System for cleaning, inspection and tooling delivery in the secondary side of a steam generator

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7464670
APP PUB NO 20080022948A1
SERIAL NO

11493265

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A system for delivering tooling around the annulus of a steam generator without damaging any part of the steam generator is provided where the tooling delivery device travels between the tube bundle and the vessel shell and delivers tooling for cleaning, inspection, retrieval and repair. The device has various types of locomotion system including treads, rollers, magnets and vacuum. The cleaning device has multiple high pressure nozzles that rotate 180 degrees about a horizontal axis and 360 degrees about a vertical axis enabling the device to sweep multiple lanes of tubes simultaneously and also clean the front and back of the annulus floor and tube sheet.

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AREVA NP INC3315 OLD FOREST ROAD LYNCHBURG VA 24501

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hermamdez, Eric Leon Lynchburg, VA 1 7
Klahn, Kert David Forest, VA 1 7
Owen, George Vick Forest, VA 3 77

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