%0 Electronic Article %A Kim, Soosung and Kim, Kihwan and Lee, Jungwon and Koh, Jinhyun %I Hindawi Limited %D 2013 %D 2013 %G English %@ 1687-6075 %@ 1687-6083 %~ Katalog UB TU-Chemnitz %T Design and Fabrication of Remote Welding Equipment in a Hot-Cell %V 2013 %J Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations %V 2013 %P 1-8 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/970942 %X The remote welding equipment for nuclear fuel bundle fabrication in a hot-cell was designed and developed. To achieve this, a preliminary investigation of hands-on fuel fabrication outside a hot-cell was conducted with a consideration of the constraints caused by the welding in a hot-cell. Some basic experiments were also carried out to improve the end-plate welding process for nuclear fuel bundle fabrication. The resistance welding equipment using end-plate welding was also improved. It was found that the remote resistance welding was more suitable for joining an end-plate to end caps in a hot-cell. This paper presents an outline of the developed welding equipment for nuclear fuel bundle fabrication and reviews a conceptual design of remote welding equipment using a master-slave manipulator. Furthermore, the mechanical considerations and a mock-up simulation test were described. Finally, its performance test results were presented for a mock-up of the remote resistance welding equipment for nuclear fuel bundle fabrication. %Z https://katalog.bibliothek.tu-chemnitz.de/Record/ai-49-aHR0cDovL2R4LmRvaS5vcmcvMTAuMTE1NS8yMDEzLzk3MDk0Mg %U https://katalog.bibliothek.tu-chemnitz.de/Record/ai-49-aHR0cDovL2R4LmRvaS5vcmcvMTAuMTE1NS8yMDEzLzk3MDk0Mg