RICHARD JOHN GRITTER
Pilots at Haw Mdw Dr, Kernersville, NC
License number
North Carolina A0730619
Issued Date
Sep 2016
Expiration Date
Sep 2018
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
7800 Haw Meadows Dr, Kernersville, NC 27284
Professional information
Turbine Engine Fan Housing Abradable Material Removal Tool And Method Of Abradable Material Removal
US Patent:
2014001, Jan 16, 2014
Filed:
Jul 10, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/545842
Inventors:
Michael J. Edmonson - Pleasant Garden NC, US
Richard James Gritter - Kernersville NC, US
Richard James Gritter - Kernersville NC, US
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. - Tokyo
International Classification:
B24B 1/00, B24B 7/00
US Classification:
451 28, 451540
Abstract:
Devices and methods by which an amount of an abradable material may be removed from the housing of a gas turbine engine. A device of the invention is generally comprised of an abradable material removal tool having a curved abradable material contacting base with a handle or other gripping portion extending therefrom. An abrasive material, such as a sheet of sand paper, may be associated with a contacting surface of the base. The base is dimensioned and provided with a shape that permits its insertion between adjacent leading and trailing fan blades of an engine fan. A manual back-and-forth rotation of the fan while the abradable material removal tool is positioned between the fan blades and depressed against the surface of the abradable material will result in a controlled removal of abradable material along a path traced by the tips of the fan blades.