Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inlet guide vane alignment apparatus and method
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Application No.: US16043305Application Date: 2018-07-24
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Publication No.: US10801358B2Publication Date: 2020-10-13
- Inventor: Piotr Hubert Wojciechowski , Lukasz Sajdak , Szymon Perkowski
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Hoffman Warnick LLC
- Agent James Pemrick
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@360100ff
- Main IPC: F01D25/28
- IPC: F01D25/28 ; F01D17/16

Abstract:
An alignment apparatus for aligning inlet guide vanes in a turbine having a turbine axis includes a tool body, a positioning block secured to the tool body, and a plurality of alignment pieces secured to the tool body. The positioning block may be affixed to the tool body such that when the positioning block is engaged with a leading edge of one of the inlet guide vanes, at least a portion of the alignment pieces is parallel to the turbine axis. The alignment pieces may be manually displaceable from the OFF position to the ON position into engagement with the inlet guide vanes to align one or more of the inlet guide vanes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190063245A1 INLET GUIDE VANE ALIGNMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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