EP0102905B1 - Method and apparatus for the helical bending of the tubes of a tube coiling of a steam generator - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for the helical bending of the tubes of a tube coiling of a steam generator Download PDF

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EP0102905B1
EP0102905B1 EP19830401744 EP83401744A EP0102905B1 EP 0102905 B1 EP0102905 B1 EP 0102905B1 EP 19830401744 EP19830401744 EP 19830401744 EP 83401744 A EP83401744 A EP 83401744A EP 0102905 B1 EP0102905 B1 EP 0102905B1
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  • the present invention relates to a method for making the serpentines of the tubes constituting the tube bundle of a steam generator, in particular of a “sodium-water” type steam generator used in a fast neutron nuclear power plant.
  • the invention also relates to the device making it possible to achieve this serpentine according to the method.
  • Certain steam generators comprise a tube bundle composed of a plurality of tubes wound helically around a cylindrical hub, these tubes thus constituting around the hub several concentric layers regularly spaced apart.
  • a tube bundle there are also provided between each layer of tubes, support pieces intended to keep all of the tubes regularly spaced.
  • Patent FR-A-2,009,311 discloses a method of manufacturing bundles of tubes wound in a serpentine which consists in attaching the end of one or more straight tubes in the vicinity of one end of a cylindrical hub, then to rotate this hub so as to wind helically around this hub the tube or tubes.
  • Such a serpentine system has the drawback of very strongly tensile stressing the point of attachment of the end of the tube to the hub, when the winding operation begins, and therefore there is a certain risk of deterioration of the end of the tube, at its connection to the hub.
  • the invention therefore aims to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks, in order to allow the construction, under good conditions, of a steam generator of the "sodium-water" type generally used in a fast neutron nuclear power plant.
  • the present invention relates more precisely to a method of serpentinizing the tubes constituting the tube bundle of a steam generator, the tubes having to be wound helically around a cylindrical hub, in several successive concentric layers regularly spaced, method in which the end of the tubes on the cylindrical hub or on a part linked to said cylindrical hub, and the tube or tubes are wound on the hub by relative displacement between the rotating hub and the tube support.
  • this method consists beforehand in constituting a plurality of straight tubes, and in bending one of the end parts of each tube in a helical shape identical to that of the winding of the tube around the hub, the radius of curvature of the bending thus obtained corresponding substantially to the radius of winding of the tube, then to fix the end of this seen of these bent tubes (s) on the hub and to animate this hub with a simultaneous movement of rotation and of longitudinal translation in order to wind the tube (s) in a spiral around the hub, during this winding operation, the straight part of the tube (s) being guided, in the vicinity of the hub, using guide elements mounted fixed, and finally bending on the hub the other end part of the tube or tubes which have just been wound simultaneously, in order to complete the winding.
  • the invention also relates to the device making it possible to implement the serpentine method which is the subject of the invention.
  • This device essentially consists of a machine comprising a guide for the tubes to be rolled up and a frame provided with rollers rolling on rectilinear rails, a driving pinion engaged on a rectilinear rack parallel to the rails, a driving spindle coupled to cylindrical hub of the steam generator, and of a transmission establishing a constant relationship between the rotation of the spindle and that of the drive pinion, in order to obtain the simultaneous movement, of constant ratio, of rotation of the hub and of translation of the assembly of the machine supporting the hub.
  • the object of the invention is to produce the helical tube bundle of a high power steam generator.
  • the first operation consists in producing a large number of straight tubes 1 of great length. This length of the tubes can be, for example, of the order of 100 meters.
  • These tubes 1 are generally produced from several sections of tubes connected end to end by welds 2, 3. Once these tubes have been produced and stored, one of these tubes is seized and a bending operation is carried out on one of its ends so that the curvature thus obtained has a radius equal to the radius of winding of the tube on a hub. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, this tube is thus bent on the cylindrical hub 4 of the steam generator, mounted on a machine 5.
  • the end 6 of the tube is attached to the hub 4, near one of the ends of the hub, and there is, on the rectilinear part of the tube, in the vicinity of the machine 5, a guide 7 mounted fixed relative to the ground 8.
  • a guide 7 mounted fixed relative to the ground 8.
  • FIGS. 7 to 9 there will be described a device making it possible to serpentine the tubes constituting the tubular bundle of steam generator according to the method which has been described previously.
  • This device essentially consists of a machine 11 which comprises a frame 12 provided with rollers 13 rolling on rails 14 rectilinear and parallel, a driving pinion 15 engaged on a rack 16 rectilinear parallel to the rails, a rotating spindle 17 driving coupled to cylindrical hub 4 of the steam generator, and support rollers 18 disposed at the two ends of the cylindrical hub 4, allowing the hub 4 to rotate about its axis 9 arranged parallel to the rails.
  • the machine also comprises a transmission establishing a constant relationship between the rotation of the spindle 17 and that of the drive pinion 15, in order to obtain the movement simultaneous constant ratio between the rotational movement of the hub 4 and the translational movement of the entire machine 11 supporting the hub 4, the transmission ratio being determined as a function of the angle of inclination of the helical winding tubes around the hub.
  • the machine may further include a secondary frame 19 which can move longitudinally relative to the frame 12 of the machine while being guided using slides 20, this frame 19 being intended to support a part 21 constituting a guide for the tubes. to roll up.
  • a secondary frame 19 which can move longitudinally relative to the frame 12 of the machine while being guided using slides 20, this frame 19 being intended to support a part 21 constituting a guide for the tubes. to roll up.
  • the machine 11 operates in the following manner: after bending the end part of the tubes, hook their end 6 on the hub 4, then start the machine which rotates the hub 4 while moving longitudinally, which causes the helical winding of the tubes around the hub 4.
  • the rotation of the motor pinion 15 is stopped, in order to stop the longitudinal movement of the machine 11, the guide 21 so as to bring it into contact with the unrolled end of the tubes, then the hub 4 is continued to rotate by longitudinally moving the frame 19 supporting the guide 21 relative to the frame 12 of the machine. In this way, the helical winding of the tubes can be carried out as close as possible to the end of the hub 4.
  • the free end of the tubes is then bent in order to completely end their winding around the cylinder, this bending giving the tube a helical shape identical to that of winding the tube around the hub.
  • the different plies of tubes are held in place by means of parts supports 25. If, during the winding of the tubes, only the support parts 25 are available, the tubes may not take on a perfectly circular shape because it is not possible to have a very large number of support parts 25 over the entire periphery. It is then possible to have, between two consecutive support pieces 25, pieces 26 arranged longitudinally, over the entire length of the hub 4, these pieces 26 having the shape of a flattened bar. A large number of these bars 26 are thus arranged all around the layer of previously wound tubes, their median plane being arranged radially.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé permettant de réaliser le serpentinage des tubes constituant le faisceau tubulaire d'un générateur de vapeur, en particulier d'un générateur de vapeur du type « sodium-eau utilisé dans une centrale nucléaire à neutrons rapides. L'invention concerne aussi le dispositif permettant de réaliser ce serpentinage conformément au procédé.The present invention relates to a method for making the serpentines of the tubes constituting the tube bundle of a steam generator, in particular of a “sodium-water” type steam generator used in a fast neutron nuclear power plant. The invention also relates to the device making it possible to achieve this serpentine according to the method.

Certains générateurs de vapeur comportent un faisceau tubulaire composé d'une pluralité de tubes enroulés hélicoïdalement autour d'un moyeu cylindrique, ces tubes constituant ainsi autour du moyeu plusieurs couches concentriques régulièrement espacées entre elles. Dans un tel faisceau tubulaire, il est en outre prévu entre chaque couche de tubes, des pièces support destinées à maintenir l'ensemble des tubes régulièrement espacés.Certain steam generators comprise a tube bundle composed of a plurality of tubes wound helically around a cylindrical hub, these tubes thus constituting around the hub several concentric layers regularly spaced apart. In such a tube bundle, there are also provided between each layer of tubes, support pieces intended to keep all of the tubes regularly spaced.

De nombreuses difficultés apparaissent lors de la réalisation d'un tel faisceau tubulaire constitué de tubes enroulés hélicoïdalement. Il est en effet indispensable d'enrouler ces tubes en ayant la garantie d'un positionnement très rigoureux. Il faut donc prendre toutes les dispositions nécessaires pour obtenir à la fois un rayon de courbure du tube enroulé, un espacement entre chaque tube ainsi qu'un angle d'inclinaison d'enroulement parfaitement déterminés et constants. Devant ces exigences particulières, il est apparu que les procédés courants de serpentinage ne convenaient pas.Many difficulties arise during the production of such a tube bundle consisting of helically wound tubes. It is indeed essential to wind these tubes with the guarantee of a very rigorous positioning. It is therefore necessary to take all the necessary measures to obtain at the same time a radius of curvature of the rolled up tube, a spacing between each tube as well as a perfectly determined and constant angle of inclination of winding. Faced with these particular requirements, it appeared that the current serpentine processes were not suitable.

On connaît dans le brevet FR-A-2.009.311 un procédé de fabrication de faisceaux de tubes enroulés en serpentin qui consiste à attacher l'extrémité d'un ou plusieurs tubes droits au voisinage d'une extrémité d'un moyeu cylindrique, puis à faire tourner ce moyeu de façon à enrouler hélicoïdalement autour de ce moyeu le ou les tubes. Un tel système de serpentinage présente l'inconvénient de solliciter très fortement en traction le point d'attache de l'extrémité du tube sur le moyeu, lors du commencement de l'opération d'enroulement, et par conséquent il existe un risque certain de détérioration de l'extrémité du tube, au niveau de sa liaison sur le moyeu.Patent FR-A-2,009,311 discloses a method of manufacturing bundles of tubes wound in a serpentine which consists in attaching the end of one or more straight tubes in the vicinity of one end of a cylindrical hub, then to rotate this hub so as to wind helically around this hub the tube or tubes. Such a serpentine system has the drawback of very strongly tensile stressing the point of attachment of the end of the tube to the hub, when the winding operation begins, and therefore there is a certain risk of deterioration of the end of the tube, at its connection to the hub.

D'autre part, avec un tel système, il est pratiquement impossible de garantir la constance de l'angle d'hélice, parce qu'il est nécessaire de déplacer l'ensemble des tubes selon une direction parallèle à l'axe de rotation du moyeu, pendant l'opération d'enroulement. Un tel guidage et déplacement des tubes est difficilement réalisable, vu la longueur généralement grande de ces tubes. On ne peut en effet envisager de déplacer latéralement un ensemble de plusieurs tubes droits faisant, par exemple, 100 mètres de long, en garantissant une grande précision dans le mouvement. Il faut alors admettre une approximation en prévoyant uniquement le contrôle du déplacement des tubes selon une direction parallèle à l'axe du moyeu en utilisant seulement des éléments de guidage des tubes disposés à proximité du moyeu. Il faut alors compter sur la flexibilité de la partie droite des tubes pour que le dispositif de guidage et de déplacement des tubes garde une efficacité. Un tel système de serpentinage n'est donc pas entièrement satisfaisant lorsqu'il est utilisé pour la construction d'un faisceau tubulaire hélicoïdal nécessitant de grandes exigences en matière de précision et de qualité, ce qui est, par exemple, le cas d'un faisceau tubulaire hélicoïdal d'un générateur de vapeur utilisant comme fluide caloporteur du sodium liquide, et utilisé généralement dans une centrale nucléaire à neutrons rapides.On the other hand, with such a system, it is practically impossible to guarantee the constancy of the helix angle, because it is necessary to move all of the tubes in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the hub, during the winding operation. Such guidance and displacement of the tubes is difficult to achieve, given the generally large length of these tubes. One cannot in fact envisage moving laterally a set of several straight tubes making, for example, 100 meters long, while guaranteeing great precision in the movement. It is then necessary to admit an approximation by providing only the control of the displacement of the tubes in a direction parallel to the axis of the hub by using only elements of guide of the tubes arranged near the hub. It is then necessary to count on the flexibility of the straight part of the tubes so that the device for guiding and moving the tubes maintains efficiency. Such a serpentine system is therefore not entirely satisfactory when it is used for the construction of a helical tube bundle requiring great requirements in terms of precision and quality, which is, for example, the case with a helical tube bundle of a steam generator using liquid sodium as coolant, and generally used in a fast neutron nuclear power plant.

L'invention vise par conséquent à pallier les inconvénients précédemment cités, en vue de permettre la construction, dans de bonnes conditions, d'un générateur de vapeur du type « sodium-eau » utilisé généralement dans une centrale nucléaire à neutrons rapides.The invention therefore aims to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks, in order to allow the construction, under good conditions, of a steam generator of the "sodium-water" type generally used in a fast neutron nuclear power plant.

La présente invention concerne plus précisément un procédé de serpentinage des tubes constituant le faisceau tubulaire d'un générateur de vapeur, les tubes devant être enroulés hélicoïdalement autour d'un moyeu cylindrique, en plusieurs couches concentriques successives régulièrement espacées, procédé dans lequel on fixe l'extrémité des tubes sur le moyeu cylindrique ou sur une pièce liée audit moyeu cylindrique, et l'on procède à l'enroulement du ou des tubes sur le moyeu par déplacement relatif entre le moyeu tournant et le support des tubes.The present invention relates more precisely to a method of serpentinizing the tubes constituting the tube bundle of a steam generator, the tubes having to be wound helically around a cylindrical hub, in several successive concentric layers regularly spaced, method in which the end of the tubes on the cylindrical hub or on a part linked to said cylindrical hub, and the tube or tubes are wound on the hub by relative displacement between the rotating hub and the tube support.

Selon l'invention, ce procédé consiste à constituer auparavant une pluralité de tubes rectilignes, et à cintrer l'une des parties extrêmes de chaque tube suivant une forme en hélice identique à celle de l'enroulement du tube autour du moyeu, le rayon de courbure du cintrage ainsi obtenu correspondant sensiblement au rayon d'enroulement du tube, puis à fixer l'extrémité de ce vu de ces tubes cintré(s) sur le moyeu et à animer ce moyeu d'un mouvement simultané de rotation et de translation longitudinale afin d'enrouler en spirale autour du moyeu le ou les tubes, pendant cette opération d'enroulement, la partie droite du ou des tubes étant guidée, au voisinage du moyeu, à l'aide d'éléments de guidage montés fixes, et enfin à cintrer sur le moyeu l'autre partie extrême du tube ou des tubes venant d'être enroulés simultanément, afin d'achever l'enroulement.According to the invention, this method consists beforehand in constituting a plurality of straight tubes, and in bending one of the end parts of each tube in a helical shape identical to that of the winding of the tube around the hub, the radius of curvature of the bending thus obtained corresponding substantially to the radius of winding of the tube, then to fix the end of this seen of these bent tubes (s) on the hub and to animate this hub with a simultaneous movement of rotation and of longitudinal translation in order to wind the tube (s) in a spiral around the hub, during this winding operation, the straight part of the tube (s) being guided, in the vicinity of the hub, using guide elements mounted fixed, and finally bending on the hub the other end part of the tube or tubes which have just been wound simultaneously, in order to complete the winding.

L'invention concerne aussi le dispositif permettant de mettre en oeuvre le procédé de serpentinage objet de l'invention.The invention also relates to the device making it possible to implement the serpentine method which is the subject of the invention.

Ce dispositif se compose essentiellement d'une machine comprenant un guide pour les tubes à enrouler et un bâti muni de galets roulant sur des rails rectilignes, d'un pignon moteur en prise sur une crémaillère rectiligne parallèle aux rails, d'une broche tournante motrice accouplée au moyeu cylindrique du générateur de vapeur, et d'une transmission établissant un rapport constant entre la rotation de la broche et celle du pignon moteur, afin d'obtenir le mouvement simultané, de rapport constant, de rotation du moyeu et de translation de l'ensemble de la machine supportant le moyeu.This device essentially consists of a machine comprising a guide for the tubes to be rolled up and a frame provided with rollers rolling on rectilinear rails, a driving pinion engaged on a rectilinear rack parallel to the rails, a driving spindle coupled to cylindrical hub of the steam generator, and of a transmission establishing a constant relationship between the rotation of the spindle and that of the drive pinion, in order to obtain the simultaneous movement, of constant ratio, of rotation of the hub and of translation of the assembly of the machine supporting the hub.

D'autres particularités et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront lors de la description détaillée de l'exemple de réalisation qui va suivre, illustrée par les dessins annexés.

  • Les figures 1 à 5 montrent les étapes successives du procédé de serpentinage selon l'invention.
  • La figure 1 montre un tube de grande longueur destiné à être serpentiné selon le procédé de l'invention.
  • La figure 2 montre une variante de réalisation du tube.
  • La figure 3 montre schématiquement une première opération du procédé selon l'invention.
  • La figure 4 montre schématiquement l'opération suivante du procédé selon l'invention.
  • La figure 5 montre schématiquement la dernière opération du procédé selon l'invention.
  • La figure 6 montre schématiquement, en perspective, l'opération de serpentinage conforme au procédé selon l'invention.
  • La figure 7 montre, en vue longitudinale, une machine permettant de réaliser l'opération de serpentinage conforme au procédé selon l'invention.
  • La figure 8 représente la même machine selon une coupe transversale A-A.
  • La figure 9 représente en coupe partielle DD le faisceau tubulaire.
Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the detailed description of the embodiment which follows, illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
  • Figures 1 to 5 show the successive stages of the serpentine method according to the invention.
  • Figure 1 shows a very long tube intended to be serpentine according to the method of the invention.
  • Figure 2 shows an alternative embodiment of the tube.
  • FIG. 3 schematically shows a first operation of the method according to the invention.
  • FIG. 4 schematically shows the following operation of the method according to the invention.
  • FIG. 5 schematically shows the last operation of the method according to the invention.
  • Figure 6 shows schematically, in perspective, the serpentine operation according to the method according to the invention.
  • Figure 7 shows, in longitudinal view, a machine for carrying out the serpentine operation according to the method according to the invention.
  • Figure 8 shows the same machine in a cross section AA.
  • Figure 9 shows in partial section DD the tube bundle.

En se reportant aux figures 1 à 6, on va décrire les étapes successives du procédé de serpentinage conforme à l'invention.Referring to Figures 1 to 6, we will describe the successive steps of the serpentine method according to the invention.

Le but de l'invention est de réaliser le faisceau tubulaire hélicoïdal d'un générateur de vapeur de grande puissance. La première opération consiste à réaliser un grand nombre de tubes rectilignes 1 de grande longueur. Cette longueur des tubes peut être par exemple, de l'ordre de 100 mètres. Ces tubes 1 sont généralement réalisés à partir de plusieurs tronçons de tubes reliés bout à bout par des soudures 2, 3. Une fois ces tubes réalisés et stockés, on saisit un de ces tubes et on réalise une opération de cintrage d'une de ses extrémités de façon que la courbure ainsi obtenue présente un rayon égal au rayon d'enroulement du tube sur un moyeu. Ensuite, comme représenté en figure 4, on dispose ce tube ainsi cintré sur le moyeu cylindrique 4 du générateur de vapeur, monté sur une machine 5. On attache l'extrémité 6 du tube sur le moyeu 4, au voisinage d'une des extrémités du moyeu, et on dispose, sur la partie rectiligne du tube, au voisinage de la machine 5, un guide 7 monté fixe par rapport au sol 8. On procède alors à l'enroulement hélicoïdal du tube 1 autour du moyeu cylindrique 4 en animant ce moyeu 4 simultanément, d'un mouvement de rotation autour de son axe longitudinal 9 et d'un mouvement de translation le long de ce même axe 9. On peut enrouler un seul tube 1 hélicoïdalement sur le moyeu 4, mais on peut aussi enrouler ainsi simultanément plusieurs tubes 1a, 1b, 1c, sur le moyeu 4, comme représenté dans la figure schématique 6.The object of the invention is to produce the helical tube bundle of a high power steam generator. The first operation consists in producing a large number of straight tubes 1 of great length. This length of the tubes can be, for example, of the order of 100 meters. These tubes 1 are generally produced from several sections of tubes connected end to end by welds 2, 3. Once these tubes have been produced and stored, one of these tubes is seized and a bending operation is carried out on one of its ends so that the curvature thus obtained has a radius equal to the radius of winding of the tube on a hub. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, this tube is thus bent on the cylindrical hub 4 of the steam generator, mounted on a machine 5. The end 6 of the tube is attached to the hub 4, near one of the ends of the hub, and there is, on the rectilinear part of the tube, in the vicinity of the machine 5, a guide 7 mounted fixed relative to the ground 8. We then proceed to the helical winding of the tube 1 around the cylindrical hub 4 by animating this hub 4 simultaneously, with a rotational movement around its longitudinal axis 9 and a translational movement along this same axis 9. It is possible to wind a single tube 1 helically on the hub 4, but it is also possible to wind thus simultaneously several tubes 1a, 1b, 1c, on the hub 4, as shown in schematic figure 6.

Il est nécessaire de donner à la partie du tube cintrée avant l'enroulement du tube autour du moyeu (figure3) la forme d'une hélice dont l'angle d'inclinaison est identique à celui de l'enroulement hélicoïdal du tube autour du moyeu. Cette partie du tube cintrée avant l'enroulement du tube autour du moyeu, peut s'étendre, de préférence, approximativement sur un demi-tour. Dans la pratique, il est nécessaire de procéder au cintrage de cette partie du tube sur un gabarit de forme hélicoïdale, d'angle d'inclinaison identique à celui-ci de l'enroulement hélicoïdal, du tube autour du moyeu, et de diamètre légèrement plus faible que le diamètre d'enroulement du tube, afin de tenir compte du retour élastique du tube après cintrage.It is necessary to give the part of the tube bent before the winding of the tube around the hub (figure 3) the shape of a helix whose angle of inclination is identical to that of the helical winding of the tube around the hub . This part of the tube bent before the tube is wound around the hub, may extend, preferably, approximately half a turn. In practice, it is necessary to bend this part of the tube on a template of helical shape, of angle of inclination identical to that of the helical winding, of the tube around the hub, and of slightly diameter smaller than the tube winding diameter, to take account of the elastic return of the tube after bending.

On peut disposer, sur la pièce fixe formant guide 7, des éléments de friction appliqués sur les tubes guides, afin de soumettre ces tubes à un effort de traction durant l'opération d'enroulement des tubes autour du moyeu.It is possible to have, on the fixed part forming guide 7, friction elements applied to the guide tubes, in order to subject these tubes to a tensile force during the operation of winding the tubes around the hub.

Lorsque l'opération d'enroulement des tubes parvient à sa fin, on dispose sur la partie extrême non enroulée de chaque tube, un gabarit courbe, puis on cintre les extrémités droites des tubes sur ces gabarits en leur conférant une forme correspondant à l'enroulement des tubes autour du moyeu.When the tube winding operation comes to an end, a curved template is placed on the end of each tube that is not wound, then the straight ends of the tubes are bent on these templates, giving them a shape corresponding to the winding of the tubes around the hub.

De façon connue, on peut enrouler successivement plusieurs couches de tubes autour du moyeu, en disposant entre les différentes couches des pièces longitudinales servant au guidage et au positionnement des tubes. On obtient alors le faisceau tubulaire complet permettant de réaliser le générateur de vapeur.In a known manner, several layers of tubes can be wound successively around the hub, with longitudinal parts between the different layers used for guiding and positioning the tubes. The complete tube bundle is then obtained, making it possible to produce the steam generator.

Comme représenté en figure 2, avant toute opération de cintrage des tubes, on peut former sur une courte distance des extrémités des tubes des coudes afin que chaque tube, une fois enroulé autour du moyeu, présente ses deux extrémités orientées longitudinalement par rapport au moyeu.As shown in Figure 2, before any bending operation of the tubes, one can form a short distance from the ends of the tubes of the elbows so that each tube, once wrapped around the hub, has its two ends oriented longitudinally relative to the hub.

En se référant maintenant aux figures 7 à 9, on va décrire un dispositif permettant de réaliser le serpentinage des tubes constituant le faisceau tubulaire de générateur de vapeur selon le procédé qui a été décrit précédemment.Referring now to FIGS. 7 to 9, there will be described a device making it possible to serpentine the tubes constituting the tubular bundle of steam generator according to the method which has been described previously.

Ce dispositif se compose essentiellement d'une machine 11 qui comprend un bâti 12 muni de galets 13 roulant sur des rails 14 rectilignes et parallèles, un pignon moteur 15 en prise sur une crémaillère 16 rectiligne parallèle aux rails, une broche tournante 17 motrice accouplée au moyeu cylindrique 4 du générateur de vapeur, et des galets supports 18 disposés aux deux extrémités du moyeu cylindrique 4, permettant au moyeu 4 de tourner autour de son axe 9 disposé parallèlement aux rails. La machine comporte en outre une transmission établissant un rapport constant entre la rotation de la broche 17 et celle du pignon moteur 15, afin d'obtenir le mouvement simultané de rapport constant entre le mouvement de rotation du moyeu 4 et le mouvement de translation de l'ensemble de la machine 11 supportant le moyeu 4, le rapport de transmission étant déterminé en fonction de l'angle d'inclinaison de l'enroulement hélicoïdal des tubes autour du moyeu.This device essentially consists of a machine 11 which comprises a frame 12 provided with rollers 13 rolling on rails 14 rectilinear and parallel, a driving pinion 15 engaged on a rack 16 rectilinear parallel to the rails, a rotating spindle 17 driving coupled to cylindrical hub 4 of the steam generator, and support rollers 18 disposed at the two ends of the cylindrical hub 4, allowing the hub 4 to rotate about its axis 9 arranged parallel to the rails. The machine also comprises a transmission establishing a constant relationship between the rotation of the spindle 17 and that of the drive pinion 15, in order to obtain the movement simultaneous constant ratio between the rotational movement of the hub 4 and the translational movement of the entire machine 11 supporting the hub 4, the transmission ratio being determined as a function of the angle of inclination of the helical winding tubes around the hub.

La machine peut comporter en outre, un bâti secondaire 19 pouvant se mouvoir longitudinalement par rapport au bâti 12 de la machine en étant guidé à l'aide de glissières 20, ce bâti 19 étant destiné à supporter une pièce 21 constituant un guide pour les tubes à enrouler.The machine may further include a secondary frame 19 which can move longitudinally relative to the frame 12 of the machine while being guided using slides 20, this frame 19 being intended to support a part 21 constituting a guide for the tubes. to roll up.

La machine 11 fonctionne de la manière suivante : après cintrage de la partie extrême des tubes, on accroche leur extrémité 6 sur le moyeu 4, puis on met en route la machine qui fait tourner le moyeu 4 tout en se mouvant longitudinalement, ce qui provoque l'enroulement hélicoïdal des tubes autour du moyeu 4. Lorsque l'on parvient vers la fin de cette opération d'enroulement, on arrête la rotation du pignon moteur 15, afin d'arrêter le mouvement longitudinal de la machine 11, on déplace le guide 21 de manière à l'amener en contact avec l'extrémité non enroulée des tubes, puis on continue à faire tourner le moyeu 4 en déplaçant longitudinalement le bâti 19 supportant le guide 21 par rapport au bâti 12 de la machine. De cette manière, on peut réaliser l'enroulement hélicoïdal des tubes en se rapprochant au maximum de l'extrémité du moyeu 4.The machine 11 operates in the following manner: after bending the end part of the tubes, hook their end 6 on the hub 4, then start the machine which rotates the hub 4 while moving longitudinally, which causes the helical winding of the tubes around the hub 4. When we reach the end of this winding operation, the rotation of the motor pinion 15 is stopped, in order to stop the longitudinal movement of the machine 11, the guide 21 so as to bring it into contact with the unrolled end of the tubes, then the hub 4 is continued to rotate by longitudinally moving the frame 19 supporting the guide 21 relative to the frame 12 of the machine. In this way, the helical winding of the tubes can be carried out as close as possible to the end of the hub 4.

On procède alors au cintrage de l'extrémité libre des tubes afin de terminer complètement leur enroulement autour du cylindre, ce cintrage conférant au tube une forme en hélice identique à celle de l'enroulement du tube autour du moyeu.The free end of the tubes is then bent in order to completely end their winding around the cylinder, this bending giving the tube a helical shape identical to that of winding the tube around the hub.

En se reportant à la figure 9, on distingue les nappes successives 22, 23, 24 de tubes enroulés concentriquement autour du moyeu 4. D'une manière connue en soi, les différentes nappes de tubes sont maintenues en place à l'aide de pièces supports 25. Si, lors de l'enroulement des tubes on dispose seulement des pièces supports 25, les tubes risquent ne pas prendre une forme parfaitement circulaire parce que l'on ne peut pas disposer un très grand nombre de pièces supports 25 sur toute la périphérie. On peut alors disposer entre deux pièces supports 25 consécutives, des pièces 26 disposées longitudinalement, sur toute la longueur du moyeu 4, ces pièces 26 présentant la forme d'une barre aplatie. On dispose ainsi tout autour de la couche de tubes précédemment enroulés un grand nombre de ces barres 26, leur plan médian étant disposé radialement. On peut alors procéder à l'enroulement d'une couche supplémentaire de tubes qui viennent s'appliquer contre les pièces supports 25 et contre les pièces d'espacement 26 disposées entre les pièces supports 25. Lorsque l'opération d'enroulement est terminée, on peut retirer les barres 26 en les faisant tourner sur elles-mêmes d'un quart de tour (comme représenté en 26'), puis en les faisant glisser longitudinalement à travers les deux couches de tubes jusqu'à leur extraction complète.Referring to FIG. 9, a distinction is made between the successive plies 22, 23, 24 of tubes wound concentrically around the hub 4. In a manner known per se, the different plies of tubes are held in place by means of parts supports 25. If, during the winding of the tubes, only the support parts 25 are available, the tubes may not take on a perfectly circular shape because it is not possible to have a very large number of support parts 25 over the entire periphery. It is then possible to have, between two consecutive support pieces 25, pieces 26 arranged longitudinally, over the entire length of the hub 4, these pieces 26 having the shape of a flattened bar. A large number of these bars 26 are thus arranged all around the layer of previously wound tubes, their median plane being arranged radially. We can then proceed with the winding of an additional layer of tubes which come to bear against the support parts 25 and against the spacing parts 26 disposed between the support parts 25. When the winding operation is finished, the bars 26 can be removed by rotating them about a quarter of a turn (as shown in 26 ′), then by sliding them longitudinally through the two layers of tubes until they are completely extracted.

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1. A process for coiling tubes constituting the nest of tubes of a steam generator, it being required to helically wind the tubes in a plurality of evenly spaced apart concentric successive layers around a cylindrical hub (4) ; in which the end of the tubes is fixed on the cylindrical hub or on a member connected to said cylindrical hub, and the tube or tubes are wound on the hub by a relative displacement between the rotating hub and the support of the tubes, characterised in that it comprises, beforehand, constituting a plurality of rectilinear tubes (1) and bending one of the end portions of each tube (1) in the shape of a helix identical to that of the winding of the tube around the hub, the radius of curvature of the bend thus obtained substantially corresponding to the radius of the winding of the tube (1), then fixing the end of this or these bent tubes (1) on the hub and subjecting this hub to a simultaneous movement of rotation and movement of longitudinal translation so as to wind the tube or tubes in a spiral around the hub, during the winding operation, the straight portion of the tube or tubes being guided, in the vicinity of the hub, by guide elements mounted to be fixed in position, and bending on the hub the other end portion of the tube or tubes which has just been simultaneously wound, so as to complete the winding.
2. A coiling process according to claim 1, characterised in that the end portion of the tube bent after the operation for winding it around the hub is bent in the shape of a helix identical to that of the winding of the tube around the hub.
3. A coiling process according to claims 1 and 2, characterised in that the portion of the tube bent before the winding of the tube around the hub approximately extends through a semi-turn.
4. A coiling process according to one of the claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the ends of the tube are further bent (10) on a short distance before any operation for bending the tube (1), so that when this tube is wound around the hub, it has its two ends oriented longitudinally.
5. A device for carrying out the coiling of tubes constituting the nest of tubes of a steam generator according to the process according to one of the preceding claims, comprising a machine provided with a cylindrical hub (4) which is rotatable and a tube support, the winding of the tubes on the hub being achieved by a relative displacement between the rotating hub and the support of the tubes in accordance with a transmission ratio determined as a function of the chosen angle of inclination of the helical winding of the tubes around the hub, characterised in that the machine (11) further comprises a guide (21) for the tubes (1) to be wound and a frame (12) provided with rollers (13) rolling on rectilinear rails (14), and with a driving pinion (15) engaged with a rectlinear rack (16) parallel to the rails, with a rotatable driving shaft (17) coupled to the cylindrical hub (4) of the steam generator, and with a transmission providing a constant ratio between the rotation of the shaft (17) and that of the driving pinion (15) so as to obtain the simultaneous constant ratio movement of rotation of the hub and translation of the assembly of the machine supporting the hub.
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