The invention relates to a nozzle (1) for separating a primary flow from a secondary flow in a double-flow turbomachine. The separation nozzle comprises an outer annular wall (12), an inner annular wall (13), a radial annular wall (14) and an inner annular baffle (16). and defines a first cavity (17) between the outer annular wall (12) and the inner annular baffle (16), and a second cavity (18) between the inner annular wall (13), the radial annular wall (14) and the inner annular baffle (16).

Methods for manufacturing composite components having complex geometries are provided. In one exemplary aspect, a method includes laying up each of a plurality of laminates to an initial shape with a substantially planar geometry or a gently curved geometry. Then, a laid up laminate is formed to a final shape for each predefined section defined by the composite component to be manufactured. Thereafter, the laminates formed to their respective final shapes are stacked to build up the complex geometry of the composite component. Next, the composite component can be cured and finish machined as necessary to form the completed composite component.

The invention relates to a method for coating a component, which is provided for the hot gas duct of a turbomachine, wherein the coating material is applied onto the uncoated component surface in the form of particles in mixture with a binding agent, and the component with the particle-treated binding agent thereupon then undergoes thermal treatment in such a way that the binding agent is released and the coating material remains on the component.

The balancing system has a balancing body to be mounted on a rotor of a turbomachine and a sealing ring to be mounted on a stator of the turbomachine; the sealing ring is arranged around the balancing body so that the balancing body can rotate about a rotation axis, thus there is a clearance between the body and the ring; furthermore, there is an arrangement for changing an axial position of the sealing ring during operation of the turbomachine so that the clearance can be adjusted. The possibility of adjusting clearance during operation of the turbomachine, such balancing system provides a good balancing action with a small leakage and a small risk of mechanical interference at any time during operation of the turbomachine.

An airfoil profile for a turbine nozzle of a gas turbine is provided. The turbine nozzle may include an airfoil portion having an uncoated nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z set forth in Table 1, wherein the X, Y, and Z coordinates are distances in inches measured in a Cartesian coordinate system, the corresponding X and Y coordinates, when connected by a smooth continuous arc, define one of a plurality of airfoil profile sections at each Z distance, and the plurality of airfoil profile sections, when joined together by smooth continuous arcs, define an airfoil shape.

A method of fabricating an airfoil fairing for a vane arc segment includes providing a mandrel that necks down through a mandrel neck portion, providing fiber plies around the mandrel to form a tube that defines at least a portion of an airfoil profile of an airfoil section of an airfoil fairing, the fiber plies following the mandrel neck portion such that the tube has a corresponding tube neck portion that necks down to a collar, and removing the mandrel from the tube.

An engine includes: a first rotating component; a second rotating component separate from the first rotating component; and an electric machine, the electric machine including a first rotor rotatable with the first rotating component; a second rotor rotatable with the second rotating component; and a stator assembly arranged between the first rotor and the second rotor, the stator assembly including a first set of windings arranged adjacent to the first rotor, a second set of windings arranged adjacent to the second rotor, and a non-ferromagnetic inner housing arranged between the first set of windings and the second set of windings.

An aft frame assembly for a gas turbine transition piece includes a main body having an upstream facing surface and a downstream facing surface. A plurality of feed hole inlets are located on the upstream facing surface. The feed hole inlets are coupled to a plurality of cooling channels that pass through the main body towards the downstream facing surface. A plurality of plenums are located in or near the downstream facing surface, and each cooling channel is connected to and terminates in one of the plenums. The cooling channels are inputs to the plenums. A plurality of microchannel cooling slots are formed in or near the downstream facing surface, and each microchannel cooling slot is connected to one of the plenums. The microchannel cooling slots are outputs of the plenums. Two or more cooling channels and two or more microchannel cooling slots are connected to one of the plenums.

A blade wheel of a turbomachine, which blade wheel has a multiplicity of blades which are suitable and provided for extending radially in a flow path of the turbomachine, wherein the blades form a blade entry angle and a blade exit angle. Provision is made whereby the blade wheel forms N blocks of blades, where N≥2, wherein the blades of a block have in each case the same blade entry angle and the same blade exit angle, and the blades of at least two mutually adjacent blocks have a different blade entry angle and/or a different blade exit angle. According to a further aspect of the invention, partial gaps that the blades form in relation to an adjacent flow path boundary are varied in mutually adjacent blocks.

A clearance calculation device for a rotary machine in which a rotating body is rotatably supported by a stationary body and a gas path is formed between the stationary body and the rotating body. The clearance calculation device includes: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire a rotational speed of the rotating body and a gas temperature of a gas taken in the gas path; a gas path temperature calculation unit configured to calculate a gas path temperature of the gas path based on the rotational speed and the gas temperature; a metal temperature calculation unit configured to calculate temperatures of the stationary body and the rotating body by performing an unsteady heat transfer analysis using a stationary body heat transfer analysis model and a rotating body heat transfer analysis model using the gas path temperature as a boundary condition; a deformation amount calculation unit configured to calculate deformation amounts of the stationary body and the rotating body based on temperature changes of the stationary body and the rotating body; and a clearance calculation unit configured to calculate a clearance value between the stationary body and the rotating body based on the deformation amounts.