Solar Turbines Inc.

James Houck

Jose Vigo Molina

Jonathan Charbonnet

Jewell Winifred Willmon

This disclosure provides a devices and systems for securing a gas turbine nozzle segment and sealing one or more cooling cavities of the gas turbine nozzle segment during manufacturing. The device can have a support assembly for receiving a nozzle segment having at least one cooling cavity. The device can have at least one clamp assembly configured to secure a first portion of the nozzle segment to the support assembly. The at least one clamp assembly having a first clamp arm, and a first tightening assembly coupling the first clamp arm to the support assembly. The device can have a first port seal assembly having at least one sealing member coupled to the first seal body and configured to interact with and seal the corresponding one or more cooling cavities.

Turbine nozzle port seal for machining

A staking tool assembly for staking a pin coupling a turbine blade with a turbine disk is disclosed. The staking tool assembly includes a guide block configured to be positioned between a space defined between two consecutive turbine blades mounted on the turbine disk. The guide block includes a bottom surface configured to abut a blade root of the turbine blade. The guide block further includes a groove extending from the bottom surface through the guide block. The groove is configured to receive a portion of the pin extending outwardly from the blade root to facilitate a staking of the pin.

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Encinitas, CA, United States of America

James Houck