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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2020
GE Renewable Technologies, Grenoble, FR;
Sebastien Beaulieu, Vercheres, CA;
Michel Sabourin, Sorel-Tracy, CA;
GE Renewable Technologies, Grenoble, FR;
Abstract
An apparatus for modifying the geometry of at least one part of a turbine can include a shell assemblythat includes an outer shell that is shaped to modify the shape of a pre-existing element of a turbine. The outer shellof the shell assemblycan be composed of a fiber-reinforced polymeric material and can at least partially define an inner cavity. The outer shellcan be bonded to a structure to modify the geometrical shape of that structure. Thereafter, a polymer castingcan be injected into the inner cavity via at least one injection port attached to the shell assembly. In some embodiments, one or more stiffenersand/or a corecan be positioned within the inner cavity to help improve the bonding of the polymer castingto the shelland/or improve a structural property of the apparatus.