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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Graham David Sherlock, Greenville, SC (US);
Lynn Charles Gagne, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Graham David Sherlock, Greenville, SC (US);
Lynn Charles Gagne, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 23/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An assembly is provided for cropping the trailing edge tip of a stator zero blade in-situ. The cropping assembly includes a base plate that is secured to the end of the compressor stator blade to be cropped; a removable, rotational guide block; and a drill that is mounted to the guide block and rotatable relative to the base plate to crop the trailing edge tip of a stator blade.