Service Manipulator for the TFTR
 | For the servicing of the components inside the vacuum vessels for the fusion experiments TFTR at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, New Jersey, Babcock Noell delivered a manipulator. Babcock Noell was also responsible for obtaining materials, manufacturing and quality assurance of the mechanical building devices and drivers, including electricity supply and vacuum-tight junctions. Customer : Duration of project: 1986 – 1988 |
Technical Data:
| Payload | 5,000 kN |
| Operating temperature | 150°C |
| Travel distance | 5,850 mm |
| Vacuum | 10-8mbar, maintained during operation |
| Special features | Due to the close proximtiy to the reactor, the use of magnetic materials had to be avoided as much as possible. |
| Construction | 1 rigid arm, 6 swiveling arms with a rotation angle of 220° with 2 parallel operating drives in each case |
