General Electric Company

Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited

General Electric Technology Gmbh

Mark John Zajkowski

Don Mark Lipkin

Todd William Danko

Deepak Trivedi

Scott Michael Oppenheimer

Andrew Crispin Graham

Wayne Ray Grady

Trevor Owen Hawke

Kori Unhee Macdonald

Huseyin Kandir

A system for use in servicing a machine. The system includes a tubular body including a longitudinal axis, a tip end, a dispensing nozzle defined at the tip end, and an interior channel in flow communication with the dispensing nozzle. The tubular body is configured to be flexible. An actuator is configured to selectively modify an orientation of the tubular body, and a reservoir is in flow communication with the interior channel. The reservoir is configured to supply a maintenance fluid to the tubular body for discharge from the dispensing nozzle.

Systems and method for use in servicing a machine

A cable tensioning system including: a body defining a balance point; a cable receiving area having gripping elements configured to grip and bias a cable relative to the cable tensioning system; and a sensor configured to sense changes to a balance of the body about the balance point, wherein the cable tensioning system is configured to maintain the cable within a preset range of tensions.

Cable tensioning systems

A reconfigurable maintenance apparatus includes a body configured to operate within a cavity. The body has a first shape in a first configuration and a second shape in a second configuration. The first configuration facilitates the body entering the cavity. The reconfigurable apparatus also includes at least one maintenance device operably coupled to the body. The second configuration facilitates the at least one maintenance device of the reconfigurable apparatus performing a maintenance operation.

Reconfigurable maintenance apparatus

A service apparatus for use in maintaining a turbine assembly () includes a carriage () configured to move through a cavity of the turbine assembly (), a motorized system () coupled to the carriage (), and a maintenance device () coupled to the motorized system (). The motorized system () is configured to move the maintenance device () relative to the carriage (). The motorized system () includes a first motor () configured to move the maintenance device () in a first direction () and a second motor () configured to move the maintenance device () in a second direction ().

Service apparatus for use with rotary machines

A system for use in maintaining a turbine assembly includes a plurality of blades and a plurality of vanes. The system includes an insertion apparatus including an insertion end, a steering end opposite the insertion end, and a body extending from the insertion end to the steering end. The insertion end is positionable proximate at least one blade of the plurality of blades using a steering interface. The system also includes a service apparatus for use in maintaining the turbine assembly. The service apparatus includes at least one maintenance device and an anchoring feature. The service apparatus is proximate the insertion end of the insertion apparatus and is positionable in a plurality of orientations via the steering interface. The anchoring feature is configured to releasably couple the service apparatus to at least one blade of the plurality of blades.

A maintenance apparatus includes a flexible carriage configured to anchor between adjacent airfoils of a turbine assembly. The maintenance apparatus includes a maintenance tool operably coupled with the flexible carriage. The maintenance tool is configured to one or more of generate image data representative of one or more surfaces of the turbine assembly or repair the one or more surfaces of the turbine assembly. The maintenance apparatus comprises one or more motors operably coupled with the maintenance tool and configured to move the maintenance tool relative to the flexible carriage.

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Austerlitz, NY, United States of America

Mark John Zajkowski