B - Operations – Transporting – 23 – P
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
23
P
B23P 15/04 (2006.01) B23P 21/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2508391
An apparatus (92) enables a turbine nozzle (50), including at least two turbine nozzle singlets (90) to be fabricated. Each singlet includes inner and outer bands (54) and (56) and a vane (52) extending therebetween. The vane also includes first and second sidewalls (80) and (82) coupled together at a leading edge (84) and a trailing edge (86). The apparatus comprises a fixture (102), and at least two support members (140) extending from the fixture. Each support member has first and second abutment surfaces (148), wherein a first of the at least two support members contacts at least one of the leading and trailing edges of a first of the vanes. At least two locating features (170) extend from the fixture, wherein a first of the locating features contacts one of the first and second sidewalls of the first vane. At least two biasing members (106) are coupled to the fixture, wherein a first of the biasing members biases the first vane against the first locating feature.
Beverley Michael
Leeke Leslie Eugene Jr.
Company General Electric
Craig Wilson And Company
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