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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Cory Patrick Muscat, Poway, CA (US);
Laura Elizabeth McDonald, San Diego, CA (US);
James Eric Miller, El Cajon, CA (US);
Gary Paul Vavrek, San Diego, CA (US);
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for balancing a compressor rotor assembly including a forward weldment () and an aft weldment () includes pre-balancing the aft weldment () of the compressor rotor assembly () with compressor disks () prior to populating the compressor disks () with circumferentially installed compressor rotor blades (). Pre-balancing the aft weldment () includes measuring a rotational balance of the aft weldment (). Pre-balancing the aft weldment () also includes determining a number of underplatform weights () needed and a location for each underplatform weight () within a circumferential slot () of one the compressor disks (). Pre-balancing the aft weldment () further includes mounting each underplatform weight () in the determined location.