SYSTEM AND METHOD TO LOCATE AND REPAIR INSERT HOLES ON A GAS TURBINE COMPONENT

A method to repair an end cover (24) of a can-type combustor (16) of a gas turbine including: remove the end cover (24) from the combustor of a gas turbine and mount (102) the end cover on a positioner (56); while the end cover is mounted on the positioner, sense and record positions (108) of a surf...

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Main Authors BULUT, Efe, WOODS, Steven Charles, COOK, Paul A, WHIMS, Lawrence James, BAUMMER, James Carroll, DORRIETY, Daniel James, BELLINO, Mark Carmine, HENDERSON, Brian Leslie, YUVALAKLIOGLU, Mustafa
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 15.08.2018
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CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING
CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING
MACHINE TOOLS
METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING
TRANSPORTING
WELDING
WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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Summary:A method to repair an end cover (24) of a can-type combustor (16) of a gas turbine including: remove the end cover (24) from the combustor of a gas turbine and mount (102) the end cover on a positioner (56); while the end cover is mounted on the positioner, sense and record positions (108) of a surface of an opening (30) in the end cover using a probe (65) operated by a manipulator; based on the recorded positions determine (110) at least one of a centerline of the opening, a center point on an inside surface of the opening, and a diameter of the opening; orient a digital model of the opening with respect to the opening of the end cover based on at least one of the centerline, the center point and the diameter, and apply (116) a weld to join an insert to the opening by a welding torch (62) maneuvered automatically by a manipulator (60) and based on the oriented digital model of the opening.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20180155159