General Electric Company

Stuart Alan Oliver

Brock Matthew Lape

Steven Charles Walko

Nihan Basaran

Gary Robert Pink

William Gene Newman

Gary Lindsey Stewart

Lawrence Michael Braun

James L Roberts

John D King

Terry Bergeron

Herbert Dupre, Jr

Carrol J Boyne, Jr

Glenn B Ferguson

Farrell Gillaspie

David Pate Hughes

Harold P Leboeuf

Eddie McMillis, Jr

A first aspect of the invention provides an apparatus to indicate an amplitude of an uneven measurement surface. The apparatus may include a frame slidingly supporting a set of pins, each pin including a high point stop and a low point stop; a low point isolator member moveable relative to the frame, the low point isolator member indicating a lowest point of the uneven measurement surface by a respective low point stop of a first; a high point isolator member moveable relative to the frame, the high point isolator member indicating a highest point of the uneven measurement surface by a respective high point stop of a second pin; a low point displacement sensor for identifying a low point displacement; a high point displacement sensor for identifying a high point displacement; and a calculator for calculating a difference between the low point displacement and the high point displacement.

Uneven surface deflection and amplitude measurement tool

A deflection measurement probe includes a body portion having a cavity defined by the body portion, a first positional measurement sensor disposed in the cavity of the body portion, the first positional measurement sensor including a sensor tip extending from the body portion operative to contact a measurement surface, and a second positional measurement sensor disposed in the cavity of the body portion, the first positional measurement sensor including a sensor tip extending from the body portion operative to contact a measurement surface.

Deflection measuring system and method

A method and apparatus is provided for compressing the lamination stack for a dynamoelectric machine. The apparatus includes a plurality of weight distribution plates and a plurality of pressing plates. The plurality of weight distribution plates are placed on one end of the lamination stack of the dynamoelectric machine. The plurality of pressing plates are placed on the plurality of weight distribution plates. A compressive force is applied to the lamination stack via the plurality of weight distribution plates and the plurality of pressing plates.

Method and apparatus for compression of lamination stack for a dynamoelectric machine

A method and apparatus are provided for compression of a lamination stack for a dynamoelectric machine. The apparatus includes a plurality of hanger brackets attached to a face frame, a plurality of force application tubes secured to the brackets, a plurality of force applying rams located beneath the force application tubes, a plurality of pressing plates located beneath the force applying rams, and a plurality of weight distribution plates located beneath the pressing plates. A compressive force is applied to the lamination stack by the force applying rams via the pressing plates and weight distribution plates.

A flexible bar handler that comprises a mobile carriage; a lift boom assembly rotatably attached to rotate around a vertical axis of the carriage to swing a distal end of the boom assembly back and forth and pivotally attached to pivot around a horizontal axis of the carriage to raise and lower the distal end of the boom assembly; and a lift bracket comprising an elongated rail with receptor-shaped cross section to lengthwise accommodate a bar, the lift bracket being attached at a point on its length at the distal end of the longitudinal boom assembly opposed to a counter weight attached at an opposite proximal end of the boom assembly, wherein the lift bracket is pivotally attached to a horizontal pin at the point to permit the lift bracket to tilt to one side or the other so as to raise and lower the lift bracket ends. A method of handling a stator bar; comprises loading the bar into a lift bracket comprising an elongated rail with receptor-shaped cross section, wherein the lift bracket is part of a flexible bar handler that includes a mobile carriage; manipulating the lift bracket by (i) swinging an end of the boom assembly back and forth, (ii) raising or lowering an end of the boom assembly, (iii) tilting the lift bracket to tilt the bracket to one side or the other so as to raise and lower the lift bracket ends or (iv) moving the bar forward or backward by the mobile carriage to position the bar for unloading into the stator slot; and unloading the bar into the slot.

Stator bar handler

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Malvern, AR, United States of America

Stuart Alan Oliver