{"id":3427,"date":"2020-04-06T14:14:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T12:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sites.fr\/?p=3427"},"modified":"2020-04-06T14:18:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T12:18:38","slug":"load-testing-at-the-heart-of-iter-construction-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sites.fr\/en\/blog\/2020\/04\/06\/load-testing-at-the-heart-of-iter-construction-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Load testing at the heart of ITER construction site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In compliance with instructions related to the current health context, our teams are mobilized every day to ensure the continuity of activities essential to safety, checks and inspections.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, our surveying and instrumentation experts carried out the <strong>loading tests of the double lift cranes tracks of ITER assembly hall<\/strong> on behalf of Engage, which is the architect &#8211; engineer consortium for the European domestic agency, Fusion for Energy on ITER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sites.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SITES_ITER_Load-testing-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sites.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SITES_ITER_Load-testing-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sites.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SITES_ITER_Load-testing-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sites.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SITES_ITER_Load-testing-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.sites.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SITES_ITER_Load-testing.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This crucial phase for the coming Tokamak assembly step consisted in <strong>validating the behavior of the structure<\/strong> in accordance with calculations. Nearly 1,000 tonnes of steel and concrete loads have been fixed to the winches of this exceptional lifting system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A key moment during last weekend&#8217;s test: the loads pass across the threshold between the Assembly Hall and the Crane Hall. Only weeks ago there was a wall separating the two. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ITER?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ITER<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tokamak?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tokamak<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fusionenergy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fusionenergy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreITER?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeAreITER<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Knl7nC8lbB\">https:\/\/t.co\/Knl7nC8lbB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VVQ5iLobzh\">pic.twitter.com\/VVQ5iLobzh<\/a><\/p>\u2014 ITER (@iterorg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iterorg\/status\/1245627571728859136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>While the 4 mega beams were moving over a 170m length, SITES teams were <strong>analyzing the structural deflections with metrological monitoring and strain gauges instrumentation system.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a long day of measurements, this crane manufactured by REEL-NKM NOELL consortium <strong>passed all the tests successfully.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<br\/>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1AMnltjl_Pk\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<br\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignleft is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iter.org\/\" style=\"background-color:#2254a5;border-radius:3px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More informations about ITER<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In compliance with instructions related to the current health context, our teams are mobilized every day to ensure the continuity of activities essential to safety, checks and inspections. 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