General Electric Company

General Electric Technology Gmbh

Paula Marie Word

Lucas John Stoia

James Christopher Monaghan

Jacob Wade Word

Jeffrey J Hogan

Methods of servicing a fuel nozzle are provided. a method of servicing a fuel nozzle includes a step of machining away material from a nozzle tip of the fuel nozzle to form an annular groove within the nozzle tip. The method further includes a step of inserting a replacement coupon into the annular groove. The replacement coupon having a radially outermost that corresponds to the annular groove and a post-removal contact surface. The method further includes a step of fixedly coupling the radially outermost of the replacement coupon to the annular groove.

Methods of servicing a fuel nozzle tip

The present disclosure is directed to an assembly tool kit for a bundled tube fuel nozzle assembly. The assembly tool kit includes a plurality of pins. Each pin includes a shaft portion, a tapered portion coupled to a first end of the shaft portion, and a contoured portion coupled to a second end of the shaft portion. The contoured portion includes a cylindrical section and a frustoconical section. The tapered and shaft portions of each of the plurality of pins are positioned within a passage defined by one of a plurality of tubes forming a portion of a bundled tube fuel nozzle assembly. The contoured portion of each of the plurality of pins is positioned in one of a plurality of cap plate apertures. Each of the plurality of pins radially aligns one of the plurality of cap plate apertures with a corresponding tube of the plurality of tubes.

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Simpsonville, SC, United States of America

Paula Marie Word