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Moving Blade and Turbine Using Moving Blade
20180010466 · 2018-01-11 ·

A moving blade 21d is disposed in a last stage closest to a diffuser 10 among a plurality of stages of a turbine 9 including a turbine rotor 12 and a stationary body 14. The diffuser 10 is connected to an outlet side of the stationary body 14. A distal end of the moving blade 21d is opposed to a seal fin 38 provided in the stationary body 14. The moving blade 21d includes a blade section 26, a cover 27 and a guide 32 provided on a moving blade distal end face 31, which is a surface of the cover 27. The moving blade distal end face 31 extends in a rotation axis direction of the turbine rotor 12, and the guide 32 includes a guide surface 41 located on a side close to the diffuser 10 with respect to the seal fin 38 and formed to incline upward in a direction from the seal fin 38 toward the diffuser 10.

Blade pivot with adjustable orientation and protected integrity for a turbomachine fan hub

The invention relates to a blade pivot with adjustable orientation for a turbomachine fan hub, comprising: a stud having a fastener configured to retain a blade root and coupling means for the transmission of a twist torque; a ball bearing for taking centrifugal forces having an inner ring and an outer ring; a first clamping nut intended to be screwed on an inner thread of the hub to ensure clamping of the outer ring of the ball bearing; a rolling-element bearing for taking transverse forces having an inner ring and a smooth outer ring; a locking ring mounted between these two inner rings to provide for them a respective transverse support; an anti-rupture sleeve carrying the inner ring of the rolling-element bearing for taking transverse forces and the terminal end of which is extended transversely beyond the outer ring of this bearing.

Blade pivot with adjustable orientation and protected integrity for a turbomachine fan hub

The invention relates to a blade pivot with adjustable orientation for a turbomachine fan hub, comprising: a stud having a fastener configured to retain a blade root and coupling means for the transmission of a twist torque; a ball bearing for taking centrifugal forces having an inner ring and an outer ring; a first clamping nut intended to be screwed on an inner thread of the hub to ensure clamping of the outer ring of the ball bearing; a rolling-element bearing for taking transverse forces having an inner ring and a smooth outer ring; a locking ring mounted between these two inner rings to provide for them a respective transverse support; an anti-rupture sleeve carrying the inner ring of the rolling-element bearing for taking transverse forces and the terminal end of which is extended transversely beyond the outer ring of this bearing.

SYSTEM WITH A ROTOR BLADE FOR A GAS TURBINE WITH A BLADE FOOT PROTECTIVE PLATE HAVING A SEALING SECTION
20230003137 · 2023-01-05 ·

A rotor blade system includes a blade root, a blade neck adjoining the blade root, an airfoil adjoining the blade neck, a radially outer partition wall, an axially forward partition wall and an axially rearward partition wall, connected to the radially outer partition wall such that the partition walls surround the blade neck on three sides, the partition walls projecting beyond the blade neck in the circumferential direction, and further including a blade root protection plate designed to be arranged on the blade root. It is provided that the blade root protection plate have at least one sealing portion that extends in the axial direction from the forward partition wall to the rearward partition wall and whose radially outer side is disposed opposite the radially outer partition wall when the blade root protection plate is arranged on the blade root.

BLADE FOR A TURO MACHINE, BLADE ASSEMBLY, GAS TURBINE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BLADE FOR A TURBO MACHINE

A blade for turbo machine is provided. The blade for a turbo machine includes an airfoil body extending in a radial direction between a root end and a tip end and including an inner void extending from the root end in the radial direction, a root body integrally formed with the airfoil body, extending from the root end of the air foil body to a bottom end in the radial direction, and including a receiving slot extending from the bottom end in the radial direction and opening into the inner void of the air foil body, and an insert positioned in the receiving slot of the root body and including a plurality of through holes extending in the radial direction to form a fluid connection to the inner void of the air foil body.

BLADE COMPRISING A STRUCTURE MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHOD

The present invention relates to a blade comprising: - a structure made of composite material; - a blade root attachment part comprising a wall delimiting a cavity, a first opening formed in the wall and a second opening located under the blade root portion, the structure made of composite material extending through the first opening; - two locking parts configured to axially abut against a shoulder of the attachment part and to bear against the blade root portion; and - a cover for compressing the blade root portion against the locking parts.

High pressure rotor disk

A rotor disk for a gas turbine engine is disclosed and formed to enable operation at high rotational speeds in a high temperature environment. The rotor disk is formed to include a bore, a live rim diameter and an outer diameter related to each other according to defined relationships.

System For Protecting a Rotatable Shaft of a Motor from Excessive Bending Moments

A motor assembly that includes a motor having a motor casing, a rotatable shaft extending from said motor casing to a shaft length and a hub coupled to said rotatable shaft, the hub having a circumferential skid surface disposed immediately proximal to the motor casing and having a channel configured to seat a propeller, when a propeller is present, wherein a bending moment applied to the shaft through the hub results in the circumferential skid surface contacting said motor casing.

SOLUTION FOR MANUFACTURING A ONE-PIECE BLADED DISC
20230017699 · 2023-01-19 ·

A method for manufacturing an integrally formed bladed disk of a turbomachine, includes manufacturing a plurality of blades, the blades including a root and a profiled portion; and spark plasma sintering the blades with a metal powder, the blades being angularly distributed over a contour of an annular spark plasma sintering mold, the root of the blades being embedded into the metal powder, the profiled portion of the blades protruding from the metal powder radially outwardly.

Turbomachine rotor assembly

A rotor assembly includes a rotor having a dovetail slot. The dovetail slot includes a plurality of recesses and a first radially innermost surface. A rotor blade includes an airfoil that extends radially outward from a platform and a dovetail that extends radially inward from the platform. The dovetail includes a plurality of projections extending in opposite directions that are received by the plurality of recesses of the dovetail slot. The dovetail further includes a leading edge surface, a trailing edge surface, and a second radially innermost surface. The second radially innermost surface defines a groove from the leading edge surface to the trailing edge surface. The shim is positioned within the groove and between the first radially innermost surface of the dovetail slot and the second radially innermost surface of the dovetail. The shim extends at least partially radially along both of the leading edge surface and the trailing edge surface to secure the rotor blade within the dovetail slot during various operating conditions of the turbomachine.