The development of locking and unlocking system of in-vessel components such as a blanket module is one of the key issues for the tokamak fusion reactor. The cotter (wedge) mechanism driven by hydraulic pressure is a promising one as the locking and unlocking system in the fusion reactor environment. The idea using the deformation of a thin and flat seamless tube (metallic balloon) has been proposed and we have successfully manufactured the metallic balloon of Titanium alloy by SPF (Super-Plastic Forming). In this paper, we describe the fablicating procedure of the metallic balloon, results of their performance tests and the applicability of the metallic balloon for cotter driving.
Following results are obtained:
1. We have demonstrated that “Superplastic Forming” by Titanium alloy could be applied to this metallic balloon fablication.
2. We have established the design optimization method based on the stress analysis with large deformation such as the metallic balloon.
3. Two kinds of metallic balloon mock-ups were successfully manuf actrued by SPF; the one is 450mm
1×40mm
h×120mm
W×0.5mm
t and the other is 1000mm
1×-40mm
h×160mm
W×0.5mm
t.
4. By internal pressure tests, it was found that the metallic balloon mockups have enough deformation (about 30mm) within elastic range.
5. As the stroke of the metallic balloon is 20mm, the driving force of 160mm wide mock-up was about 100kN with 1.7MPa of internal pressure.
These results of performance tests indicate the feasibility of metallic balloon as the cotter driving mechanism.
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