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US 2014/0112727 A1Published application
Cutting tool locating device for forming an opening in a gear
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsCharles Vaughan Spanos, Randall Stephen Corn, John William Herbold, James Bradford Holmes
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Abstract
A cutting tool locating device for a forming an opening in a gear includes a guide member configured and disposed to be fixedly connected to gear mounted to a shaft, and an alignment puck moveably mounted to the guide member. The alignment puck includes a bushing configured and disposed to align with a recess formed in the shaft.
Claims20
A cutting tool locating device for forming an opening in a gear:
- a guide member configured and disposed to be fixedly connected to a gear coupled to a shaft;
- and
- an alignment puck moveably mounted to the guide member, the alignment puck including a bushing configured and disposed to align with a recess formed in the shaft.
An inlet guide vane (IGV) assembly for a turbomachine comprising:
- an airfoil portion;
- a shaft member extending from the airfoil portion;
- a gear mounted to the shaft member;
- and
- a cutting tool locating device comprising:
- a guide member fixedly connected relative to the shaft member at the gear;
- and
- an alignment puck moveably mounted to the guide member, the alignment puck including a bushing configured and disposed to align with a recess formed in the IGV assembly.
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A method of locating a cutting tool for forming an opening in a gear, the method comprising:
- positioning a guide member over a gear coupled to a shaft;
- mounting an alignment puck to the guide member;
- aligning a bushing provided on the alignment puck relative with an opening formed in the shaft;
- locking the alignment puck and guide member relative to the gear;
- inserting a cutting tool element through the bushing;
- and
- forming an opening in the gear that aligns with the opening in the shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.