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US 2014/0179200 A1Published application
Turbine servicing device and method
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorJason Matthew Clark
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Abstract
A turbine servicing device includes a base member mountable proximate an inlet of a section of a turbine system. Also included is a retaining component operatively coupled to the base member. Further included is a rod having a first end and a second end, the rod in a slidable and pivotable relationship with the retaining component. Yet further included is a machining device operatively coupled to the rod proximate the second end and configured to polish a portion of a turbine component.
Claims20
A turbine servicing device comprising:
- a base member mountable proximate an inlet of a section of a turbine system;
- a retaining component operatively coupled to the base member;
- a rod having a first end and a second end, the rod in a slidable and pivotable relationship with the retaining component;
- and
- a machining device operatively coupled to the rod proximate the second end and configured to polish a portion of a turbine component.
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A method of servicing a turbine comprising:
- mounting a base member of a turbine servicing device proximate an inlet of a section of a turbine system;
- extending a rod into the section of the turbine system, wherein the rod is controllably retained in a sliding and pivotable manner by a retaining component operatively coupled to the base member;
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- polishing a portion of a turbine component disposed within the section of the turbine system with a machining device operatively coupled to the rod.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.