IP Library Granted Patent US 9,444,316
Granted Patent B2
US 9,444,316 · App. 13/916,163 · Granted Sep 13, 2016

Method and device for extraction or introduction of a rotor from or into a stator of an electric machine

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Patent No.
US 9,444,316
App. No.
13/916,163
Granted
Sep 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The method for extraction or introduction of a rotor ( 4 ) from or into a stator ( 2 ) of an electric machine ( 1 ) includes removing the fan blades ( 20 ) from the seats ( 19 ) of the rotor shaft ( 26 ), connecting a first guide ( 16 ) into the seats ( 19 ) of the removed fan blades ( 20 ), connecting a second guide ( 23 ) to the stator or to an element fixed to the stator ( 2 ), extracting or inserting the rotor ( 4 ) by sliding the first guide ( 16 ) on the second guide ( 23 ).

Claims (29)

1. A method for extraction or introduction of a rotor from or into a stator of an electric machine, the rotor having at least one shaft that carries fan blades; the method comprising:

connecting a first guide into at least one seat of at least one fan blade;

connecting a second guide to the stator or an element fixed to the stator;

extracting or inserting the rotor by sliding the first guide on the second guide.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising connecting the first guide to at least two seats.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising providing at least one free seat between the at least two seats to which the first guide is connected, wherein the first guide is not connected to the free seat.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein connecting the first guide into the at least one seat includes: fixing a sleeve into the at least one seat, and connecting the first guide to sleeve.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the fixing the sleeve includes:

inserting the sleeve into the at least one seat, and

providing a fixing element penetrating a wall of the at least one seat.

6. A device for extraction or introduction of a rotor from or into a stator of an electric machine; the device comprising:

a first guide;

a second guide connectable to the stator or to an element fixed to the stator, wherein the first and second guide being slidable one on the other; and

first connecting elements for connection of the first guide to at least one seat of a fan blade of the rotor.

7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the first guide includes:

a circular sector that can rest above at least a portion of the shaft at the at least one seat, wherein the circular sector includes apertures for engagement of the first connecting elements;

a bar extending from the circular sector; and

a guiding profile connected to the bar.

8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the apertures are circumferentially elongated apertures.

9. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the first connecting elements include:

a sleeve insertable into the at least one seat;

a first fixing element for fixing the sleeve into the at least one seat; and

a second fixing element for fixing the circular sector to the sleeve.

10. The device according to claim 9 , wherein:

the rotor has a protruding ring;

the at least one seat is provided on the protruding ring;

the protruding ring defines walls of the at least one seat; and

the fixing element for fixing the sleeve into the at least one seat can penetrate a wall of the at least one seat.

11. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising removing at least one fan blade before connecting the first guide into at least a seat of the removed at least a fan blade.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 17, 2016
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 039714/0578 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2013
From: FOGEL, ROBERT; HEDIGER, DANIEL; HAFNER, URS; KANICKI, JACEK
To: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
Reel/Frame 031522/0516 →