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The Design of Pipe Cutting Tools for Remote Handling in Maintenance Manipulator for Tokamak

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Intelligent Autonomous Systems 14 (IAS 2016)

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The article describes the remote cutting tools designed for pipe cutting at Tokamak. Because of the special working environment, there are some design requirements for the cutting tools: the cutting swarf should be removed effectively, the quality of cut necessary for re-welding, and the cutting tools should be compact to fit into the maintenance manipulator for remote handling. The cutting tool consists of two parts: the cutting part and the sealing part. The two parts of cutting tool are designed to cut pipes and retain all cutting debris, respectively. A remote computer is used to input the commands and display data. During the cutting operation, the programmable controller has been used for controlling the cutting tool. The commands through the controller to motor drivers, implement the desired action.

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This work was supported by National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Science Program “Multi-purpose Remote Handling System with Large-scale Heavy Load Arm” (2012GB102004).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, Heilongjiang Province, China

    Xizhe Zang, Zhenkun Lin, Yixiang Liu, Yanhe Zhu & Jie Zhao

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  1. Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai, China

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  2. Osaka University , Osaka, Japan

    Koh Hosoda

  3. University of Padua , Padua, Italy

    Emanuele Menegatti

  4. Osaka University , Osaka, Japan

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  5. Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai, China

    Hesheng Wang

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Zang, X., Lin, Z., Liu, Y., Zhu, Y., Zhao, J. (2017). The Design of Pipe Cutting Tools for Remote Handling in Maintenance Manipulator for Tokamak. In: Chen, W., Hosoda, K., Menegatti, E., Shimizu, M., Wang, H. (eds) Intelligent Autonomous Systems 14. IAS 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 531. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48036-7_73

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