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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2012
James Bradford Holmes, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
Kenneth Damon Black, Travelers Rest, SC (US);
Christopher Paul Cox, Greenville, SC (US);
Matthew Stephen Casavant, Greenville, SC (US);
Bradley Edwin Wilson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Brett Darrick Klingler, Piedmont, SC (US);
James Bradford Holmes, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
Kenneth Damon Black, Travelers Rest, SC (US);
Christopher Paul Cox, Greenville, SC (US);
Matthew Stephen Casavant, Greenville, SC (US);
Bradley Edwin Wilson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Brett Darrick Klingler, Piedmont, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system adapted for removing one or more shells from an assembly of multiple annular shells, for example, turbine shells of a gas turbine engine. The method includes removing an upper shell positioned in an upper position relative to a lower shell of the assembly of multiple annular shells, and then positioning and securing a counterweight in the upper position and securing the counterweight to the lower shell as a replacement for the upper shell in the upper position. The counterweight and the lower shell are then rotated in unison until the lower shell is in the upper position and the counterweight is in a lower position previously occupied by the lower shell. Thereafter, the lower shell can be removed from the assembly.