Fixture and method for adjusting workpiece
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsEunice D. Reyes, Javier Garza, Charles Van Buchan, Blake Allen Fulton, Steven Charles Woods, Mark Carmine Bellino
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Abstract
A fixture and method for adjusting a workpiece are disclosed. The fixture includes a holding device engageable to a workpiece to secure the workpiece, and an adjustment device engageable to a projecting member of the workpiece and movable along a first axis and a second axis. Movement of the adjustment device along the first axis when engaged to the projecting member adjusts the projecting member along the first axis, and movement of the adjustment device along the second axis when engaged to the projecting member adjusts the projecting member along the second axis.
Claims20
A fixture for adjusting a transition piece, the fixture comprising:
- a holding device engageable to the transition piece to secure the transition piece;
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- an adjustment device engageable in contact with a mounting bracket connected to and projecting from a body of the transition piece and movable along a first axis and a second axis,
- wherein movement of the adjustment device along the first axis when engaged to the mounting bracket adjusts the mounting bracket along the first axis relative to an aft frame of the transition piece, and wherein movement of the adjustment device along the second axis when engaged to the mounting bracket adjusts the mounting bracket along the second axis relative to the aft frame.
A fixture for adjusting a workpiece, the fixture comprising:
- a holding device engageable to a workpiece to secure the workpiece;
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- an adjustment device engageable to a projecting member connected to and projecting from a body of the workpiece and movable along a first axis and a second axis,
- wherein movement of the adjustment device along the first axis when engaged to the projecting member adjusts the projecting member along the first axis relative to the body, and wherein movement of the adjustment device along the second axis when engaged to the projecting member adjusts the projecting member along the second axis relative to the body.
A method for adjusting a workpiece, the method comprising:
- securing the workpiece such that the workpiece is generally fixed;
- engaging a projecting member of the workpiece with an adjustment device, the projecting member connected to and projecting from a body of the workpiece;
- moving the adjustment device relative to the body at least one of a first axis or a second axis to adjust the projecting member relative to the body along the at least one of the first axis or the second axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.