An improved apparatus and method of having a pair of end caps on a rotor
assembly of a multi-pole high-speed generator is provided for use with a
turbine engine. The rotor assembly provides improved balancing and/or
cooling during generator operation. The rotor assembly includes a
plurality of poles and at least one support wedge positioned between each
of the poles. The rotor assembly is mounted on a shaft. An annular flange
of the end caps restrains the support wedges in the rotor assembly for
improved balancing and maintaining concentricity. The end caps may also
include a manifold for circulating a cooling medium through the shaft to
and from the support wedges to cool the generator.