Patent · US Expired

Method of repairing large rotating machines in which parts are bolted together through radially extending flanges

US5203066A · kind A · utility

4Cited by
3References
3Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateOct 18, 1991
Grant dateApr 20, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 18, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49746
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of repairing large rotating parts joined together by bolts extending through flanges extending radially from the parts being joined. The method comprises the steps of removing the bolts, separating the parts, counterboring the areas around the bolt holes, inserting an annular washer in the area counterbored and rebolting the parts together.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.