Patents Assigned to Korea Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10008297
    Abstract: A management equipment transfer apparatus which transfers management equipment, which tests and maintains an inside of a nuclear reactor vessel, inside the nuclear reactor vessel while being locked to the management equipment and the nuclear reactor vessel, includes: a cross beam configured to be lengthily disposed inside the nuclear reactor vessel in a transverse direction; a rod configured to be connected to a cross beam lengthily disposed inside the nuclear reactor vessel in a longitudinal direction; a bracket configured to be mounted in the rod to fix the management equipment; an arm configured to extend toward an inner peripheral surface of the nuclear reactor vessel and be connected to the cross beam; and rolling parts configured to be disposed at ends of the arm and the cross beam, contact the inner peripheral surface of the nuclear reactor vessel, and rotatably support the cross beam and the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA PLANT SERVICE & ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Su Park, Dong Il Kim, Bae Jun Kang, Hong Seok Ryu, Jun Hong Kim, Youn Kyu Kim, Won Taik Lim
  • Patent number: 9819842
    Abstract: Provided herein is a remote inspection apparatus for a heating tube of a steam generator, the apparatus including a fixing unit installed in a flange surface of a hand hole of the steam generator in a fixed manner, and having one or more rail guiders for guiding a guide rail into the steam generator; the guide rail configured to be guided by the rail guider to enter between the heating tube and a divider plate inside the steam generator; a rail driving unit fitted at one end of the guide rail and arranged outside the steam generator, and having a bobbin around which a steel belt is wound; and a probe feeding unit configured to receive a driving force from the rail driving unit through the steel belt to be moved along the guide rail, and having a band shaped probe extending in a length direction and an inspection camera fitted at one end of the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA PLANT SERVICE & ENGINEERING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kyung sub Kim, Jang Myong Woo, Sung Ho Park, Hong Seok Ryu
  • Patent number: 9401229
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus for a penetration pipe of a nuclear reactor head comprising: a body; a probe module installed at the body and having a probe which is inserted in the penetration pipe to inspect damage of the penetration pipe; a fixing module installed along a longitudinal direction of the body and having an expanding cylinder which is inserted in the penetration pipe to support an inner diameter of the penetration pipe; and a rotating module installed in the longitudinal direction of the body and having an expanding cylinder which is inserted in the penetration pipe to support the inner diameter of the penetration pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA PLANT SERVICE & ENGINEERING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Min Su Park, Hong Seok Ryu, Youn Kyu Kim, Dong il Kim, Bae Jun Kang, Joon Hong Kim, Won Taik Lim, Sak Lee
  • Publication number: 20150271366
    Abstract: Provided herein is a remote inspection apparatus for a heating tube of a steam generator, the apparatus including a fixing unit installed in a flange surface of a hand hole of the steam generator in a fixed manner, and having one or more rail guiders for guiding a guide rail into the steam generator; the guide rail configured to be guided by the rail guider to enter between the heating tube and a divider plate inside the steam generator; a rail driving unit fitted at one end of the guide rail and arranged outside the steam generator, and having a bobbin around which a steel belt is wound; and a probe feeding unit configured to receive a driving force from the rail driving unit through the steel belt to be moved along the guide rail, and having a band shaped probe extending in a length direction and an inspection camera fitted at one end of the probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA PLANT SERVICE & ENGINEERING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kyung sub KIM, Jang Myong WOO, Sung Ho PARK, Hong Seok RYU
  • Publication number: 20140211902
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus for a penetration pipe of a nuclear reactor head comprising: a body; a probe module installed at the body and having a probe which is inserted in the penetration pipe to inspect damage of the penetration pipe; a fixing module installed along a longitudinal direction of the body and having an expanding cylinder which is inserted in the penetration pipe to support an inner diameter of the penetration pipe; and a rotating module installed in the longitudinal direction of the body and having an expanding cylinder which is inserted in the penetration pipe to support the inner diameter of the penetration pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Korea Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Korea Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20140150228
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a machining, examination, and welding integral device for a nozzle, and more particularly, to a machining, examination, and welding integral device for a nozzle in which machining, examination, and welding can be made in the nozzle by one device. To this end, there is provided a machining, examination, and welding integral device for a nozzle including: a pair of caps provided to be separated from each other; a welding unit provided between the pair of caps to weld a junction part of the nozzle and a pipe; a examination unit coupled to one side of the welding unit to check whether the junction part is defective; and a machining unit coupled to the top of the welding unit to remove the surface of a welded portion of the junction part and/or process the welded portion of the junction part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Korea Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Korea Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8485139
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for inspecting a structure including a heating tube, a tube sheet supporting the heating tube, and a flow distribution baffle, which are installed in a steam generator of a nuclear power plant, and more particularly, an apparatus for visually inspecting and removing a foreign object in gaps of a bundle of heating tubes of an upper portion of a tube sheet of a secondary side of a steam generator, in which a detector is inserted into gaps of a bundle of heating tubes of an upper portion of a secondary side of a steam generator so as to inspect sludge or foreign objects, and a foreign object remover removes foreign objects when foreign objects are discovered in the gaps of the heating tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyungsub Kim, Jangmyong Woo, Sanghoon Choi, Nakjeom Kim, Minsu Park, Dongil Kim
  • Patent number: 8424385
    Abstract: An inspecting device including a detachable probe has a link structure, and thus a subject having various diameters is tested. In addition, since various probes are changeably used in a scanner housing, ultrasonic wave testing and eddy current testing are simultaneously performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Minsu Park, Jangmyong Woo, Gyungsub Kim, Sanghoon Choi
  • Patent number: 8419615
    Abstract: An arc-shaped flexible printed circuit film-type endoscope using an imaging device with driving holes. The endoscope has an image photographing device and an object insertion device and further includes a plurality of driving holes which are formed at regular intervals in a longitudinal direction of the object insertion device, and a driving device which rotates while being sequentially inserted into the driving holes, thus moving the object insertion device. The endoscope controls movement into a small space, makes it easy to inspect a narrow heat transfer tube or gaps formed between heat transfer tubes, achieves high economic efficiency, increases the reliability of endoscopy, and increases life-span.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyung-Sub Kim, Jang-Myong Woo, Sang-Hoon Choi
  • Patent number: 8418662
    Abstract: An apparatus that visually inspects a state of sludge and foreign substances found between steam generator bundles positioned at an upper portion of a tube sheet of a steam generator of a nuclear power plant using a visual inspector mounted in a robot moving on an inner wall surface of the steam generator for removing the foreign substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyung-Sub Kim, Sang-Hoon Choi, Dong-Il Kim
  • Patent number: 8091440
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-destructive test apparatus which can be applied not only to a structure in dry conditions but also to a structure constructed under water or in a location to which it is difficult for a worker to gain access. The non-destructive test apparatus includes a support frame which is disposed adjacent to the target structure and has a vertical guide rail, and a vacuum box which moves upwards or downwards along the guide rail of the support frame. The vacuum box is attached to the target structure and creates a vacuum therein. The non-destructive test apparatus further includes a hoist which is provided on the upper end of the support frame to move the vacuum box upwards or downwards, a fastening unit which fastens the support frame and the vacuum box to the target structure, and a vacuum pump which creates a vacuum in the vacuum box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-Kuk Kim
  • Patent number: 8052596
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an arc-shaped flexible printed circuit film type endoscope using an imaging device. The endoscope includes an image photographing means and an object insertion means. The image photographing means includes a head housing to which an imaging device and an illumination means are mounted, and functions to photograph an image. The object insertion means includes an arc-shaped flexible thin foil, an insulating adhesive film, a circuit film and an insulating protective film which are layered and inserted into an interior of an object to be inspected. The object insertion means is connected at one end thereof to the image photographing means and connected at the other end to a transmission cable via a connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Korea Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gyung-Sub Kim
  • Patent number: 7946181
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for measuring the deflection of a rotating shaft in a wireless manner. The system includes a non-contact-type angle division device, a plurality of wireless contact-type displacement sensors, a plurality of wireless transmitters, a relay, and a data reader. The non-contact-type angle division device is placed on a vertical rotating shaft and measures and transmits the angle of rotation of the rotating shaft. The wireless contact-type displacement sensors are installed on the outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft, and measure the strain of the rotating shaft. The wireless transmitters transmit data about the displacement of the rotating shaft measured by the wireless contact-type displacement sensor. The relay receives and relays transmission signals from the non-contact-type angle division device and the wireless transmitters. The data reader receives the transmission signals from the relay, and performs simulation reading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Korea Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nag-Jeam Kim, Sang-Hoon Choi, Seong-Bong Kim, Gyoo-Sup Park
  • Publication number: 20100095748
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-destructive test apparatus which can be applied not only to a structure in dry conditions but also to a structure constructed under water or in a location to which it is difficult for a worker to gain access. The non-destructive test apparatus includes a support frame which is disposed adjacent to the target structure and has a vertical guide rail, and a vacuum box which moves upwards or downwards along the guide rail of the support frame. The vacuum box is attached to the target structure and creates a vacuum therein. The non-destructive test apparatus further includes a hoist which is provided on the upper end of the support frame to move the vacuum box upwards or downwards, a fastening unit which fastens the support frame and the vacuum box to the target structure, and a vacuum pump which creates a vacuum in the vacuum box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: KOREA PLANT SERVICE & ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young-Kuk KIM
  • Patent number: 7574770
    Abstract: A system for cleaning and inspecting stud bolt holes, and managing damage histories of the stud bolt holes is disclosed. The system allows an operator to clean stud bolt holes to inspect the stud bolt holes with the naked eye, and manage damage histories of the stud bolt holes. The stud bolt holes fix a nuclear reactor, a nuclear reactor coolant pump head and a pressure vessel main body thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Korea Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Hoon Choi, Min-Su Park
  • Publication number: 20090154635
    Abstract: A drainage apparatus and a drainage method for a reactor coolant system are disclosed. According to the drainage apparatus and the drainage method, the gravity drainage procedure for performing the decomposition maintenance of a main valve forming the pressure boundary part between the RCS and the safety injection system is improved by a forced drainage procedure using a drainage pump, and there are the effects that working period for a planned preventive maintenance is shortened, liquid waste of a coolant of the reactor is not generated, reprocessing costs are decreased, and the economical efficiency and the safety of the nuclear power plant are improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: KOREA PLANT SERVICE & ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Hyung KIM, Won-Jeong BAEK
  • Publication number: 20080053382
    Abstract: An upper bundle cleaning system of steam generator is disclosed which can clean heat transfer tubes and a plurality of tube support plates that support the heat transfer tubes and have slots, using a cleaning device transferred along a guide rail installed to an upper hand hole of the steam generator. The cleaning device is installed to an ascending/descending means which is vertically transferable. The cleaning device includes a frame, at least one or more guide means, a spray means, and a hinge unit, such that the cleaning device is ascended and descended by the ascending/descending means to clean the heat transfer tubes and the tube support plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: KOREA PLANT SERVICE & ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyung-sub KIM
  • Publication number: 20070251045
    Abstract: A system for cleaning and inspecting stud bolt holes, and managing damage histories of the stud bolt holes is disclosed. The system allows an operator to clean stud bolt holes to inspect the stud bolt holes with the naked eye, and manage damage histories of the stud bolt holes. The stud bolt holes fix a nuclear reactor, a nuclear reactor coolant pump head and a pressure vessel main body thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: KOREA PLANT SERVICE & ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hoon CHOI, Min Su PARK