Device and method for aligning tip shrouds
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorMark Andrew Jones
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Abstract
A device for aligning tip shrouds includes a platform configured to connect to a blade, a first projection that extends circumferentially across at least a portion of the platform, and a first complementary alignment feature on the first projection. A method for aligning tip shrouds includes rotating a plurality of tip shrouds, wherein each tip shroud is coupled to a blade, and aligning adjacent tip shrouds by nesting a first alignment feature of a first tip shroud into a second alignment feature of a second tip shroud.
Claims20
A device for aligning tip shrouds, comprising:
- a. a platform configured to connect to a blade;
- b. a first projection that extends circumferentially across at least a portion of said platform;
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- c. a first complementary alignment feature on said first projection.
A device for aligning tip shrouds, comprising:
- a. a first platform configured to connect to a first blade;
- b. a first projection that extends circumferentially across at least a portion of said first platform;
- c. a first alignment feature on said first projection;
- d. a second platform configured to connect to a second blade adjacent to the first blade;
- e. a second projection that extends circumferentially across at least a portion of said second platform;
- f. a second alignment feature on said second projection;
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- g. wherein said first alignment feature nests at least partially inside said second alignment feature.
A method for aligning tip shrouds, comprising:
- a. rotating a plurality of tip shrouds, wherein each tip shroud is coupled to a blade;
- b. aligning adjacent tip shrouds by nesting a first alignment feature of a first tip shroud into a second alignment feature of a second tip shroud.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.