Shim removing tool
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorEddie E. Watts
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Abstract
A tool for removing a shim from a dovetail of a fan blade for a turbine engine rotor includes a clip and a handle. The clip includes a release edge configured to engage a flared lip of a dovetail shim. The handle extends from the clip and contacts the exterior surface of the shim. When the handle and the clip are rotated about a longitudinal axis of the handle, the release edge separates the flared lip of the shim from the dovetail and the handle applies a downward force to easily remove the shim from the dovetail.
Claims16
A tool for removing a dovetail shim from a rotor fan disk blade, the blade including a dovetail, the shim including an exterior surface and first and second pressure faces clamped to the dovetail portion, each of the pressure faces having a flared lip extending therefrom, said tool comprising a clip comprising a base and opposing sides extending from said base, an interior surface, a handle, and a release edge at an end of one said side for being located between the dovetail and the shim, said handle configured to be positioned in contact with said clip interior surface.
A tool for removing a dovetail shim from a rotor fan disk blade, the blade including a dovetail portion, the shim including an exterior surface and first and second pressure faces clamped to the dovetail portion, each of the pressure faces having a flared lip extending therefrom, said tool comprising a wire handle and a clip comprising a side and a release edge configured for contacting the flared lip as said side is rotated about an axis external of the side, said wire handle connected to said clip.
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