Methods of installing a balance weight for a rotary component in turbomachinery
US6477916B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 7, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T409/30952
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A balance weight has first and second margins at right angles to one another with the second margin larger than the first margin. A balance weight groove in a rotor has outer and inner wall portions, with the outer wall portions spaced a distance less than the spacing between the inner wall portions. The balance weight has a central threaded opening receiving a screw and a driving slot in the upper face of the weight. An insertion tool is threaded to the balance weight to insert the balance weight through a turbomachinery access opening into the groove. The tool is rotated to locate the second margins below the outer wall portions of the groove. By inserting a driving tool through the insertion tool, the screw is rotated to lock the balance weight to the rotor and in the groove. Upon removal of the insertion and driving tools, a staking tool is inserted through turbine access opening to stake the balance weight and rotor and the screw and balance weight.
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