Conceptual design of a conveyor system for the Philippine multipurpose cobalt-60 gamma irradiation facility
Creators
- 1. Licensing Review and Evaluation Section, Nuclear Regulations, Licensing and Safeguards Division, Philippine Nuclear Research Insitute, Quezon City (Philippines)
Description
The Multipurpose Cobalt-60 Gamma Irradiation Facility at the PNRI presently utilizes the batch irradiation method using turntables to rotate the product boxes. The target materials or products are being carried manually or with the use of pushcart through the personnel maze. This paper presents a conceptual design for the best suitable product-handling or conveyor system for the Philippine Multipurpose Cobalt-60 Gamma Irradiation Facility. The main irradiation conveyor line shall be a 55 cm x 200 cm slat-type conveyor made of SUS 304 material that could be operated in a semi-batch continuous flow and/or shuffle-dwell method with a tact-time range of 10 min to 7 h. The products can be irradiated in a single direction, two-pass, two-sided method. (auth.). 11 refs.; 4 figs.; 2 tabs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Philippines Nuclear Journal
- Journal Volume
- 9
- Journal Page Range
- p. 63-74.
- ISSN
- 0079-1490
- CODEN
- PNUJAB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Philippines
- Country of Input or Organization
- Philippines
- INIS RN
- 25025591
- Subject category
- S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- COBALT 60; CONVEYORS; DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GAMMA SOURCES; IRRADIATION PLANTS; PHILIPPINES
- Descriptors DEC
- ASIA; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISLANDS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES