Patent ID: 8876448

Claim:
A turbine lower half-casing and shipping fixture assembly comprising: a turbine lower half casing including a compressor section, a combustor section and a stage section in axial alignment and joined together at first and second joints, the lower half-casing having upper flanges adapted for mating engagement with corresponding flanges on an upper turbine half-casing; a shipping fixture assembly supporting said turbine lower half-casing, said shipping fixture assembly comprising a frame having a substantially rectangular shape including a pair of elongated, laterally-spaced side beams and a pair of transverse end beams; a first lateral support structure extending between said side beams at a first location corresponding to a first vertically-oriented joint between the turbine compressor section and the turbine combustor section; and a second lateral support structure comprising bearing blocks mounted on said side beams and engaging said lower turbine half-casing at a second location corresponding to a second vertically-oriented joint between the turbine combustor section and the turbine stage section.