A plurality of pivotal reflectors direct a high-power laser beam onto a workpiece, and a rotatable reflector is movable to a position wherein it intercepts the beam and deflects a major portion thereof away from its normal path, the remainder of the beam passing to the pivotal reflectors through an aperture in the rotating reflector. A plurality of targets are movable to positions intercepting the path of light traveling to the pivotal reflectors, and a preliminary adjustment of the latter is made by use of a low-power laser beam reflected from the rotating reflector, after which the same targets are used to make a final adjustment of the pivotal reflectors with the portion of the high-power laser beam passed through the rotating reflector. The system was developed to cut the casings of spent nuclear fuel elements into segments as the initial step in recovering usable fuel. (ERA citation 08:012866)
Laser-Beam-Alignment System
1982
12 pages
Report
No indication
English
Nuclear Technology , Government Inventions for Licensing , Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity , Reactor Fuels & Fuel Processing , Manufacturing Processes & Materials Handling , Manufacturing, Planning, Processing & Control , Laser Beam Machining , Focusing , Optics , Alignment , Spent Fuel Elements , Reprocessing , Laser Mirrors , Lasers , Patent applications , ERDA/420300 , ERDA/420200 , ERDA/050800
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