Patent ID: 7266421

Claim:
Control system for remote manipulation equipment ( 41 ) fixed on carrying equipment ( 43 ) operating in a confinement containment ( 40 ) and subjected to radioactive radiation comprising: “onboard” control means located inside the containment ( 40 ) designed to control movements of the manipulation and carrying equipment ( 41 , 43 ); and management means ( 42 ) located outside the containment ( 40 ) providing the interface between the operator and the control means, characterized in that: the control means comprise firstly at least one a control box ( 20 ) comprising electronic circuit boards, and secondly a power supply box ( 1 ) comprising at least one energy supply source, a lead base plate ( 31 ) configured to shield the electronic circuit boards of each control box ( 20 ) from radiation, the management means ( 42 ) comprises communication device to transmit orders to/the onboard control means and to receive data about the state of the control means and the state of remote manipulation and carrying equipment ( 41 , 43 ), and wherein the control means is provided with a base ( 19 , 30 ), larger than the power supply box ( 1 ) and the control box ( 20 ), fixed permanently on each equipment to be controlled and each being provided with: means of attachment to a control box ( 20 ) or a power supply box ( 1 ) onto its base, internal connection means to make electrical and/or electronic connections between each box and the base on which the box is fixed, and external connection means for making external electrical and/or electronic connections between the equipment ( 41 , 43 ) to be controlled and the base ( 30 ), and a plurality of supply boxes and a plurality of control boxes wherein the power supply boxes ( 1 ) and the control boxes ( 20 ) are provided with locking means ( 10 , 12 , 21 , 23 ) on their corresponding bases ( 19 , 30 , 44 ), that can be manoeuvred from outside these power supply boxes ( 1 ) and control boxes ( 20 ).