Measuring and testing – Inspecting
Patent
1989-11-29
1991-05-07
Noland, Tom
Measuring and testing
Inspecting
33656, 32420718, G01B 714, G01B 2116
Patent
active
050126849
ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for measuring the tightness of generator stator slot wedges and ripple springs with the rotor still in place. A wedge block having a hydraulic cylinder disposed therein is installed within the upper of a pair of parallel grooves in the stator slot. The hydraulic cylinder is activated to press down on a load plate, which in turn contacts a slot wedge within the other pair of parallel grooves. This is turn compresses the ripple spring between the slot wedge and the stator windings. A load cell measures the force required to compress the ripple spring, while four linear variable differential transformers measure the amount of displacement of the slot wedge. These two measurements are then used to derive a measurement for the tightness of the slot wedge and the ripple spring.
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patent: 4422320 (1983-12-01), Moorby
patent: 4889000 (1989-12-01), Jaafar et al.
patent: 4962660 (1990-10-01), Dailey et al.
Noland Tom
Panian Michael G.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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