Patent ID: 11933556
Assignee: USA DEBUSK LLC
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 38:
39. The medium of claim 29, wherein the nozzle holder comprises:
a nozzle holder base configured to couple to a shuttle of the nozzle positioning system; and
a nozzle holder cradle comprising nozzle retainers configured to engage an exterior of the of nozzles to secure the nozzles in the nozzle arrangement,
wherein the nozzle cradle is configured to translate relative to the nozzle holder base to provide for movement of the nozzle holder cradle, the nozzle retainers and the nozzles secured in the nozzle holder cradle in the third dimension relative to the shuttle of the nozzle positioning system to position the outlets of the nozzles into engagement with the inlets of the tubes of the tube bundle,
the tube engage operation comprising controlling the nozzle holder positioning system to translate the nozzle cradle forward in the third dimension relative to the nozzle holder base to advance the outlets of the nozzles into engagement with the inlets of the set of tubes of the tube bundle, and
the tube disengage operation comprising controlling the nozzle holder positioning system to translate the nozzle cradle backwards in the third dimension relative to the nozzle holder base to retract the outlets of the nozzles to disengage engage the inlets of the set of tubes of the tube bundle.