US 12,071,860 B2
System and method for aligning casing wall of turbomachine
Kyle Vanceton Mote, Greenville, SC (US); Zachary James Taylor, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US); Maruthi Prasad Manchikanti, Kuala Lumpur (MY); Kyle Eric Benson, Greenville, SC (US); and Kenneth Damon Black, Travelers Rest, SC (US)
Assigned to GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Greenville, SC (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/709,389.
Prior Publication US 2023/0313708 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. F01D 25/24 (2006.01); F01D 25/28 (2006.01)
CPC F01D 25/28 (2013.01) [F01D 25/243 (2013.01); F05D 2230/644 (2013.01); F05D 2260/38 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a casing alignment system configured to align an inner wall with an outer wall of a multi-wall casing of a turbomachine having a rotor, wherein the inner wall comprises first and second lips disposed on diametrically opposite sides of the inner wall relative to a first plane extending through a rotational axis of the rotor, the first and second lips extend radially outward from the inner wall, load faces of the first and second lips are disposed on opposite sides of the first plane, the first lip has an upper surface disposed along the first plane, and the second lip has a lower surface disposed along the first plane, wherein the casing alignment system comprises:
a first alignment positioner configured to bias the first lip of the inner wall in a direction of rotation of the rotor disposed within the multi-wall casing.