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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Ozgen Ozturk, Istanbul, TR;
Murat Alver, Istanbul, TR;
Nihan Basaran, Istanbul, TR;
David Thomas Brockenbrough, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Erkan Karakazan, Istanbul, TR;
August Elwood Pendergast, Greenfield Center, NY (US);
Zafer Tuncali, Istanbul, TR;
Robert William Vadney, Scotia, NY (US);
Yu Wang, Cohoes, NY (US);
Ozgen Ozturk, Istanbul, TR;
Murat Alver, Istanbul, TR;
Nihan Basaran, Istanbul, TR;
David Thomas Brockenbrough, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Erkan Karakazan, Istanbul, TR;
August Elwood Pendergast, Greenfield Center, NY (US);
Zafer Tuncali, Istanbul, TR;
Robert William Vadney, Scotia, NY (US);
Yu Wang, Cohoes, NY (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A generator rotor refurbishing system includes a cutting tool configured to cut generator rotor bars. The cutting tool includes a guide track configured and disposed to be fixedly mounted relative to a generator rotor and a cutting head block moveably mounted relative to the guide track. The cutting tool is configured and disposed to produce a fixed depth cut through a generator rotor bar. A cleaning system is configured for substantially simultaneously cleaning first and second opposing surfaces and first and second opposing edges of the generator rotor bar. The cleaning system includes a guide member and a cleaning assembly moveably mounted to the guide member. The cleaning assembly includes a plurality of cleaning members arranged to clean each of first and second opposing surfaces and first and second opposing edges of the generator rotor bar.