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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Paul James Cassidy, Altamont, NY (US);
Engelbert John Paauwe, Forney, TX (US);
Michael James Tessier, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/32 (2006.01); F01D 5/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/30 (2006.01); F01D 25/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/005 (2013.01); F01D 5/3038 (2013.01); F01D 5/32 (2013.01); F01D 25/285 (2013.01); F05D 2230/68 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49318 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of removing a bucket from a turbomachine rotor wheel includes exposing a base portion of the bucket, positioning a pulling device radially outwardly of the base portion, connecting the base portion of the bucket to the pulling device through a linking rod, exerting an axially outwardly directed force on the linking rod through the pulling device, and removing the base portion from the rotor wheel.