S. Herschmann F. Milella M. Torrance S. Wainwright O Crofts
Remote handling of breeding blankets poses an unprecedented challenge in future tokamaks like EU-DEMO, where individual blanket segments can weigh upwards of 80 tonnes and extend beyond 10 meters in length. The unparalleled scale of these components, coupled with extremely tight positional tolerances, demands careful consideration of structural …
PreprintD. McGarrigle F. Warmer J. Lilburne M. Torrance
This paper reports on the analysis of potential rail-based maintenance systems when implemented into a Helical Advanced Stellarator (HELIAS) 5-B device. The main purpose of such a system would be to handle and exchange the internal vessel components, namely the breeding blanket segments, which are expected to be the largest and heaviest componen…
PublishedO.Crofts A.Loving M.Torrance S.Budden B.Drumm T.Tremethick D.Chauvin M.Siuko W.Brace V.Milushev M.Mittwollen T.Lehmann F.Rauscher G.Fischer P.Pagani Y.Wang C.Baars A.Vale
During the EU DEMO Pre-Concept Design Phase, the remote maintenance team developed maintenance strategies and systems to meet the evolving plant maintenance requirements. These were constrained by the proposed tokamak architecture and the challenging environments but considered a range of port layouts and handling system designs. The design‑d…
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