Leakage testing tool for component and related method
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDariusz Oliwiusz Palys, Daniele Mascaro, Michael Thomas Maurer, Marcel Georg Rieker
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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDariusz Oliwiusz Palys, Daniele Mascaro, Michael Thomas Maurer, Marcel Georg Rieker
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Various embodiments include a tool for leakage testing a component, along with a related testing method. In some cases, the tool includes: a seal assembly for sealing an opening in the component, the seal assembly having: a front plate defining a pressure chamber around the opening in the component; a collar coupled with the front plate and surrounding sidewalls of the component; an insert extending between the front plate and the collar; an annular seal member between the collar and the insert; and a floating seal between the collar and the front plate, wherein the seal assembly is configured to flexibly seal the opening in the component; and a valve for controlling fluid flow into the pressure chamber during the leakage testing of the component.
A tool for leakage testing a component, the tool comprising:
A method of leakage testing a component, the method comprising:
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