Search Results - "Loving, Antony"

DEMO hot cell and ex-vessel remote handling by Thomas, Justin, Loving, Antony, Bachmann, Christian, Harman, Jon

“…► Overview of current DEMO maintenance concepts. ► Comparison of current dextrous remote handling technologies and their rebalance to DEMO. ► Presentation of…”
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Remote-handling challenges in fusion research and beyond by Buckingham, Rob, Loving, Antony

“…Energy-producing nuclear fusion reactions taking place in tokamaks cause radiation damage and radioactivity. Remote-handling technology for repairing and…”
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Analysis of Existing and Proposed Maintenance Deployment Systems Toward DEMO MPD Development by McGarrigle, Dean, Flynn, Ethan, Kennedy, Cameron, Loving, Antony, Budden, Stuart

“…This article reports on a study of previously existing or proposed maintenance deployment systems with similar functions and structure to that of the proposed…”
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Remote handling of DEMO breeder blanket segments: Blanket transporter conceptual studies by Keep, Jonathan, Wood, Steve, Gupta, Neelam, Coleman, Matti, Loving, Antony

“…•EU-DEMO requires mechanism to manoeuvre breeder blankets out of the vacuum vessel.•A concept design has been developed for a blanket transporter.•Initial…”
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A digital twin concept for the development of a DEMO maintenance logistics modelling tool by Rauscher, Felix, Fischer, Georg, Lehmann, Timo, Zapata, Juan José, Pagani, Paolo, Loving, Antony

“…•Application of a digital twin concept on DEMO.•Roadmap for the further development of a DEMO maintenance logistics modelling tool to support the maintenance…”
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Design and analysis of robot for the maintenance of divertor in DEMO fusion reactor by Li, Changyang, Wu, Huapeng, Eskelinen, Harri, Siuko, Mikko, Loving, Antony

“…•We discussed the concept design of the robot for the maintenance of divertor in DEMO fusion reactor.•The kinematics model of the robot was carried out in this…”
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EU DEMO Remote Maintenance System development during the Pre-Concept Design Phase by Crofts, Oliver, Loving, Antony, Torrance, Marc, Budden, Stuart, Drumm, Ben, Tremethick, Tristan, Chauvin, Didier, Siuko, Mikko, Brace, William, Milushev, Viktor, Mittwollen, Martin, Lehmann, Timo, Rauscher, Felix, Fischer, Georg, Pagani, Paolo, Wang, Yan, Baars, Carsten, Vale, Alberto

“…During the EU DEMO Pre-Concept Design Phase, the remote maintenance team developed maintenance strategies and systems to meet the evolving plant maintenance…”
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Overview of progress on the European DEMO remote maintenance strategy by Crofts, Oliver, Loving, Antony, Iglesias, Daniel, Coleman, Matti, Siuko, Mikko, Mittwollen, Martin, Queral, Vicente, Vale, Alberto, Villedieu, Eric

“…•The remote maintenance strategy is applicable to the range of tokamak and component options currently under consideration in Europe•The remote maintenance…”
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Rescue and recovery studies for the DEMO blanket transporter by Budden, Stuart, Agudo, Victor, Barturen, Ane, Hannoun, Luis, Keep, Jonathan, Loving, Antony, Shaughnessy, Paul, Keech, Gregory

“…RACE has been developing a Blanket Transporter concept for the replacement of tritium breeding blankets within the EUROfusion DEMO tokamak. This operation will…”
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Comparison of Deformation Models of Flexible Manipulator Joints for Use in DEMO by Li, Ming, Wu, Huapeng, Handroos, Heikki, Skilton, Robert, Keep, Jonathan, Loving, Antony

“…The joint deformation contributes significantly to final end-effector displacement of a manipulator, especially when the manipulator is in the form a serial…”
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Deformation modeling of manipulators for DEMO using artificial neural networks by Li, Ming, Wu, Huapeng, Handroos, Heikki, Skilton, Robert, Hekmatmanesh, Amin, Loving, Antony

“…A hybrid deformation modeling method is proposed to model deformation physics of manipulators used in DEMO. The deformation of joints is modeled by neural…”
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The impact on remote maintenance of varying the aspect ratio and number of TF coils for DEMO by Wolff, Dan, Coleman, Matti, Cooper, David, Crofts, Oliver, Horne, Jonathan, Keep, Jonathan, Loving, Antony

“…•EU DEMO geometries with a higher aspect ratio are faster to remotely maintain.•RM of EU DEMO geometries with a higher aspect ratio is more technically…”
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DEMO Active Maintenance Facility concept progress 2012 by Thomas, Justin, Loving, Antony, Crofts, Oliver, Morgan, Robert, Harman, Jon

“…The DEMO Active Maintenance Facility (AMF) would be used for the storage, handling and processing of In-Vessel Components (IVC) throughout their time on site,…”
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Dynamic model identification method of manipulators for inside DEMO engineering by Li, Ming, Wu, Huapeng, Handroos, Heikki, Wang, Yongbo, Loving, Antony, Crofts, Oliver, Coleman, Matti, Skilton, Robert, Burroughes, Guy, Keep, Jonathan

“…•A method to construct the dynamics model of manipulators with unknown parts is proposed.•The BP neural network is used to identify and substitute the unknowns…”
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Accuracy improvement studies for remote maintenance manipulators by Wang, Yongbo, Wu, Huapeng, Handroos, Heikki, Li, Ming, Mao, Bingyan, Wu, Jing, Loving, Antony, Coleman, Matti, Crofts, Oliver, Keep, Jonathan

“…•A plane constraint method was proposed for robot static calibration by minimizing the volume of a tetrahedron.•Differential Evolution algorithm has been used…”
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Remote handling assessment of attachment concepts for DEMO blanket segments by Iglesias, Daniel, Bastow, Roger, Cooper, Dave, Crowe, Robert, Middleton-Gear, Dave, Sibois, Romain, Carloni, Dario, Vizvary, Zsolt, Crofts, Oliver, Harman, Jon, Loving, Antony

“…•Challenges are identified for the remote handling of blanket segments’ attachments.•Two attachment design approaches are assessed for remote handling (RH)…”
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DEMO Hot Cell and Ex-Vessel Remote Handling by Thomas, Justin, Loving, Antony, Bachmann, Christian, Harman, Jon

“…Fusion Engineering & Design, Vol.88, p.2123, October 2013 In Europe the work on the specification and design of a Demonstration Power Plant (DEMO) is being…”
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