Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Robert T Hagaman

Sui-Chun Ying

John Barry Sargeant

Albert C Sismour, Jr

Lorenzo Ramirez

A rotor for an electromagnetic energy conversion device, which rotor includes a core composed of a stack of thin plates, is clamped between two end plates by means of a plurality of end clamping fingers. Each clamping finger is initially mounted on a respective end plate and is then pressed against the core by a clamping force applied via the end plates.

Rotor core structure for an electromagnetic rotating machine

An apparatus and method are provided for thermally balancing the rotor of a dynamo-electric machine by adjusting the flow of coolant through the rotor. According to one embodiment of the invention, the cooling flow is adjusted by inserted baffles into the axial coolant flow passages in the body portion of the rotor. According to another embodiment of the invention the cooling flow is adjusted by inserting adjustable orifices into the radial cooling passages in the body portion of the rotor.

Apparatus and method for thermal balancing of the rotor of a

A pole face slot filler (26,28) for insertion into a pole face slot formed in a pole region (18) of a generator rotor, the filler (26,28) having a U-shaped cross section and being composed of a base portion (36) and two leg portions (38) extending from the base portion (36) and forming the legs of the U-shaped cross section, wherein the filler (26,28) is configured and dimensioned to achieve a press fit in the pole face slot.

Pole face slot filler

A method and apparatus for locking the wedges used in a dynamoelectric machine having a radically ventilated rotor keys each wedge to its respective damper bar. By inserting a solid key in a selected keyway proximate to a point midway along the length of the rotor, and inserting split keys elsewhere, accumulated axial migration of the wedges relative to their respective damper bar is limited thereby ensuring adequate ventilation through the radically extending ducts.

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Oviedo, FL, United States of America

Robert T Hagaman