Drilling worktable for manufacturing tube support plates and method of manufacturing tube support plates using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9751132-B2
Application number	US-201514596395-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 14, 2015
Priority date	Jan 16, 2014
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a drilling worktable for manufacturing tube support plates of a steam generator constituting a primary system of a nuclear power plant. The drilling worktable includes a plate having a drill insertion groove formed to face a position at which a heat transfer tube insertion hole is drilled in a member to be processed. In addition, the present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing tube support plates using the drilling worktable for manufacturing tube support plates. The method includes fixing the member to be processed after locating the member to be processed on the upper surface of the seating section, and drilling the heat transfer tube insertion hole in the member to be processed using a drill unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drilling worktable for manufacturing tube support plates of a steam generator constituting a primary system of a nuclear power plant, the drilling worktable comprising:
a plate that supports a member to be processed, wherein the plate comprises:
protruding seating sections formed on an upper surface of the plate so as to protrude upward and directly support the member to be processed; and
a drill insertion groove formed as a recess into the upper surface of at least one of the protruding seating sections so as to face a position at which a heat transfer tube insertion hole is to be drilled in the member,
groove sections disposed on an upper surface of the plate and between the protruding seating sections that are adjacent to each other, a lower surface of the groove section defined by the upper surface of the plate, wherein the groove sections are configured to allow coolant to flow through the groove sections when a drill unit drills the heat transfer tube insertion hole facing the at least one of the protruding seating sections while the coolant is discharged.

2. The drilling worktable according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding seating sections have a flat upper surface.

3. The drilling worktable according to claim 1 , wherein the plate further comprises an edge section formed at a position spaced from the member to be processed in a circumferential and outward direction.

4. A drilling worktable for manufacturing tube support plates of a steam generator constituting a primary system of a nuclear power plant, the drilling worktable comprising:
a plate having a drill insertion groove formed to face a position at which a heat transfer tube insertion hole is to be drilled in a member to be processed;
the plate further comprising:
a seating section formed on an upper surface of the plate so as to protrude upward; and
a groove section through which the coolant, supplied when a drill unit drills downward of the seating section, is discharged,
wherein the drill insertion groove comprises an opening portion opened at one side of an upper surface of the drill insertion groove for discharge of the coolant.

5. The drilling worktable according to claim 1 , wherein the plate further comprises at least one coolant discharge hole disposed under at least one of the groove sections and configured to guide drainage of the coolant from the at least one of the groove sections.

6. A drilling worktable for manufacturing tube support plates of a steam generator constituting a primary system of a nuclear power plant, the drilling worktable comprising:
a plate having a drill insertion groove formed to face a position at which a heat transfer tube insertion hole is to be drilled in a member to be processed, wherein the plate further comprises:
a seating section formed on an upper surface of the plate so as to protrude upward,
a groove section through which coolant, supplied when a drill unit drills downward of the seating section, is discharged,
at least one coolant discharge hole configured to guide drainage of the coolant introduced into the groove section, and
a coolant merging hole communicating with a lower end of the coolant discharge hole, so that the coolant is merged from the coolant discharge hole into the coolant merging hole to be discharged out of the plate.

7. The drilling worktable according to claim 6 , wherein the coolant discharge hole is tapered inward such that an inlet portion opened at an upper end of the coolant discharge hole guides the drilling coolant to the inside of the plate.

8. The drilling worktable according to claim 1 , wherein the plate further comprises at least one stay rod hole formed at at least one of the groove sections and configured to allow a stay rod, connected from the member to be processed for improving of flatness thereof, to pass through the stay rod hole.

9. The drilling worktable according to claim 8 , wherein the stay rod hole has a thread formed on an inside surface thereof configured to couple a clamping device to the stay rod hole.

10. The drilling worktable according to claim 1 , wherein the plate includes a gauge installation groove for installing a dial gauge in a circumferential direction of the seating section.

11. The drilling worktable according to claim 10 , wherein the gauge installation groove is a plurality of gauge installation grooves radially formed in the plate.

12. A method of manufacturing tube support plates of a steam generator constituting a primary system of a nuclear power plant using a drilling worktable for manufacturing tube support plates, wherein the drilling worktable includes a plate that supports a member to be processed, wherein the plate comprises:
protruding seating sections formed on an upper surface of the plate so as to protrude upward and directly support the member to be processed; and
a drill insertion groove formed as a recess into the upper surface of at least one of the protruding seating sections so as to face a position at which a heat transfer tube insertion hole is to be drilled in the member,
groove sections disposed on an upper surface of the plate and between the protruding seating sections that are adjacent to each other, a lower surface of the groove section defined by the upper surface of the plate, the method comprising:
fixing the member to be processed on an upper surface of the protruding seating sections of the plate;
drilling the heat transfer tube insertion hole in the member to be processed using the drill unit, wherein the heat transfer tube insertion hole faces the drill insertion groove that is recessed into the upper surface of the protruding seating section; and
supplying coolant during drilling, so that the coolant flows from the drill insertion groove into the groove sections.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the plate has at least one stay rod hole formed at at least one of the groove sections, wherein, in the fixing the member to be processed, the member to be processed is fixed in such a manner that a stay rod connected from the member to be processed passes through the stay rod hole.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the plate has at least one stay rod hole formed at at least one of the groove sections, wherein, in the fixing the member to be processed, the member to be processed is fixed by coupling a clamping device to a thread formed in the stay rod hole.

15. The method according to claim 12 , wherein, in the drilling the heat transfer tube insertion hole, a center of the drill insertion groove coincides with a center of rotation of a drill bit of a drill unit.

Assignees

• Doosan Heavy Ind & Construction Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Kwang Won

Classifications

• B23B41/10 Primary

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• Y10T408/561

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• B23B2215/00

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• Y10T408/03

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• B23B41/00

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