HIP experiments on the first wall and cooling plate specimens for the EU HCPB blanket

Progress in development of China Low Activation Martensitic steel for fusion application

“…Many HIP experiments on RAFMs have been done [19,20]. The preliminary HIP experiments on CLAM have been done based on the work.…”

Optimization of the EUROFER uniaxial diffusion weld

“…The error bars display the amount of maximum deviation from the mean value. The literature [3,7] shows that nearly every DW process yields good tensile results. Therefore, this kind of investigation is not a very sensitive instrument for the determination of the weld quality.…”

“…This requires an optimization of the DW parameters. Former investigations point out the advantage of a two step diffusion weld process where different sets of parameters are used in each step [3]. Three issues have to be investigated for a optimized process variant: First, the quality of the welds must be investigated by tensile and Charpy impact experiments.…”

An overview of the welding technologies of CLAM steels for fusion application

“…The HIP welding process is a promising technology to fabricate the first wall and cooling plates of TBM for ITER due to the many advantages associated with solid-state welding techniques [24]. A series of research projects on HIP welding has been carried out on RAFM steels like the F82H and EUROFER steels.…”