Stators for use in electric machines and methods for refurbishing the same. One method for refurbishing a stator for use in an electric machine includes at least partially disassembling the stator to provide access to a plurality of stator windings connected in a four-circuit star connection having three turns per coil, and reconfiguring the stator such that the plurality of stator windings are connected in a four-circuit delta connection having five turns per coil.

Stators for use in electric machines and methods for refurbishing the same. One method for refurbishing a stator for use in an electric machine includes at least partially disassembling the stator to provide access to a plurality of stator windings connected in a four-circuit star connection having three turns per coil, and reconfiguring the stator such that the plurality of stator windings are connected in a four-circuit delta connection having five turns per coil.

A method of determining a readjustment value in position and/or in orientation of a stator segment of a multi segment stator of an electrical machine is provided, the stator segment to be assembled with a shaft, the method including: detecting positions of plural first reference objects attached to the stator segment using a camera system; detecting positions of plural second reference objects attached to the shaft using a laser tracking system; detecting positions of plural third reference objects attached to the camera system using the laser tracking system; determining the readjustment value in position and/or in orientation of the stator segment based on the positions of the plural first, second and third reference objects.

A method of determining a readjustment value in position and/or in orientation of a stator segment of a multi segment stator of an electrical machine is provided, the stator segment to be assembled with a shaft, the method including: detecting positions of plural first reference objects attached to the stator segment using a camera system; detecting positions of plural second reference objects attached to the shaft using a laser tracking system; detecting positions of plural third reference objects attached to the camera system using the laser tracking system; determining the readjustment value in position and/or in orientation of the stator segment based on the positions of the plural first, second and third reference objects.

An electric generator phase ring handling tool, a phase ring loading tool, base loader, and a system and a method for servicing or installing one or more phase rings in an electric generator using the handling tool, the loading tool and the base loader. Phase rings can be picked up and transported to a generator, inserted into the generator, adjusted while inside the generator, and removed. Installation, removal and servicing of the rings in a generator avoids use of a crane and allows shorten generator outage duration. Without using a crane for installation, removal and servicing, the safety of workers performing these operations is enhanced. Also, increased precision in transporting, placing, installing, removing, and adjusting the rings is obtained, minimizing the risk of damage to the rings and the generator.

An electric generator phase ring handling tool, a phase ring loading tool, base loader, and a system and a method for servicing or installing one or more phase rings in an electric generator using the handling tool, the loading tool and the base loader. Phase rings can be picked up and transported to a generator, inserted into the generator, adjusted while inside the generator, and removed. Installation, removal and servicing of the rings in a generator avoids use of a crane and allows shorten generator outage duration. Without using a crane for installation, removal and servicing, the safety of workers performing these operations is enhanced. Also, increased precision in transporting, placing, installing, removing, and adjusting the rings is obtained, minimizing the risk of damage to the rings and the generator.

In a first aspect, a method for removing an electromagnetic module from an electrical machine is provided. The electrical machine comprises a plurality of electromagnetic modules having an electromagnetic material. The electromagnetic modules comprise base and a support extending from the base and supporting the electromagnetic material. The base comprises a bottom surface and a first side surface. The first side surface comprises an axially extending groove defining a cooling channel with an axially extending groove of a first side surface of an adjacent electromagnetic module. The method comprises inserting a rod in a cooling channel formed by the groove of the electromagnetic module to be removed and a groove of an adjacent electromagnetic module; releasing the electromagnetic module to be removed from a structure of the electrical machine; and sliding the electromagnetic module to be removed along the rod.

In a first aspect, a method for removing an electromagnetic module from an electrical machine is provided. The electrical machine comprises a plurality of electromagnetic modules having an electromagnetic material. The electromagnetic modules comprise base and a support extending from the base and supporting the electromagnetic material. The base comprises a bottom surface and a first side surface. The first side surface comprises an axially extending groove defining a cooling channel with an axially extending groove of a first side surface of an adjacent electromagnetic module. The method comprises inserting a rod in a cooling channel formed by the groove of the electromagnetic module to be removed and a groove of an adjacent electromagnetic module; releasing the electromagnetic module to be removed from a structure of the electrical machine; and sliding the electromagnetic module to be removed along the rod.

The repair system of an embodiment includes a traveling device that travels while being inserted into a gap interposed between a rotor and stator in the rotary electric machine and a control device that controls operation of the traveling device. The traveling device has a moving mechanism moving the traveling device in the gap and a repair mechanism repairing a repair object part of the rotary electric machine in the gap. The repair mechanism includes a nozzle discharging repair material for repairing the repair object part from a nozzle discharge port. When repairing the repair object part, the control device controls operations of the moving mechanism and the repair mechanism so that the repair material is applied to the repair object part by discharging the repair material from the nozzle discharge port of the nozzle while moving the traveling device.

A system to repurpose one or more windings of a motor is disclosed. The system comprises an electrical device and a control circuitry provided to selectively establish electrical connection between one or more windings of the motor and the electrical device. The one or more windings function as an inductor for the electrical device.