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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2011
Zhipeng Zhang, Schenectady, NY (US);
Philip Alexander Shoemaker, Scotia, NY (US);
Robert Jeffrey Pieciuk, Wynantskill, NY (US);
Weston Blaine Griffin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Arvind Rangarajan, Rexford, NY (US);
Diego Quinones, Rexford, NY (US);
Prabhjot Singh, Guilderland, NY (US);
Zhipeng Zhang, Schenectady, NY (US);
Philip Alexander Shoemaker, Scotia, NY (US);
Robert Jeffrey Pieciuk, Wynantskill, NY (US);
Weston Blaine Griffin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Arvind Rangarajan, Rexford, NY (US);
Diego Quinones, Rexford, NY (US);
Prabhjot Singh, Guilderland, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for servicing a dynamoelectric machine component. The apparatus includes a tool delivery mechanism adapted for delivering a tool to a desired location in the dynamoelectric machine, and a tool support fixture adapted to be secured onto the body of the dynamoelectric machine, where the tool support fixture can be used for supporting and adjusting the tool delivery mechanism. A sleeve mechanism is attached to the tool support fixture, and the sleeve mechanism is disposed around a portion of the tool delivery mechanism. The apparatus is adapted to service the component of the dynamoelectric machine in-situ.