Patent ID: 9437334
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G01B,G21C,Y02E,Y10S,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for automatically loading a fuel pellet for manufacturing a nuclear fuel rod, the apparatus comprising: a tray divided into a plurality of barrier ribs and allowing fuel pellets to be arranged in a row on the tray between the barrier ribs, the tray having a fixing plate disposed perpendicularly to the barrier ribs in an end of the tray for supporting the fuel pellets; a tray transfer unit including a fuel pellet alignment unit configured to align the fuel pellets in rows arranged on the tray set in the measuring position, the fuel pellet alignment unit including a measurement unit disposed over the main conveyer line and configured to measure the entire length of the fuel pellets arranged in the row on the tray; a controller configured to store the length of the fuel pellets measured by the measurement unit, configured to compare a measured length that is accumulated with a set length, and configured to control driving of driving elements; a waiting table disposed in a lateral side of the main conveyer line and including redundancy fuel pellets; and a fuel pellet movement unit configured to adjust the entire length of the fuel pellets arranged in the row on the tray and including a tray loading unit configured to stack the tray that has passed through the measurement unit in a ray.