27 January 2023
Nuclear industry and Big Science
27 January 2023
Nuclear industry and Big Science
The purpose of the Mechanical Handling Equipment for In-Vessel Assembly (MHE) contract — triggered in January 2016 — was to study, produce and qualify the resources to be used during work on the ITER job site for the assembly of the internal components in the vacuum chamber.
Within the « Mechanical Handling Equipment for In-Vessel Assembly (MHE) » contract signed in 2018, CNIM Systèmes Industriels has been entrusted with the production of precision handling systems such as:
The MHE contract includes for 3 work packages, for which the manufacturing of component models and the validation of the installation sequences within the tokamak must be validated.
It's done!
Our teams carried out the tests relating to the installation of the 3 kinds of components to be installed within the vacuum chamber:
The tests were successful. The different sequences tested all respected the installation and un-installation times expected by ITER.
These tests allowed us to appreciate the great ease of use of the tools designed and manufactured by CNIM Systèmes Industriels.
We would like to thank the teams who have been working on this project for months and the customer for his trust.