Patent ID: 7178215
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: F01D,F05D,G01B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fixture for aligning the inlet end of a transition with the combustor section of a turbine engine comprising: a flange adapted for mounting to a combustor section component of a turbine engine; a mandrel extending substantially perpendicularly from the flange, the mandrel being sized and shaped to correspond to a target alignment location of the transition, the mandrel having an outer peripheral surface; a plurality of pressure transducers spaced on the outer peripheral surface of the mandrel so as to correspond to the target alignment location of the transition, wherein the plurality of pressure transducers produce signals; a signal processor operatively connected with the plurality of pressure transducers, the signal processor generating an actual alignment location signal responsive to the signals received from the plurality of pressure transducers; and a display presenting a graphical image representative of the target alignment location, the display further presenting a graphical image representative of an actual alignment location responsive to the actual alignment location signal received from the signal processor, whereby a user can view the movement of the graphical image of the actual alignment location relative to the graphical image of the target alignment location such that the user can make informed adjustments to the position of the transition until the graphical images are substantially aligned.