# US 10,865,659 B2 · Apparatus for orienting a guide vane support relative to a turbine casing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,865,659 B2 - Document ID: US10865659B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/326,731 - Filed: 2015-05-11 - Published: 2017-07-20 - Granted: 2020-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2014-07-25 - Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Klaus Lochner; Andreas Mucha - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10865659B2 ## CPC - F01D 25/246: {Fastening of diaphragms or stator-rings} - F01D 25/28: Supporting or mounting arrangements, e.g. for turbine casing - F05D 2230/60: Assembly methods - F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D) - F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS ## Abstract An apparatus and method for orienting a guide vane carrier relative to a turbine casing. The apparatus has a guide device with a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is arranged in a recess of the guide vane carrier and the second region is arranged in a recess of the casing. The second region of the guide device has a guide channel with a first internal thread, wherein a first adjusting element with a first external thread is arranged in the guide channel. The first external thread can be screwed together with the first internal thread. The first adjusting element can be arranged in the guide channel such that, when the guide device is supported against a support surface of the recess, a force flow runs through the first adjusting element from the recess to the guide device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for orienting a guide vane carrier relative to a turbine casing, comprising: a guide device comprising a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is arranged in a recess of the guide vane carrier and the second region is arranged in a recess of the turbine casing, wherein the second region of the guide device comprises a guide channel comprising a first internal thread, a first adjusting element comprising a first external thread arranged in the guide channel, wherein the first external thread is screwed together with the first internal thread, wherein the first adjusting element is arranged in the guide channel such that, when the guide device is supported against a support surface of the recess of the turbine casing, a force flow runs through the first adjusting element from the recess of the turbine casing to the guide device, and a second adjusting element comprising a second external thread arranged in the guide channel, wherein the second external thread is screwed together with the first internal thread, wherein the second adjusting element is arranged in the guide channel such that a force flow runs through the second adjusting element from an upper part of the turbine casing to the guide device, wherein the first adjusting element is secured by a securing device to the second adjusting element in the guide channel such that the first adjusting element and the second adjusting element cannot rotate relative to the guide channel, and wherein the securing device comprises a second screw for mutually bracing the first adjusting element and the second adjusting element in the guide channel, the second screw comprising a second-screw head and second-screw male threads, wherein the first adjusting element comprises a second internal thread for receiving the second-screw male threads. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: an adjustment means arranged between the first adjusting element and the support surface of the recess. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein a contact surface between the first adjusting element and the adjustment means is essentially spherical. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises a first screw for attaching the guide device to the guide vane carrier through a hole in the second region. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first region can be arranged with a form fit in the recess of the guide vane carrier. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the form fit comprises an unthreaded fit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second adjusting element comprises a bore for passage of the second screw and a bearing surface against which the second-screw head can press, wherein the second screw is configured such that when turned in the second internal thread the second-screw male threads pull on the second internal thread while the second-screw head presses on the bearing surface which urges the first adjusting element and the second adjusting element toward each other, thereby locking the first adjusting element and the second adjusting element in respective positions on the first internal thread in the guide channel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The turbine casing comprising the guide vane carrier, comprising: at least one apparatus as claimed in claim 1 arranged between the guide vane carrier and the turbine casing. ### Claim 9 A method for orienting a guide vane carrier relative to a turbine casing, comprising: arranging a first region of an adjustment apparatus in a recess of the guide vane carrier; attaching the adjustment apparatus to the guide vane carrier by a first screw; screwing a first adjusting element into a guide channel of a second region of the adjustment apparatus; inserting an adjustment means into a recess of a casing of a turbine; inserting the second region into the recess of the casing of the turbine such that the adjustment means is arranged between a support surface of the recess and the first adjusting element; orienting the guide vane carrier relative to a lower part of the casing by rotating the first adjusting element relative to the guide channel; screwing a second adjusting element into the guide channel; orienting an upper part of the casing relative to the guide vane carrier by rotating the second adjusting element relative to the guide channel; and bracing the first adjusting element with the second adjusting element by a second screw, the second screw comprising: male threads that screw into the first adjusting element; and a screw head. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method as claimed in claim 9, comprising the adjustment apparatus comprising: a guide device comprising the first region and the second region, wherein the first region is arranged in the recess of the guide vane carrier and the second region is arranged in the recess of the casing, wherein the second region of the guide device comprises the guide channel comprising a first internal thread, the first adjusting element comprising a first external thread arranged in the guide channel, wherein the first external thread is screwed together with the first internal thread, wherein the first adjusting element is arranged in the guide channel such that, when the guide device is supported against the support surface of the recess, a force flow runs through the first adjusting element from the recess to the guide device, and the second adjusting element comprising a second external thread arranged in the guide channel, wherein the second external thread is screwed together with the first internal thread, wherein the second adjusting element is arranged in the guide channel such that a force flow runs through the second adjusting element from the upper part of the casing to the guide device, and wherein the first adjusting element is secured by a securing device with the second adjusting element in the guide channel such that it cannot rotate relative to the guide channel.