Risehow Hydraulic CenterRisehow, Flimby, Maryport CA15 8PA 01900 816000
Unit 1, 6 (Reception), 8 & PLOT 19Leconfield Cleator Moor CA25 5QB 01900 816000
Flass Lane LA13 0GW & 1E ashburner way LA14 5UZ Barrow in Furness 01229 486276
Forth has developed a number of innovative long reach tools to make jobs across the nuclear industry easier to complete.
The extended reach enables work to be carried out into deeper cavities much quicker and with more precision.
Examples of our developments include a chipping hammer made of carbon fibre and carbon steel which works effectively at dislodging and removing debris in an underwater environment, and a long reach retrieval tool, complete with multiple fittings, which can be deployed to be used in various facility settings.
Magnox approached Forth with a problem statement to remove spent fuel rods from hazardous pools of fuel at Hinkley Point Power Station from a safe, remote distance to prevent humans manually having to sift unwanted materials from liquids.
The human approach was extremely time-consuming and would slow down operations.
The team at Forth designed
and created a robotic arm to operate exactly like its
human counterpart, complete with gripper technology to act as a hand, which was controlled remotely and significantly speeded up the whole process.
Called on as an emergency for long-standing client Sellafield, Forth built a long reach inspection and recovery system within the space of just three days.
The tool was required to locate, dislodge and recover an item that had become astray eight metres out of reach, so Forth made the system with endless interchangeable parts to mean that only one set of carbon poles were needed for any job.
To be used to carry out daily operations around the plant in
a safer and more accessible manner, Forth developed a 1” Lightweight Breaker Bar for its partners at Sellafield.
The team had to carefully calculate the forces required for the daily tasks to ensure the carbon fibre could withstand tough environments. The tool was made lightweight as possible with the carbon fibre starting at 5mm wall thickness at the pressure points, tapering off to 3mm at the opposite end.
The Trunnion Spreader was manufactured to attach to
Forth’s long reach carbon tools to aid a client to repair damaged trunnions which were six metres underwater, enabling them to be successfully and safely transferred using the skip handler.
This extendable pole measuring at three metres long has a full 360 degrees orientation and motion designed to allow operators to use from a safe, remote distance and not to be in the shine path of radioactive material.
To make the often labour intensive and time consuming job of cleaning skips quicker and safer, Forth designed and built the Long Reach Skip Cleaner to remove fuel pennies stuck to the floor.
The design of the tool was based from the principle of the decking cleaner and converted into a robust stainless steel tool to ensure it could handle tougher environments.
info@forth.uk.com
Risehow Hydraulic Center, Risehow, Flimby, Maryport CA15 8PA 01900 816000
Unit 1, 6 (Reception), 8 & PLOT 19Leconfield Cleator Moor CA25 5QB 01900 816000
Flass Lane LA13 0GW & 1E ashburner way LA14 5UZ Barrow in Furness 01229 486276
