APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A SEALING ELEMENT LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSING OF A GAS TURBINE
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Abstract
A machining or processing apparatus (14) for machining or processing a sealing element (16) located within a housing (12) of a gas turbine (10), the machining or processing apparatus (14), at least in the partially assembled state of the gas turbine (10), being at least partly introducible through a port (22) of the housing (12) into an interior space (24) of the gas turbine (10) and including a machining or processing device (15) which allows work to be performed on the sealing element (16) upon introduction of the machining or processing apparatus (14) under relative movement of the machining or processing device (15) and the sealing element (16). In addition, a method for machining or processing a sealing element (16) located within a housing (12) of a gas turbine (10).
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36 Claims
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1-14. -14. (canceled)
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15. A machining or processing apparatus for machining or processing a sealing element located within a housing of a gas turbine, the machining or processing apparatus, at least in the partially assembled state of the gas turbine, being at least partly introducible through a port of the housing into an interior space of the gas turbine, the machining or processing device comprising:
a machining or processing device capable, upon introduction through the port, of performing work on the sealing element under relative movement of the machining or processing device and the sealing element. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for machining or processing a sealing element located within a housing of a gas turbine, comprising the following steps:
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at least partially introducing a machining or processing apparatus through a port of the housing into an interior space of the gas turbine; and machining or processing the sealing element by a machining or processing device of the machining or processing apparatus under relative movement of the machining or processing device and the sealing element, all of the method steps being implemented at least in the partially assembled state of the gas turbine. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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