Tool for removing balance weights from a turbine
AssigneeSociete Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation "S.N.E.M.C.A."
InventorDidier Ottone
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Abstract
A tool for removing balance weights attached to the head platform of the blades of a turbine comprises a jointed arm which can be introduced through the exhaust nozzle of the turbine without any disassembly, the arm having a handle portion which is held by the operator carrying out the removal operation, and a distal part which is steerable by movements imparted to the handle portion by the operator, the distal part being dislocatable and articulated with respect to said handle portion and ending in a claw adapted to grip the balance weight and to unseat it without letting it go in response to appropriate movements of the handle portion.
Claims6
A tool for removing a balance weight, the balance weight having a first hook at a first end of the balance weight securing it to a rotor wheel of a turbine and a second hook at a second end thereof securing it to said rotor wheel of said turbine, said tool comprising:
- a jointed arm having a handle portion and a distal part joined to said handle portion at a joint;
- a claw formed at an end of said distal part, said claw having a first finger for releasing said first hook of said balance weight and a second finger for releasing said second hook of said balance weight, wherein said first and second fingers are spaced from one another by a distance substantially equal to a distance between said first and second hooks, such that said claw is manipulable by said handle portion to unhook said second hook from said rotor wheel with said second finger and retain it within said second finger while said first hook is retained by said first finger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.