Geometrical instruments – Gauge – Collocating
Patent
1989-09-01
1991-06-04
Noland, Tom
Geometrical instruments
Gauge
Collocating
33502, 33558, 32420718, 358100, 738658, G01B 714, G01B 2116
Patent
active
050202340
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for measuring ripple spring deflection to determine stator wedge tightness in an electric generator without removing the rotor includes a low profile carriage insertable in the gap between the rotor and stator. A probe is aligned longitudinally and laterally with holes in the stator wedges with the aid of a miniature television camera on the carriage and extended through an aligned hole to contact the ripple spring. The probe is connected through a cable to the core of a linear variable differential transformer mounted on the carriage which provides an accurate measurement of probe extension. The probe is extended and retracted by an arrangement of cables and springs providing a lost motion coupling which accommodates for seating of the probe against a ripple spring at less than full extension.
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Alkire Gerald R.
Dailey George F.
Fischer Mark W.
Noland Tom
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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