| US 7,480,977 B2 | ||
| Method of replacing slot armor and slot liners in a generator rotor | ||
| Paul Michael Smigelski, Schenectady, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/639,244. | ||
| Application 11/639244 is a division of application No. 10/957719, filed on Oct. 05, 2004, abandoned. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0085439 A1, Apr. 19, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H02K 15/09 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 29—598 [29/401.1; 310/215] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A method of replacing slot armor and slot liners in radial slots of generator rotors, wherein each radial slot has a pair
of non-metallic insulating slot armors and a pair of L-shaped metal slot liners therein, comprising:
(a) removing a winding from respective radial slots in the generator rotor;
(b) removing existing pair of non-metallic insulating slot armors and pair of L-shaped metal slot liners from each of the
radial slots in the generator rotor;
(c) installing a single pair of L-shaped slot armor components in each radial slot as replacements for said pair of slot armors
and pair of slot liners, each L-shaped armor component constructed of a powder-coated metal; and
(d) installing a winding in the radial slots, wherein the L-shaped slot armor components are sized to substantially fill any
space between the winding and adjacent walls of the radial slots created by the removal of the pair of slot armors and pair
of slot liners from each radial slot.
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