Module-handling tool for installing/removing modules into/from an electromagnetic rotary machine having a modularized active portion

摘要

A module-handling tool for facilitating installation, servicing, and/or dismantling of a electromagnetic rotary machine, such as an electrical power generator or electric motor, having a modularized active portion. In one embodiment, module-handling tool is configured for a machine having a modularized stator having a number of removable modules. In one example of such stator-module-handling tool, the tool is designed and configured to hold a stator module and be temporarily secured to the rotor of the machine during the process of installing the stator module into the machine or removing the module from the machine. In this example, the module-handling tool also acts as a module carrier for transporting a module to or from the machine.

主权项

1. A module-handling tool for inserting and/or removing a stator module that includes at least one electrical winding into and/or from a module-receiving location in an active stator portion of an electromagnetic machine that includes a rotor having a rotational axis, the module-handling tool comprising:
a frame, said frame having a base and being designed and configured to be secured to the rotor of the electromagnetic machine during use of the module-handling tool to insert and/or remove the stator module into and/or from the module-receiving location; a module translation axis; at least one bearing supported by said frame and designed and configured to engage the stator module when said frame is secured to the rotor of the electromagnetic machine; a translator designed and configured to move the stator module along said translation axis when said frame is secured to the rotor of the electromagnetic machine; and a positioning system designed and configured for aligning, when said frame is secured to the rotor of the electromagnetic machine; said frame relative to the module-receiving location of the electromagnetic machine for insertion and/or removal of the stator module, respectively, into/from the module-receiving location.