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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2010
Brock Matthew Lape, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Nihan Basaran, Istanbul, TR;
Gary Robert Pink, Toccoa, GA (US);
Steven Charles Walko, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Stuart Alan Oliver, Malvern, AR (US);
Brock Matthew Lape, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Nihan Basaran, Istanbul, TR;
Gary Robert Pink, Toccoa, GA (US);
Steven Charles Walko, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Stuart Alan Oliver, Malvern, AR (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for compression of a lamination stack for a dynamoelectric machine. The apparatus includes a plurality of hanger brackets attached to a face frame, a plurality of force application tubes secured to the brackets, a plurality of force applying rams located beneath the force application tubes, a plurality of pressing plates located beneath the force applying rams, and a plurality of weight distribution plates located beneath the pressing plates. A compressive force is applied to the lamination stack by the force applying rams via the pressing plates and weight distribution plates.