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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
May. 31, 2018
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Shane Bell, Chuluota, FL (US);
Randy Edward Whitener, Chuluota, FL (US);
Alejandro Felix, Oviedo, FL (US);
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A method for repairing a stator core of a generator is presented. The stator core includes laminations grouped into packs. A ventilation spacer is disposed between adjacent packs. Laminations are separated from each other by insulation layers. The ventilation spacer is removed between adjacent packs having a damaged insulation layer between the laminations to locally loosen the laminations in the adjacent packs which allows the damaged insulation layer between the laminations to be repaired. A new ventilation spacer is reinstalled between the adjacent packs where the ventilation spacer being removed to retighten the laminations in the adjacent packs after completion of the repair. The new ventilation spacer is adhesively secured between the adjacent packs.