Patent ID: 7726022
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: F23R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of dismantling an element of a turbomachine, the element including an annular shell element including a bottom half shell and a top half shell which can be connected to the bottom half shell, the method comprising: opening a casing of the turbomachine adjacent to a combustion chamber; releasing the top half shell from the bottom half shell; axially displacing the top half shell from a position and thereafter radially removing the top half shell; rotationally fixedly connecting an auxiliary tool to a rotor of the turbomachine; connecting the auxiliary tool to the bottom half shell via axially displaceable adapter slides arranged on said auxiliary tool; axially displacing the bottom half shell to release the bottom half shell from axial connecting contours; rotating the bottom half shell and the rotor by approximately 180° until the bottom half shell assumes said position of the top half shell; and releasing the bottom half shell from the turbomachine and removing said bottom half shell.