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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
May. 30, 2023
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Craig Sarratt, Greenville, SC (US);
Mark Kromer, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Timothy Austin Cadden, Greenville, SC (US);
Jason Palmer, Marietta, SC (US);
Martin Otto, Simpsonville, SC (US);
GE Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Abstract
A handling system for a turbine component and a computerized machining system are provided. A gripper of the system includes a mounting arm operatively coupled to a tool handler of the machining system, a plurality of contact members configured to collectively grasp the turbine component, and a first actuator configured to move at least one of the contact members between a release position in which the contact members receive a part of the turbine component therebetween at a first longitudinal position thereof and a grasp position in which the contact members grasp the part at a second longitudinal position thereof different than the first longitudinal position. The tool handler and/or the turbine component is linearly moved to move the gripper relative to the turbine component between the first longitudinal position and the second longitudinal position. A loading system allowing easier loading/unloading of the turbine component may also be provided.