Generator rotor refurbishing system and method of repairing a generator rotor

• Main Authors: Ozturk, Ozgen, Pendergast, August Elwood, Basaran, Nihan, Karakazan, Erkan, Tuncali, Zafer, Alver, Murat, Wang, Yu, Brockenbrough, David Thomas, Vadney, Robert William
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.07.2018
• Subjects: COMPONENTS OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING,CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING; DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERATION; HAND CUTTING TOOLS; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SAWS FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; SEVERING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

A generator rotor refurbishing system includes a cutting tool configured to cut generator rotor bars. The cutting tool includes a guide track configured and disposed to be fixedly mounted relative to a generator rotor and a cutting head block moveably mounted relative to the guide track. The cutting tool is configured and disposed to produce a fixed depth cut through a generator rotor bar. A cleaning system is configured for substantially simultaneously cleaning first and second opposing surfaces and first and second opposing edges of the generator rotor bar. The cleaning system includes a guide member and a cleaning assembly moveably mounted to the guide member. The cleaning assembly includes a plurality of cleaning members arranged to clean each of first and second opposing surfaces and first and second opposing edges of the generator rotor bar.