Subsitute graphite for steel
Needs
Maximizing Profitability + Developing high efficiency & reliability machines
Solution
Innovation for cost, time & quality improvement
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Customer needs
In order to be more effective and to facilitate maintenance while improving availability, EDF experts wanted to test and evaluate performances of a new graphite seal on a nuclear reactor vessel.
Customer benefits
Identification of needs and improvements, better understanding of graphite use, behaviour and design within a very short delivery time.
Cetim answer
Cetim experts developped tailor-made test bench (real conditions replicated) , carried out high-temperature and high pressure tests and set up design of experiments.
Delivered results
Report with data analysis and definition of installation features required to qualification phase.