Remote Handling

Robotic maintenance of activated components no human can approach.

Once a machine has operated, its interior is too activated for hands-on work, so maintenance is done by remote-handling robots through the ports. Designing for remote maintainability is a first-order constraint.

Once a machine has operated its interior is too activated for hands-on work, so maintenance is done by remote-handling robots through the ports, and designing for remote maintainability is a first-order constraint that shapes component modularity. Fast, reliable remote handling is ultimately what determines plant availability.