Patent ID: 8240041

Claim:
A turbine blade pin removal apparatus, comprising: a frame having opposing side members spaced to allow engagement of a turbine rotor assembly; one or more components removably coupled to the frame and configured to facilitate removal of a rotor blade pin from the turbine rotor assembly, wherein the one or more components include: a positioning cartridge configured to be removably coupled to one of the opposing side members of the frame and to align the frame with a centerline of the rotor blade pin; and a drilling cartridge configured to be removably coupled to the frame in place of the positioning cartridge after alignment of the frame to the centerline of the rotor blade pin by the positioning cartridge, wherein the drilling cartridge is configured to selectively drill the rotor blade pin; and one or more couplers configured to couple the frame to the turbine rotor assembly in a position aligned by the positioning cartridge; and an imaging device configured to facilitate positioning of the positioning cartridge relative to the rotor blade pin.