width of the plates, so as to constitute a regular network of parallelepiped cells each delimited by four walls each constituted by a portion of a plate included between two successive slots, each of the plates carrying a set of springs projecting from minus s one face of the wafer, in at least part of the sections of the wafer, the mounting device comprising
- the support frame is secured to a fixed frame
- the clamping and engagement means and the comb are mounted movable in a plane perpendicular to the pads of the first set on a carriage itself mounted movable in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the pads of the first set, on the fixed frame, and
- the clamping means comprises two jaws movable in translation in the same direction and in opposite directions, controlled by a cam and erasing pads by compression in the thickness of the wafer, springs of a wafer of the second set engaged in the clamping means.
- FIG. 1A is a plan view of part of a wafer of the first set of wafers of a spacer grid, the mounting of which is carried out using the device according to the invention.
- Figure 1B is a sectional view along BB of Figure 1A of a portion of the spacer grid.
- FIG. 2A is a plan view of part of a wafer of the second set of wafer pads.
- Figure 2B is a sectional view along BB of Figure 2A of a portion of the spacer grid.
- Figure 3 is an elevational view in vertical section of a device according to the invention.
- Figure 4 is a front view along 4 of Figure 3 of the mounting device.
- Figure 5 is a partial top view of the mounting device.
- Figure 6 is a partial side elevational view of the mounting device.
- Figure 7 is a side elevational view of the clamping means of a wafer of the second set of wafers.
- FIG. 8 is a front view along 8 of FIG. 7.
- Figure 9 is a side view of a jaw of the clamping means of the pads of the second set of pads.
- Figure 10 is a top view, along 10 of Figure 9, of the jaw of the clamping means and a plate in position on the clamping jaw.
- Figure 11 is a view along 11 of Figure 10.
- Figure 12 is an exploded perspective view of cells of a spacer grid adjacent to a cell receiving a guide tube.
- FIG. 1A a part of a wafer 2 of a first set of wafers of a spacer grid is shown and in FIG. 2A, a wafer 3 of a second set of wafers intended to be assembled to the wafers of the first set of wafers to obtain a brittle spacer 1, an assembled part of which has been shown in FIG. 2B.
- the plates 2 and 3 have a generally rectangular shape and are delimited by a first longitudinal edge which will be designated as the upper edge 2a (or 3a for the plate 3) and a second opposite longitudinal edge called the lower edge 2b (or 3b for the plate 3 ).
- the edges 2a or 3a and 2b or 3b are designated as upper or lower, respectively, because of their position on the chile-spacer 1 in the fuel assembly in service.
- FIGS. 1A and 2A only a portion of the inner plates constituting the spacer grids has been shown along their length, this portion, as will be explained below, constituting the wall of two adjacent fixing cells d '' a fuel rod.
- the upper edge 2a or 3a of the plates 2 or 3 is cut so that pairs of mixing fins 4 of profiled shape are formed on either side of a junction zone between two consecutive cells.
- the lower edge 2b (or 3b) is cut so as to provide tongues 5 for fixing the clay chip spacer on a guide tube.
- the assembly tongues 5 are arranged in a middle part of a section of the plate intended to constitute a wall of a cell for receiving a guide tube.
- the plates 2 and 3 also include cutouts made in the metal of the plate, between the edges 2a (or 3a) and 2b (or 3b).
- the plates 2 of the first set of plates have slots 6 cut along the entire thickness of the plate, in the direction of its width, that is to say perpendicular to the edges 2a and 2b, the slots s' extending transversely from the upper edge 2a of the wafer 2 to an area located approximately in the middle of the width of the wafer, the slots 6 having a length at least equal to the half-width of the wafer 2.
- the slots 6 are spaced from each other in the longitudinal direction of the wafer (horizontal direction in FIG. 1A) by a constant distance corresponding to the width of a cell for receiving a fuel rod.
- the wafer 3 of the second set of wafers has slots 7 extending from the lower edge 3b of the wafer, along the width of the wafer, the slots 7 having a length at least equal to the half-width of the plate 3.
- punctures 8 (or 9) are produced by cutting out which are then pushed towards the outside of the plate, as shown in FIGS. 1B and 2B.
- the grumble spacer 1 is assembled by assembling the plates 2 and 3 is carried out by engaging the plates 3 on the plates 2 so that the planes of the plates 2 and 3 are perpendicular to each other, the engagement of the plates being carried out in the transverse direction slots 6 and 7 which allow assembly of the half-iron plates.
- the punctures 8 and 9 make it easier to guide and place the plates relative to one another.
- the mounting device uses a template making it possible to hold the pads 2 of the first set of pads in parallel arrangements, the longitudinal sides of the pads of the first set being vertical and to engage the pads of the second set of pads in a horizontal arrangement on the pads of the first set of pads placed vertically. Therefore, we can designate the pads of the first set of pads as vertical pads and the pads of the second set of pads as horizontal pads, although this position does not correspond to the position of the pads in the fuel assembly in service.
- a section 10 (or 11) of the plate intended to constitute a wall of a parallelepipedic cell with square section intended to receive a fuel rod (or possibly a guide tube).
- the sections 10 and 11 of the plates constituting walls of cells intended to receive a fuel rod are cut, in their transverse end part, so as to constitute supporting bosses 13 which are pushed back towards the outside of the plane of the corresponding plate, as it can be seen in FIGS. 1B and 2B.
- the sections 10 and 11 of the plates 2 and 3 are cut so as to constitute springs 12 which are pushed out of the plane of the corresponding plate 2 or 3.
- each of the cells designed to receive a fuel rod comprises two walls provided with springs 12 each disposed opposite a wall comprising two bosses 13 in its end parts.
- the length of engagement of the pads on each other is increased by the length of the fins and tabs which are on the opposite edges of the pads.
- the device according to the invention which will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8, makes it possible to achieve mutual engagement of the pads with erasing of the springs and elimination of the deformation by pressing the pads.
- FIGS 3 and 4 show the mounting device according to the invention generally designated by the reference 14.
- the mounting device 14 comprises a fixed frame 15 itself consisting of a base 15a provided with feet 15b allowing placing the device on a table and a vertical support frame 16 in the form of a frame.
- a fixed frame 15 itself consisting of a base 15a provided with feet 15b allowing placing the device on a table and a vertical support frame 16 in the form of a frame.
- an upper guide 17a and a lower guide 17b in horizontal arrangements, along the horizontal upper edge and along the lower edge of the window of the frame 16 of substantially square shape.
- the upper guide 17a and the lower guide 17b each comprise a set of engagement notches making it possible to receive the longitudinal end portions of wafers 2 of the first set of wafers in arrangements parallel to one another inside of the window of the frame 16, with their vertical longitudinal direction.
- the notches of the guides 17a and 17b are arranged one after the other in the longitudinal direction of the corresponding guide and the edge of the window of the frame with constant spacing, the successive notches of the upper and lower guides being placed vertically from one another.
- the guides 17a and 17b constitute two strips whose successive graduations constituted by the notches allow the plates 2 to be received in arrangements defined very precisely.
- the plates 2 are engaged in the notches of the guides 17a and 17b, their lower end edge 2b first, this lower edge 2b being stopped at the end of engagement by integral stops 18a and 18b of the rear part of the guides 17a and 17b, respectively.
- an upper flap 19a and a lower flap 19b which can be moved by respective indexing devices 20a and 20b between a release position of the window of the chassis 16 allowing the engagement of the plates 2 and a position for holding the plates 2 inside the window of the chassis 16.
- the flap 19a and the flap 19b have a crenellated edge for bearing on the pads 2.
- the chassis 16 carries two vertical slides 21 on which is mounted movable in the vertical direction, that is to say parallel to the longitudinal direction of the plates 2, a carriage 22 comprising two uprights engaged respectively on one and the other slides 21, on either side of the chassis 16 (a single upright has been shown in FIG. 4).
- Each of the uprights of the carriage 22 with vertical displacement comprises an indexing block (visible in particular in FIG. 6) and on each of the sides of the chassis 16 are placed indexing devices each comprising a spring finger intended to engage in an opening 27 of an indexing block 24 to fix the carriage 22 in position in the vertical direction.
- the openings 27 are aligned vertically and spaced by a constant distance on the two indexing blocks 24, so that one can stop and fix the carriage 22 in different successive positions which correspond to the engagement positions of a second game brochure pads in a set of pad slots of the first set of pads carried by the chassis 16.
- Each of the indexing blocks 24 further comprises a device 28 for fine height adjustment which makes it possible to very precisely adjust the stop positions of the carriage by cooperation of the fingers of the indexing devices 23 with the openings 27.
- the carriage 22 with vertical displacement comprises guide means, in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the pads 2 of the first set of pads carried by the chassis 16, on which a carriage for supporting a comb 29 for holding the wafers of the first set of wafers and a carriage for supporting a clamp 30 for clamping a wafer from the second set of wafers for its engagement on the wafers of the first set of wafers carried by the chassis 16.
- the clamp 30 can be moved between a withdrawal position shown in FIG. 3 and an engagement position of a wafer 3 of the second set of wafers, on the front side of the mounting device 14, that is to say of the side of the upper edges 2a of the plates 2 of the first set of plates.
- the gripper movement carriage constitutes the front horizontal carriage.
- the comb 29 is mounted on a rear horizontal carriage 33 which moves on slides 34 carried by a plate 35 disposed between the two vertical lateral uprights of the carriage 2.1.
- the rear horizontal carriage for moving the comb 29 moves in a horizontal plane of trace 36 (in FIG. 3) corresponding to the plane of engagement of a wafer of the second set of wafers in an adjacent position relative to the engagement position of the wafer 3 disposed in the grip of the clamp 30.
- the comb 29 carried by the carriage 33 can move between a withdrawal position shown in Figure 3 and an engaged position in which the teeth of the comb engage with the pads 2 carried by the frame 16, so as to maintain the pads in an area adjacent to the engagement area of the plate 3 of the second set of plates.
- the vertical movement carriage 22 can be moved manually from a first to a second engagement position of one of the plates 3 of the second set of plates and the front and rear horizontal carriages can likewise be moved manually between their retracted position and their position of engagement of the chips of the spacer chip.
- the comb 29 includes a manual insertion control 37 in the form of a push button accessible from both sides of the mounting device.
- the comb carriage 29 also comprises an indexing means 38 (FIG. 6) making it possible to adjust the stroke of engagement of the comb on the plates 2 arranged in parallel positions inside the chassis 16.
- the comb 29 comprises a plate from which are cut the successive teeth 39 of the comb which are separated from one another by slots 40 whose thickness is slightly greater than the thickness a plate of the clay-spacer.
- the inserts 2 of the first set of inserts are introduced into the slots 40 of the comb, so that the inserts 2 of the first set of inserts are effectively maintained in an area close to the area of engagement of the wafer 3 of the second set of wafers.
- the plates 2 of the first set of plates are in abutment in the bottom of the slots 40 separating the teeth of the comb. This effectively maintains the wafers of the first set of wafers, during the engagement of the wafer 3 of the second set of wafers.
- the abutment of the pads 2 of the first set of pads against the bottom of the slots 40 for separating the teeth 39 of the comb 29 is obtained by indexing 38 of the carriage 33 for moving the comb 29.
- the clamp 30 carried by the front carriage 41 with horizontal displacement has been shown in particular in FIGS. 7 and 8.
- the clamp 30 comprises an upper jaw 30a and a lower jaw 30b with vertical displacement respectively guided on the clamp support integral with the carriage 41, by a guide device 42a of the upper jaw 30a and by a guide device 42b of the lower jaw 30b, in the vertical direction.
- the upper jaw 30a has a lower actuation surface located opposite the upper actuation face of the lower jaw 30b.
- FIGs 9, 10 and 11 there is shown the jaw 30b of the clamp on which the wafer 3 of the second set of wafers has been put in place, before clamping between the jaws 30a and 30b and engagement on a wafer 2 of the first set of pads.
- the jaw 30b (as well as the jaw 30a) has a heel 48 on which successive fingers are fixed such as 49a, 49b, 49c, 49d and 49e extending perpendicular to the surface of the heel 48 and arranged in the longitudinal direction of the jaw 30b, one after the other with a fixed spacing equal to the distance between two successive walls of cells of the wafer 3.
- the jaws of the pliers have the shape of a comb whose teeth are spaced apart 'from one another, the fingers having a width, in the longitudinal direction of the jaw, substantially less than the width of a cell wall of the wafer 3.
- the slots 7 for assembling the wafers 3 with the plates 2 are each placed in a space between two successive fingers when the plate 3 is in place on the jaw 30b.
- the successive fingers 49a, 49b, 49c, 49d and 49e are not identical.
- the fingers 49a and 49e which are placed in contact with walls on which are produced two bosses 13 projecting towards the jaw 30b at the ends of the walls and a spring 12 projecting opposite the jaw 30b at the central part of the walls, have a profile as shown in Figure 9 in their longitudinal direction.
- the finger 49b is intended to come into contact with a wall comprising two bosses 13 projecting at its ends.
- the fingers 49c and 49d are provided to come into contact with two walls of a cell adjacent to a cell receiving a guide tube.
- the walls of the cells adjacent to the cell receiving the guide tube 51 have, on their walls commuted with the wall of the cell receiving the guide tube 51, springs 50 of particular shape called H springs.
- these common walls have a curved shape. Therefore, the fingers 49c and 49d have a particular shape and a concave contact surface, as can be seen in FIGS. 10 and 11. In general, as it is visible in FIG. 7, the jaws
- the displacements of the jaws 30a and 30b of the clamp which are completely symmetrical, are obtained from a cam 46 controlled by a lever 47 which can be placed in one of three positions 47a, 47b and 47c.
- the cam ensures maximum opening of the clamp, allowing the positioning of a plate between the jaws 30a and 30b of the clamp.
- the jaws 30a and 30b of the forceps are sufficiently distant to allow withdrawal of the forceps after engagement of the wafer 3 of the second set of wafers, while avoiding interference during withdrawal with the wafers of the grumble-spacer already in place.
- Stops are used to stop the lever in the functional positions.
- the mounting of the plates of a spacer chip using the device according to the invention is carried out in the manner which will be described below with reference to all of the figures.
- the plates of the first set of plates of a grid-spacer for example sixteen plates, are placed on the frame 16, in vertical arrangements.
- the flaps 19a and 19b of the chassis 16 are in the raised position and the plates 2 of the first set of plates are introduced one after the other into the notches of the guides 17a and 17b of the chassis 16.
- the flaps 19a and 19b are folded into the locking position against the upper edge 2a of the plates 2, the lower edge 2b of which bears against the stops 18a and 18b.
- the position of the carriage 22 with vertical displacement is adjusted, so that a first plane of engagement of a wafer 3 of the second set of wafers is arranged along the plane 31 of horizontal movement of the front carriage 41.
- a first plate 3 of the second set of plates is placed between the jaws 30a and 30b of the clamp 30 in the open position.
- the plate 3 is pushed until it comes to bear on the stop 45.
- the jaws of the clamp are then closed so as to ensure the tightening of the plate 3 of the second set of plates and the erasure by CDpressure of the springs in the thickness of the insert.
- the compression has been calculated beforehand to allow the springs to be erased allowing the passage of the fins. tes mixing pads of the first set of pads, while avoiding permanent deformation of the springs.
- the comb 29 is then manually engaged on the pads of the first set of pads in position in the window of the chassis 16, the parts for holding the comb between two successive teeth 39 coming to bear on the pads 2 of the first set of pads in areas adjacent to the engagement areas of the wafer 3 of the second set of wafers located in the plane 31, thus eliminating the deformation of the wafers of the first set of wafers.
- the carriage 41 is then moved from its retracted position to the position of engagement of the wafer 3 on the wafers 2 of the first set of wafers.
- the jaws 30a and 30b of the clamp 30 in the clamping position make it possible to eliminate and avoid deformation of the wafer of the second set of inserts, so that the engagement of the wafer 3 of the second set of inserts can be carried out without difficulty.
- the carriage 41 is stopped by a stop.
- the jaws 30a and 30b of the clamp 30 are then placed in the intermediate position which makes it possible to extract the clamp while leaving the wafer 3 in its assembly position.
- the carriage 41 and the clamp 30 are replaced as well as the carriage 33 and the comb 29 in their retracted position.
- the carriage 22 is then moved in order to bring the displacement planes 31 and 36 of the clamp 30 and of the comb 29 into coincidence with respect respectively to an engagement plane of a plate 3 of the second set of plates. quettes adjacent to the wafer 3 which has just been placed in a neighboring plane.
- the operations described above are carried out for placing a wafer of the second set of wafers in the clamp 30, for placing the comb and for engaging the wafer, then disengaging the clamp and the comb.
- a further movement of the vertical displacement carriage 22 is then carried out to ensure the engagement of a wafer 3 of the second set of platelets in a new engagement area adjacent to the second engagement area.
- the intermediate position of opening of the jaws of the clamp makes it possible to avoid any interference with the pads of the second set of pads already in place.
- the springs are erased so that the mixing fins can pass without difficulty between the adjacent springs.
- the brittle-spacer produced therefore has a completely satisfactory geometric shape.
- the production of the grttle spacer is completed by welding the plates 2 and 3 of the first and second sets of plates, called inner plates and external plates constituting the peripheral wall or belt of the clay spacer.
- the fact that the front and rear horizontal carriages carrying the clamp and the comb move on traffic lanes carried by the vertically moving carriage makes it possible to bring the clamp and the comb into vertical position in a single operation and without having moving the pad support from the first set of pads.
- the removal of the clamp, after engagement of a wafer from the second set of wafers can be carried out without displacing the support for the wafers from the first set of wafers.
- the invention is not limited to the production of spacer grids for assembling a fuel for a pressurized water nuclear reactor having square section rectangular cells.
- the device according to the invention could be used for the manufacture of any clay-spacer with parallelepipedic cells.
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