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Automated remote carriage for tightening generator wedges

US7866421B2 · kind B2 · utility

26Cited by

9References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. · US

Inventors

Charles C. Moore · Hibbs, US
Mark W. Fischer · Pittsburgh, US
James A. Bauer · Gibsonia, US
Waldemar Spruda · Neheim, DE
Olaf Froede · Neheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 28, 2008
Grant date	Jan 11, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/53143
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A remote-controlled dynamoelectric machine maintenance vehicle that can fit and travel within the air gap between a stator and rotor of a dynamoelectric machine. The maintenance vehicle has an effectuator that can remotely attach to an adjustable wedge within a coil slot of the stator and tighten the wedge in position and then move on to repeat the process until all the wedges on the stator are secured.

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