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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Robert F. Wasileski, III, Allison Park, PA (US);
Ira J. Campbell, New Richmond, OH (US);
Johnny R. Dickson, McKinney, TX (US);
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A positioning arrangement (), including: an outer casing having a frame member (); a low pressure steam turbine inner casing () having an appendage () and a threaded hole through the appendage; and an alignment constraint () configured to be positioned in the threaded hole and define a positional relationship between the inner casing and the frame member. The alignment constraint includes a main body () and a discrete piggyback body (), both configured to rotate in the threaded hole as a unitary body when in a joined, end-to-end configuration.