JPH11271496A - Drum filling method for cylindrical body and its device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to maximize the outer diameter of a cylindrical body contained in the diameter of a drum, and loosen the component accuracy of operation for adjusting the axes of the drum and the column body. SOLUTION: The device is constituted of a turn device 2 for containing a cylindrical body, a canister 51 in a drum 10, and a moving/elevating device 3 chucking and carrying the canister 51 to the turning device 2 and to the moving/elevating device 3, a chuck part 31 where the canister 51 is detachable being capable of grasping upright, rotating and inclining is provided. In the turn device 2, whole main body 21 of L-shape is arranged capable of inclining, a drum support 22 is formed at the lower part, and its upper side part, a guide member 24 formed capable of supporting the canister 51 and freely move back and forth is placed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for packing a drum for accommodating a cylindrical article in a drum, and more particularly to a method for storing a canister filled with molten and solidified radioactive waste. The present invention relates to a method for housing in a drum and a device therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to store radioactive waste in a reduced volume,
A method of melting and solidifying is employed. In this method, the radioactive waste is placed in a canister that is a crucible-shaped container,
By heating and melting, the volume is reduced. The obtained solid is sealed in a drum together with the canister, but the total weight is 500 kg or more, and it is said that the containment work in the drum can should be as mechanized as possible because it contains radioactive materials. There was a request.

Conventionally, to accommodate a cylindrical body such as the above-mentioned canister in a drum can, it is secured by a nylon sling or a wire rope and lifted by a chain block or the like, or by a mechanical chuck mechanism which can be moved up and down. Was carried out by manual work of holding and lowering in a drum. In this case, the outer diameter of the cylindrical body must be smaller than the inner diameter of the drum by at least the thickness of the wire rope or the chuck.

[0004] That is, with respect to the standard inner diameter of 567 ± 3 mm of a normal 200-liter drum, a margin of 25 mm or more can be provided on one side only by taking into account the operation error in the thickness of the wire rope or the like for putting the cylindrical body into the drum. Therefore, the outer diameter of the cylindrical body must be suppressed to 517 mm or less, and there is a problem that the storable weight is reduced.

Further, as a method which can solve the above-mentioned problem and is easy to mechanize, the applicant of the present invention has disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 7-482.
No. 02 proposes a new storage method. It is a method in which a drum can is placed on a cylindrical body such as a canister, and then the drum and the cylindrical body are turned 180 degrees. This can sufficiently cope with the above-mentioned problem, but the apparatus itself becomes slightly larger and the cylindrical body and the drum can However, there is a problem that the cost is increased, for example, an operation accuracy for matching the axes of the two is required.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and maximizes the outer diameter of a cylindrical body accommodated with respect to the diameter of a drum. The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for packing a cylindrical body into a drum, which can reduce the accuracy of the operation of aligning the axes of the drum and the cylindrical body to be accommodated.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a method for packing a cylindrical body into a drum according to the present invention is to incline a drum can, and to attach an end of a guide member inclined at the same angle to an entrance portion thereof. After the insertion, the cylindrical body is placed on the guide member, and the cylindrical body is fed into the drum with the guide member, or the cylindrical body is fed into the drum while sliding on the guide member. Then, the drum is packed.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a cylindrical drum packing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with an overturning device for storing a cylindrical body by inclining a drum and a chuck for holding a cylindrical body on a transfer device. A cylindrical drum packing device provided with a moving / elevating device for transporting and placing the cylinder on the tipping device, wherein the moving / elevating device detachably mounts the cylindrical body, and The fall device has a substantially L-shaped main body having a lower side serving as a drum can supporter, and a side part having a lower portion serving as a mounting portion of the columnar body. None, a cylindrical member can be supported, and a guide member configured to be able to move forward and backward is provided, and the entire main body is provided so as to be capable of tilting operation.

[0009]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a drum canning apparatus according to the present invention in which a canister is accommodated.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a view showing the arrangement of each part of a drum can packing device of the present invention. First, a tipping device 2 for tilting a drum 10 and accommodating a canister 51 is shown.
And a transfer device 4 such as a conveyor for carrying in the canister 51, and a moving / elevating device 3 for chucking the canister 51 on the transfer device 4, transporting the canister 51 to the overturning device 2, and placing the same. I have.

The moving / elevating device 3 comprises a moving member 32 for moving the whole device in the horizontal direction and an elevating member 33 which can be moved up and down at a predetermined place. Is provided with a chuck portion 31 which can hold and release the cylindrical body and can be detached, and which can grip and rotate the cylindrical body in an upright state and can perform a tilting operation.

Further, the whole of the substantially L-shaped main body 21 is pivotally supported on the tipping device 2 so as to be capable of tilting.
A drum can support portion 22 for mounting the drum can 10 is formed on a lower side thereof, and a canister 51 conveyed by the moving / elevating device 3 can be supported on an upper side of the drum can support portion 22. In addition, a guide member 24 formed to be able to move forward and backward is provided.

When the guide member 24 is advanced, at least its tip is arranged so as to be inserted along the entrance of the drum 10. Further, a pusher 25 for pushing the canister 51 into the drum 10 is provided behind the guide member 24.

Since the drum packing apparatus of the present invention is configured as described above, the drum packing method of the present invention can be applied. That is, the empty drum 10 is tilted while being placed on the drum support portion 22 of the overturning device 2, and the leading end of the inclined guide member 24 is inserted into the entrance of the drum 10 at the same angle. The canister 51 conveyed by the lifting device 3 is moved to the guide member 2.
4 and the canister 51 is mounted on the guide member 24.
At the same time, it can be sent into the drum 10 and packed in a drum. Alternatively, the canister 51 on the guide member 24 can be fed into the drum 10 while being slid on the guide member 24 and packed in the drum.

As described above, according to the drum packing method and apparatus of the present invention, the guide member 24 carrying the canister 51 is inserted into the inlet of the drum 10 and the drum 1 is inserted.
0, and the guide member 24 guides the feeding operation of the canister 51.
Since the guide member 24 itself can be formed in a thin plate shape, there is another advantage that the outer diameter of the canister accommodated with respect to the diameter of the drum can be substantially set to the maximum value allowed by the operation accuracy. In addition, it is possible to loosen the device accuracy of the operation of aligning the axes of the drum and the canister to be accommodated.

In this case, if a cylindrical support surface such as a canister having an arc-shaped or V-shaped cross section with respect to the direction of the drum can support portion is formed as the guide member, the canister is mounted at the stage where the canister is mounted. Since the axis can be automatically made to coincide with the center, there is an advantage that the device operation of the moving / elevating device for transporting the canister does not need to be set with high accuracy.

Next, an embodiment of the drum packing method of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the operation procedure of the drum packing apparatus shown in FIGS. The method of this embodiment comprises: (1) starting from the state at the beginning of the drum packing, and (2) moving the canister onto the tipping device;
(3) lowering the canister on a tilting device,
(4) The canister is housed in a drum and carried out.
(5) Place empty drums on the overturning device, (6) Move
The steps of returning the chuck portion of the lifting device to the start position. The specific contents are as follows. Note that the numbers in [] representing the individual operations correspond to the circled numbers in each figure.

(1) State at the start of drum packing. (FIG. 1) An empty drum 1 is placed on the drum support 22 of the tipping device 2.
0 is placed, and the moving / elevating / lowering device 3 is in a state at the start of the operation in which the chuck portion 31 is maintained at the vertical position. The canister 51 is moved by the transfer device 4 to the pedestal 4.
1 and is stopped at a position at the time of starting a predetermined operation.

(2) Move the canister onto the tipping device. (FIG. 2) [1] The moving / elevating device 3 is moved directly above the canister 51. [2] Lower the chuck unit 31. [3] The body of the canister 51 is clamped by the chuck unit 31. [4] Raise the canister 51. [5] Rotate the chuck portion 31 (clockwise in FIG. 2)
The canister 51 is tilted. In this case, the inclination angle is adjusted to the tipping device described below. [6] The main body 21 of the overturning device 2 is tilted as a whole with the drum 10 placed thereon. (In FIG. 2, 65 degrees from the vertical, clockwise) [7] The canister 51 is moved to just above the guide member 24 of the tipping device 2.

(3) The canister is lowered on the inclined device. (FIG. 3) [8] The canister 51 is lowered onto the guide member 24 of the tipping device 2. [9] Release the clamp of the chuck section 31. [10] The chuck unit 31 is raised. [11] The moving / elevating device 3 is moved in the direction of the transfer device 4 (to the right).

(4) The canister is housed in a drum and carried out. (FIG. 4) [12] The pusher 25 is advanced, and the canister 51 is slid on the guide member 24 and fed into the drum 10. [13] The falling device 2 is erected. [14] The pusher 25 and the guide member 24 are retracted. [15] Unload the drum 10 filled with the canister 51.

(5) The empty drum can is placed on the overturning device.
(FIG. 4) [16] A new empty drum can 10 is carried in and placed on the drum support portion 22. [17] The guide member 24 is advanced, and the tip is
Insert into 0.

(6) Return the chuck portion of the moving / elevating device to the start position. (FIG. 5) [18] Return the inclined chuck portion 31 to the vertical position. [19] Return the moving / elevating device 3 to the position at the start of the operation. Thereafter, the operation starting from the above is repeated.

[0023]

The method and apparatus for packing a cylindrical body into a drum according to the present invention are constructed as described above, so that the outer diameter of the accommodated cylindrical body and the diameter of the drum can are minimized. In addition to being able to set a margin, the positional deviation of the axis of the accommodated cylindrical body with respect to the drum can is adjustable or automatically absorbed, so that the accuracy of the operation of aligning the axis can be relaxed. This eliminates the need for high-precision equipment, and allows the drum packing device to have a relatively simple structure. Further, there is an effect that the operation itself for packing the drums becomes relatively easy. Therefore, the present invention has a very large industrial value as a method and an apparatus for packing a cylindrical body into a drum which has solved the conventional problems.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic layout view showing an outline of a drum packing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the arrangement of each device for explaining the operation sequence of the drum packing method.

FIG. 3

FIG. 4

FIG. 5

[Explanation of symbols]

10 drum can, 2 overturning device, 21 main body, 22
Drum support portion, 23 side portion, 24 guide member, 25
Pusher, 3 moving / elevating device, 31 chuck section,
32 moving member, 33 elevating member, 34, 4 transfer device, 51 canister.

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] March 24, 1999

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[Correction contents]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a cylindrical drum packing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with an overturning device for storing a cylindrical body by inclining a drum and a chuck for holding a cylindrical body on a transfer device. A cylindrical drum packing device provided with a moving / elevating device for transporting and placing the cylinder on the tipping device, wherein the moving / elevating device detachably mounts the cylindrical body, and The tipping device is provided with a chuck portion capable of gripping and tilting, and the overturning device is configured such that a lower side portion of the substantially L-shaped main body is a drum can support portion, and a side portion is a mounting portion of the columnar body. None, a cylindrical body can be supported on the upper side of the side part, and a guide member configured to be able to move forward and backward with respect to the inlet of the drum can is provided, and the entire main body can be tilted. Characterized by being deployed It is intended.

Claims (3)

[Claims] After the tip of a guide member inclined at the same angle is inserted into the entrance of the drum, the cylindrical body is placed on the guide member, and the cylindrical body is placed on the drum together with the guide member. Or packing the cylindrical body into the drum while sliding the cylindrical body on a guide member, and packing the drum. 2. A tilting device for tilting a drum can to accommodate a cylindrical body, and a moving / elevating device for chucking a cylindrical body on a transfer device and transporting the cylindrical body to the tilting device for mounting. A drum packing device for a cylindrical body, wherein the moving / elevating device is provided with a chuck portion capable of detachably mounting the cylindrical body, and capable of gripping and tilting the cylindrical body. A guide member configured such that the lower side portion of the substantially L-shaped main body is a drum can support portion, the side portion is a mounting portion of the columnar body, the columnar body can be supported, and the columnar member can be moved forward and backward. A drum packing device for a cylindrical body, wherein the main body is provided so as to be capable of tilting operation. 3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the guide member has a cylindrical support surface having an arc-shaped or V-shaped cross section with respect to the drum can support.