Patent ID: 9528393
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: F01D,F04D,F05D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for removing an inner casing from a machine having an outer casing, the inner casing within the outer casing, and a rotor within the inner casing, the rotor having a longitudinal axis, the method comprising: providing supports between the outer casing and the inner casing; removing a top part of the outer casing; then removing a top part of the inner casing; then connecting a ring sector to a bottom part of the inner casing to replace the removed top part of the inner casing; then rotating the reciprocally connected ring sector and bottom part of the inner casing around the longitudinal axis to make the bottom part of the inner casing accessible; then removing the bottom part of the inner casing; guiding the reciprocally connected ring sector and bottom part of the inner casing during rotation, to prevent movement along the longitudinal axis, wherein guiding includes providing a guide cooperating with the ring sector and/or inner casing bottom part and adjusting a configuration of the guide along the longitudinal axis.