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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2024
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Maxime Desgagne, Longueuil, CA;
Frederic Labrie, St-Jude, CA;
Gabriel Cyr-Carrier, Montreal, CA;
Alexandre Lupien, Ste-Julie, CA;
Robert Lavallee, Otterburn Park, CA;
Pierre-Luc Lachance, Brossard, CA;
Xavier Lemieux Sutton, Montreal, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
Tooling and methods for assembling a vane ring of a turbine engine are provided. A tool includes a base configured to receive an outer ring and vanes radially inwardly of the outer ring. A heater is operable to apply heat to the outer ring when the outer ring is received on the base. Expandable jaws having a plurality of radially actuatable pads are operable to urge the vanes radially outwardly toward the outer ring. A press is operable to apply an axial force against an inner support of the vane ring to install the inner support radially inwardly of the vanes.