General Electric Company

Atlantic Plant Maintenance, Inc.

General Electric Technology Gmbh

Piotr Krzysztof Dzieciol

Szymon Perkowski

Sean Cornelius O'Meara

Adrian Adam Klejc

Nicholas Demianovich

Paul Howard Davidson

Piotr Edward Kobek

Przemyslaw Michal Jakubczak

Mateusz Dolecki

Tomasz Maranski

Jean-Marie Deschamps

Daniel John Moroney

Joanna Sylwia Pilichowska

Eric Wayne Hendricks

Jakub Milosz Putowski

Piotr Wojciechowski

Marek Szyszkowski

Magdalena Gaca

An apparatus for removing or installing a turbine blade from a turbine of a turbomachine is disclosed. The apparatus can include: an operative head configured to engage an axial sidewall of a turbine blade base. An actuator is configured to move the operative head to selectively engage the axial sidewall of the turbine blade base and impart an axial force against the turbine blade base to remove or install the turbine blade. A support gantry is configured to position the actuator substantially vertically above the turbine blade in position in the turbomachine. Among other advantages, the support gantry allows adjustment of the apparatus for different turbines, and use of the head on more than one stage of any given turbine.

Apparatus for removal or installation of turbine blade

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a tool and method for alignment adjustment of machinery. The tool may include a bottom plate, a top plate oriented in parallel planes, a low friction intermediate element between bottom plate and top plate, and a hydraulic actuator or electro-mechanic actuator arranged between the bottom plate and the top plate and capable of moving the top plate relative to the bottom plate.

Alignment tool and method for aligning heavy machinery and equipment

A method of installing a turbine assembly is provided. The method includes assembling a support member for supporting a turbine assembly during installation. The support member includes a platform having a plurality of modular platform components oriented to define an upper surface of the platform. The method also includes positioning a linear actuator on the upper surface of the platform. The method further includes positioning a column on the linear actuator. The method includes lifting the turbine assembly onto the column. The platform, the linear actuator, and the column are sized to support the turbine assembly.

Method of installing a turbine assembly using a modular support member

A turbomachine modification apparatus includes a machining device, and a machining device mount attached to the machining device. The machining device mount is configured to radially and axially adjust a position of the machining device. A blade mount is configured to be attached to one or more turbomachine blades. The blade mount is attached to the machining device mount.

Turbomachine modification apparatus and method

A coupling system for a machine assembly and a base is provided. The machine assembly includes a frame and a gib key extending outwardly from the frame. The coupling system includes at least one u-bracket configured to couple to the gib key such that said at least one u-bracket cooperates with the gib key to define a tenon pin opening. The at least one u-bracket is sized and shaped to be received in a clearance fit in a key channel defined in the base. The coupling system also includes a tenon pin sized and shaped to be received in the tenon pin opening such that the tenon pin couples the base to the gib key, and such that forces exerted on the received tenon pin parallel to a first direction are substantially in tension between the machine assembly and the base.

System and method for coupling a machine assembly to a base

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Warsaw, Poland

Piotr Krzysztof Dzieciol