---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000002284"
title: "Separation tool and method for nozzle segments of gas turbines"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:11:58.675056Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002284"
categories:
  - "manufacturing-assembly-equipment/assembly-systems"
keywords:
  - "b23p6/002"
  - "b23p6/002"
  - "b25b27/00"
  - "f01d25/285"
  - "f01d5/005"
  - "b23p6/00"
---

# Separation tool and method for nozzle segments of gas turbines

## Abstract

A nozzle segment separation tool for use with a pair of adjacent nozzle segments in a casing of a turbine. The nozzle segment separation tool may include a pair of support plates, a hydraulic cylinder positioned within the pair of support plates, a pushing bar attached to the hydraulic cylinder, a nozzle catch plate positioned within the pair of support plates, and a blocking pin inserted through the casing. The blocking pin forces the nozzle catch plate to engage a first nozzle segment of the pair of adjacent nozzle segments and blocks movement of the pushing bar such that the nozzle catch plate separates the pair of adjacent nozzle segments.