Patent ID: 7861435

Claim:
A method of determining an alignment between a gland seal and a rotor of a turbomachine, comprising: arranging a gland seal essentially concentric with the rotor and into a gland seal bracket, wherein the gland seal bracket comprises: a radial recess sized and configured to accept a portion of the gland seal, the radial recess having a first radial wall and a second radial wall arranged opposite the first radial wall, and a circumferential groove arranged along the first radial wall of the radial recess such that the groove has an open side facing the gland seal; inserting a deformable device into a length of the circumferential groove provided in the gland seal bracket; expanding the deformable device such that the gland seal ring is urged axially against an axial face of the gland seal bracket; ensuring that the gland seal is seated against the second radial wall of the gland seal bracket radial recess measuring an axial distance at a plurality of locations between a shoulder of the rotor and an axial surface of the gland seal ring; and determining an alignment of the gland seal ring and the rotor based on the plurality of measured axial distances.