Patent ID: 9567863
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: F01D,F05D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A fixture for assembling a stator vane assembly for a gas turbine engine comprising: an outer locating ring including a plurality of outer locating pins defining a position for each of a plurality of vanes within a corresponding plurality of outer fairing openings of an outer fairing; an inner locating ring including a plurality of inner locating pins defining a position of each of the plurality of vanes within a corresponding plurality of inner fairing openings of an inner fairing; a clamp section including a clamp portion and a clamp pin defining an angular orientation of each of the plurality of vanes relative to each the inner fairing openings and the outer fairing openings, wherein the clamp section holds each of the plurality of vanes such that no part of the plurality of vanes are in direct engagement with the inner fairing and the outer fairing; and an inner locating section supporting a plurality of radial locating pins defining a radial position of each of the plurality of vanes relative to the inner and outer fairings.