OC Robotics leads team in world first laser-cutting project / OC Robotics porta il gruppo al primo progetto di taglio laser al mondo.
OC Robotics leads team in world first laser-cutting project / OC Robotics porta il gruppo al primo progetto di taglio laser al mondo. Segnalato dal Dott. Giuseppe Cotellessa / Reported by Dr. Joseph Cotellessa A team led by OC Robotics has achieved a world first by using remote laser-cutting technology to dismantle redundant equipment inside a nuclear facility. The project’s success has been acknowledged with a Nuclear Decommissioning Agency Estate Supply Chain Award for Technology/Innovation implementation. In August 2016 the project successfully cut up a large steel dissolver vessel at the Sellafield site using a laser integrated with a highly flexible remotely-controlled robot arm. The operation proved the value of laser-cutting technology, combined with robotics, for handling decommissioning tasks in hazardous, confined spaces more quickly and effectively than previously possible. After a feasibility study in 2011, the technology has been develo