Equipment for welding end caps to nuclear fuel rods

Abstract

Equipment for the welding of end caps to nuclear fuel rods, having only one chamber with two enclosures for welding arranged so as to be able to weld simultaneously opposite ends in rods placed in the magazine and displayed at 180.degree.. The vacuum process of the main chamber takes place simultaneously with the welding of the first end caps to the rods and, in which the fill in process with inert gas takes place before welding the second end caps to the mentioned rods.