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US 2009/0255116 A1Published application
Method of repairing a fuel nozzle
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMarie Ann McMasters, Michael A. Benjamin, Alfred Mancini
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Abstract
A method of repairing a fuel nozzle is disclosed comprising the steps of forming a pilot assembly; installing into a repair bore; inserting a primary adaptor into a repair bore such that the primary adaptor is in flow communication with a pilot flow passage and the pilot assembly; and coupling the primary adaptor to a distributor and the new pilot assembly.
Claims20
A method of repairing a fuel nozzle comprising the steps of:
- removing old pilot assembly;
- forming a new pilot assembly;
- installing the new pilot assembly into a repair bore;
- preparing a primary adaptor for assembly;
- inserting the primary adaptor into the repair bore such that the primary adaptor is in flow communication with a pilot flow passage in a distributor and the new pilot assembly;
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- coupling the primary adaptor to the distributor and the new pilot assembly.
4 more elements
A method of repairing a fuel nozzle comprising the steps of:
- coupling a primary adaptor having an interior flow passage such that the primary adaptor is in flow communication with a flow passage in a distributor wherein the primary adaptor is made using a rapid manufacturing process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.