Utveckling av snabbfäste och verktyg för byte av sågklinga
This thesis is based upon the work done at Westinghouse electric company (WEC)inVästerås during the spring semester of 2015 and describes the development of a quickcoupler with associated blade changing tool. These are meant to be used togetherwith a sawing tool that the company uses for the dismantling of nuclear reactors,which is performed under water.The aim of the thesis was to develop a complete manufacturing documentation withdrawings and related CAD models which Westinghouse later can use to manufacturethe tool and the quick coupler. It was also included in the assignment to, if necessary,modify parts of the saw tool to adapt these to the intended blade changing tool.A number of visits to the company's workshop was made during the time to study thesaw that the thesis is based upon. The purpose of these visits was to get a better ideaof the dimensions, construction and the field of use of the saw. On three of thoseoccasions various engineers and consultants accompanied us to discuss possibleproblems with different ideas.This was interspersed with information in the form of literature studies on quickcouplers to create a clearer picture of the nature of the task.When enough information had been gathered a functional analysis was made to dividethe main problem into subthis phase the idea and concept generating process took place.The methods used for this was mainly brain writing and brainstorming. When enoughideas and concepts had been generated the most promising ideas was selected byusing an evaluation matrix, in which the various suggestions were weighted against theparameters that our supervisor thought mattered the most.The next step was to create a computer model of the best concept and findingsuitable components in worm gear, electric motor, planetary gears, screws, etc.During the modeling phase further developed of the concept was made until the tooland quick coupler received its final shape whereupon the manufacturingdocumentation was created.