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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2010
James Royce Howes, Hermon, ME (US);
Eric Donald Anderson, Winterport, ME (US);
Gregory Norman Fournier, Hermon, ME (US);
James Royce Howes, Hermon, ME (US);
Eric Donald Anderson, Winterport, ME (US);
Gregory Norman Fournier, Hermon, ME (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems are provided for a blade installation tool. The blade installation tool may include a vertical guide having a vertical ram path. A ram may be disposed along the vertical guide. The ram can move along the vertical ram path between a lower position and an upper position at a height above the lower position. Gravity may drive the ram from the upper position toward the lower position to provide an impact force of the ram against a blade segment of a turbine or a compressor. The height of the upper position is variable so as to control the impact force.