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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2006
Brian C. Wheeler, Greer, SC (US);
Lynn Charles Gagne, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Kelvin R. Aaron, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Thomas R. Tipton, Greer, SC (US);
Brian C. Wheeler, Greer, SC (US);
Lynn Charles Gagne, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Kelvin R. Aaron, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Thomas R. Tipton, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for attaching a shim to at least one of a base of a stator vane unit and a ring segment of a ring segment assembly in a gas turbine compressor. The method includes providing a shim shaped to conform to an engaging face of the base of the stator vane unit or the segment ring of the segment ring assembly, with a predetermined thickness dimension; boring at least one hole, normal to the face of the shim and extending fully through the thickness dimension of the shim; positioning the shim on the engaging face of the at least one of the base of the stator vane unit and the segment ring of the segment ring assembly; and welding the shim to the engaging face of the at least one of the base of the stator vane unit and the ring segment of the stator ring assembly.