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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2009
Applicants:
Roger Aloysius Hala, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Brian Francis Howard, Issaquah, WA (US);
Inventors:
Roger Aloysius Hala, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Brian Francis Howard, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for direct measurement of rider band wear in a valve assembly for a reciprocating compressor is provided. A distance transducer probe is inserted through a compressor valve assembly to measure a distance between a piston assembly and the transducer probe and the wear of a rider band is determined based on the distance.