Turbomachine component displacement apparatus and method of use
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJames Bradford Holmes, James Robert Hollis, David Randolph Spracher, Wayne David Sullivan
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Abstract
Various embodiments include apparatuses adapted to displace components from a location within a turbomachine. In some embodiments an apparatus for displacing a component of a gas turbine from a first slot in a spacer disk includes a body including a mounting member configured to affixedly attach to a second slot of the spacer disk, a linear actuator coupled to the body and a displacement arm coupled to the linear actuator, the displacement arm actuatable in a first axial direction by the linear actuator to contact the component and displace the component relative to the first slot.
Claims18
An apparatus for displacing a component of a turbine from a first slot in a spacer disk, the apparatus comprising:
- a body including a mounting member configured to affixedly attach to a second slot of the spacer disk;
- a linear actuator coupled to the body;
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- a displacement arm coupled to the linear actuator,
- the displacement arm actuatable in a first axial direction by the linear actuator to contact the component and displace the component in the first slot in response to the mounting member being affixedly attached directly to the second slot of the spacer disk.
An apparatus for displacing a component of a gas turbine from a first slot in a spacer disk, the apparatus comprising:
- a body configured to accept a removably attachable mounting member having an attachment device for preventing axial movement of the mounting member from a position in a second slot of the spacer disk;
- a linear actuator coupled to the body;
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- a displacement arm coupled to the linear actuator,
- the displacement arm rotatable about the linear actuator and with respect to the linear actuator, the displacement arm rotatable from a first position to a second position, the first position offset from the second position,
- the displacement arm actuatable in a first axial direction by the linear actuator to displace the component from a position within the first slot of the spacer disk.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.