Turbine servicing apparatus and methods
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJason Matthew Clark, Randall Stephen Corn
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for servicing a turbine are disclosed. Various embodiments of the invention include an apparatus adapted to service a turbine, where that apparatus includes: a base member fixedly mountable on an inlet of the turbine; an adjustment system mounted on the base member; a machining device operably connected to a first end of the adjustment system; and a control member operably connected to a second end of the adjustment system, the control member adapted to modify a position of the machining device to service a portion of the turbine inside the inlet of the turbine.
Claims19
An apparatus adapted to servicing a turbine, the apparatus comprising:
- a base member fixedly mountable on an inlet of the turbine;
- an adjustment system mounted on the base member;
- a machining device operably connected to a first end of the adjustment system;
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- a control member operably connected to a second end of the adjustment system, the control member adapted to modify a position of the machining device to service a portion of the turbine inside the inlet of the turbine.
An apparatus comprising:
- a base member fixedly mountable on an inlet of a turbine;
- a hydraulic adjustment system mounted on the base member, the hydraulic adjustment system including at least one hydraulic pump and a hydraulic line operably connected with the at least one hydraulic pump;
- a machining device operably connected to the hydraulic line;
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- a control member operably connected to the at least one hydraulic pump, the control member adapted to actuate the at least one hydraulic pump to modify a position of the machining device for servicing a portion of the turbine inside the inlet of the turbine.
A method for servicing a portion of a turbine, the method comprising:
- fixedly mounting an apparatus on an inlet of the turbine, the apparatus including:
- a base member adapted to fixedly mount on the inlet of the turbine;
- an adjustment system mounted on the base member;
- a machining device operably connected to a first end of the adjustment system;
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- a control member operably connected to a second end of the adjustment system;
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- actuating the control member from a location external to the inlet of the turbine to service the portion of the turbine internal to the inlet of the turbine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.