Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the 1999 International RERTR Meeting
SOME TOOLING FOR MANUFACTURING
RESEARCH REACTOR FUEL
PLATES
R.
W. Knight
Research
Reactors Division
Oak
Ridge National Laboratory
Oak
Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6387 USA
ABSTRACT
This paper will
discuss some of the tooling necessary to manufacture aluminum-based research
reactor fuel plates. Most of this
tooling is intended for use in a high-production facility. Some of the tools shown have manufactured
more than 150,000 pieces. The only
maintenance has been sharpening. With
careful design, tools can be made to accommodate the manufacture of several
different fuel elements, thus, reducing tooling costs and maintaining tools
that the operators are trained to use. An important feature is to design the tools using materials with good
lasting quality. Good tools can
increase return on investment.
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