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US 2010/0058566 A1Published application
Turbine pin removal
AssigneeClimax Portable Machine Tools, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Thompson, David S. Strait, John Brooks, David Sorensen, David Briggs
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, apparatus, and methods to remove a pin from a hole including a rotor blade pin from a rotor turbine.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- positioning a machine frame in alignment with a rotor blade pin of a rotor assembly, wherein the alignment is determined by one or more alignment components;
- coupling the machine frame to the rotor assembly with one or more couplers so that the machine frame is removably fixed to the rotor assembly in the alignment determined by the one or more alignment components;
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- drilling the rotor blade pin substantially along a centerline of the rotor blade pin to remove the rotor blade pin from the rotor assembly.
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A turbine blade pin removal apparatus, comprising:
- a frame having opposing side members spaced to allow engagement of a turbine rotor assembly;
- one or more components removably coupled to the frame and configured to facilitate removal of a rotor blade pin from the turbine rotor assembly;
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- one or more couplers configured to couple the frame to the turbine rotor assembly in a position determined by the one or more components.
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A system, comprising:
- a substantially C-shaped support member configured to facilitate removal of a rotor blade pin from a turbine rotor;
- a centering member removably coupled to the substantially C-shaped support member to determine a deflection amount for the substantially C-shaped support member to facilitate removal of the rotor blade pin;
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- a plurality of couplers configured to couple the substantially C-shaped support member to the turbine rotor at the deflection amount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.