Laser welding and ablation cutting process for hydraulic connections by remote handling in the ITER diagnostic port plug |
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Authors: | S Pak Y Kim KD Lee HG Lee |
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Affiliation: | a National Fusion Research Institute, 52 Eoeun-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea b Institute for Advanced Engineering, 633-2, Goan-ri, Baegam-myeon, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea |
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Abstract: | To assess hydraulic connections between subcomponents of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) diagnostic port plug, we investigated the laser welding and ablation cutting process, which can be applied to remote handling maintenance. In this study, laser ablation cutting, which vaporizes a small amount of solid material directly into gas by focusing a laser beam of high-density energy, is adopted in order to overcome the limitation of the normal laser cutting technology that the head should be placed as close to the work piece as possible to blow out melt metal at a distance. Complete cutting of a work piece is obtained by repetitive multi-passes of the laser beam. The welding and cutting process were tested on the sample work pieces and finally on a prototype of a hydraulic connection module for remote handling. The results showed that this process can be a promising candidate for hydraulic connections by remote handling. Furthermore the design of the hydraulic connection module has been updated to resolve some technical difficulties that were found during the test. |
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Keywords: | ITER Hydraulic connection Remote handling Laser ablation cutting |
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