Design and Fabrication of Remote Welding Equipment in a Hot-Cell

Table 2

Results of a performance test for a remote welding equipment.

Main parts	Subassembly parts	Performance tests
		Access ability	Master-slave; manipulation	Replacement of; sub-parts	Repeatability; (technical lessons*)
(1) Head part	1-1 main electrode unit	O	O	O	O
	1-2 branch electrode unit	O	O	O	O
	1-3 X-Y stage unit	△	△	△	△
	1-4 servo-motors	△	△	△	△
	1-5 ball screw unit	△	△	△	△
	1-6 diaphragm cylinder	△	△	△	△
	1-7 end-plate magazine box	△	△	△	△
(2) Rotation part	2-1 bundle rotary unit	O	O	O	O
	2-2 bundle transfer unit (I)	O	O	O	O
(3) Elements assembly part	3-1 fuel elements assembler	O	O	O	O
	3-2 bundle transfer unit (II)	O	O	O	O

∗This is to be required in order to acquire its reliability and stability of remote welding equipment.
O: (Good), △: (Medium), ×: (Bad).