For nuclear fusion PLANSEE develops and manufactures high heat-flux components for first wall, limiter and divertor modules, where steady-state heat fluxes up to 20 MW/m2 and surface temperatures of > 2000 °C can occur.
| Prime plasma facing materials are carbon-carbon-composites and tungsten alloys. Highly developed joining techniques are employed for bonding them to water-cooled heat sinks made from copper and molybdenum alloys or steel. |
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What counts here is knowledge and skills in
- CAD-supported design and manufacture
- Mathematical modelling
- Coating technology
- High-vacuum brazing
- High-energy welding processes and surface treatments
- Non-destructive materials testing
- Quality assurance
The range of development and production activity extends from metallurgical expertise and prototype design through to the series manufacture of complete modules for those areas of a fusion reactor which are under the highest thermal load.
