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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2006
Frank Delano Mooney, Jr., Henderson, KY (US);
Gary Eugene Wheat, Madisonville, KY (US);
Timothy Riggs, Madisonville, KY (US);
Kenneth Ray Hill, Jr., Madisonville, KY (US);
Ronald Dale Edwards, Dixon, KY (US);
Frank Delano Mooney, Jr., Henderson, KY (US);
Gary Eugene Wheat, Madisonville, KY (US);
Timothy Riggs, Madisonville, KY (US);
Kenneth Ray Hill, Jr., Madisonville, KY (US);
Ronald Dale Edwards, Dixon, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a turbine nozzle assembly using a fixture includes providing a first position of the fixture, positioning at least one datum of the turbine nozzle assembly adjacent at least one datum location point on the fixture when the fixture is in the first position, coupling the turbine nozzle assembly to the fixture when the fixture is in the first position, rotating the fixture from the first position into a second position that facilitates manufacturing the turbine nozzle assembly, and performing a manufacturing process on the turbine nozzle assembly when the fixture is in the second position.