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The Master-Lee Engineered Products Refueling Shoehorn ensures safe and quick positioning of fuel on the RX core plate during outage operations.
Insertion of a bowed or twisted F/A into its core location can be a difficult and often timely task. The risks of snagging grid straps of adjacent F/A's is an inherent risk during this evolution. Placing EPI's Refueling Shoehorn next to the fuel assembly's core location will dramatically improve results and save you valuable time.
Made of stainless steel, the smooth angled sides of the RF Shoehorn are machined for damage-free contact with the fuel assembly. Every Master-Lee designed RF Shoehorn is treated with ARMOLOY® coating. Applying this surface finishing material to our products yields the following benefits:
- Slippery, smooth surface finish greatly enhancing decontamination process
- Surface hardness of 78 Rc
- Enhanced corrosion resistance
- Reduced wear and friction
The RF Shoehorn’s tapered locating pins easily seat within the core plate flow holes, allowing NO movement. When properly seated in the core plate flow holes, the shoehorn will only make contact with the bottom nozzle of the fuel assembly (and not the fuel rods).
Two nylon ropes (or stainless steel cables) attached to the self-centering lifting bail enables the operator to simply lift, move and seat the RF Shoehorn. To use the shoehorn, the operator simply lowers it to the adjacent location of the F/A's next core location. The shoehorn will guide the bottom nozzle the final few inches onto its core plate guide pins.
To maximize your time savings, consider using one of our Auxiliary Bridges for your RF Shoehorn maneuvers.
Please contact us for pricing.
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Single-Sided RF Shoehorn - West. 17 x 17 and 15 x 15
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D0027G01 |
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Single-Sided RF Shoehorn - West. 14 x 14
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D0042G01 |
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Single-Sided RF Shoehorn - CE
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D0690 |
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Combination RF Shoehorn - West. 17 x 17 and 15 x 15
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D0682 |
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Combination RF Shoehorn - West. 14 x 14
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D0665 |
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Combination RF Shoehorn - CE
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D0687 |
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Stainless Steel Storage Container (Combination & Single) |
D0983 |
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Extra RF Shoehorn Braided Rope - 100' (each or pair) |
D0027H10 |
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Stainless Steel Shoehorn Cable (yellow/red) - 75' (each)
- with clear tubing - 25'
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B912T727
D004G01
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Stainless Steel Shoehorn Cable (yellow/red) - 75' (pair)
- with clear tubing - 25' |
B923T725
D004G01 |
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