A rotor for at least one of a turbine and a compressor of a supercharging device may include a shaft defining an axis of rotation and at least one impeller. The at least one impeller may have a thread which is arranged coaxially to the axis of rotation. The shaft may include a complementary thread which is arranged coaxially to the axis of rotation. The shaft and the at least one impeller may be secured together via the respective threads. The shaft and the at least one impeller may be fixed with respect to one another via at least one of a soldered connection, a welded connection, an adhesive bond, a clamped connection and a crystallization connection.

The present invention relates to a turbine engine comprising a wheel, (2) mounted on a shaft (4), and a disk (18), adjacent to the wheel (2) and mounted on the same shaft while being rotated by the latter. The disk (18) is made of a material having a density greater than that of the material used to manufacture the wheel (2). The invention is of use in a compressor/turbine.

A rotary machine includes a machine stator and a machine rotor rotatable relative to the machine stator and having a metal shaft portion, a composite impeller portion, and at least a first metal ring portion securing the composite impeller portion to the metal shaft portion, the metal ring portion having a first interface with the composite impeller portion and a second interface with the metal shaft portion.

To provide a turbine rotor which enables mass production with a low-cost apparatus and which capable of suppressing leaning of the rotor shaft after welding to improve the yield, while a turbine blade rotor 12 and the rotor shaft 14 are fit to each other with concave and convex portions 12a and 14a and are permitted to be rotated, laser beam L from a laser beam generating device 30 is applied to a joint face 16 along the circumferential direction to weld the welding portion. Then, laser beam L is polarized to temper a region X on the rotor shaft side containing the welding portion with laser beam L. In contrast to residual stress R.sub.1 having a local angular distribution generated during the welding, residual stress R.sub.2 is permitted to be generated over the entire circumference by tempering. Leaning of the rotor shaft 14 after cooling is thereby be suppressed.

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a seal comprising: a first fitting configured to couple to a first disk, and a curvic joint including curvic teeth, where a first distance between the first fitting and the curvic teeth is equal to or greater than a first thickness of the first disk. In some embodiments, an engine comprises: a compressor disk, a turbine disk, and a seal including: a first fitting configured to couple to the turbine disk, a second fitting configured to couple to the compressor disk, and a curvic joint including curvic teeth, where a first axial distance between the first fitting and the curvic teeth is greater than or equal to a first radial thickness of the turbine disk.

A spool for a gas turbine engine includes at least one rotor disk defined along an axis of rotation and at least one rotor ring defined along the axis of rotation, with the rotor ring being in contact with the rotor disk. The rotor disk and rotor ring are contoured to define a smooth rotor stack load path.

An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a shaft (2), a turbine wheel (5), which is fastened to the shaft (2), and a heat throttle (8) between the shaft (2) and the turbine wheel. An end face (3) of the shaft (2) is provided with a protrusion (4), with an outside diameter (A.sub.4) which is smaller than the outside diameter (A.sub.2) of the shaft (2). The turbine wheel (5) has a hollow receiving portion (7), which is formed integrally on the wheel rear side (6) and the inside diameter (I.sub.7) corresponds to the outside diameter (A.sub.4) of the protrusion (4) and the outside diameter (A.sub.7) corresponds to the outside diameter (A.sub.2) of the shaft (2). The protrusion (4) engages into the receiving portion (7). The heat throttle (8) is formed by a cavity (8A, 8B), which has an outside diameter (A.sub.8) which is smaller than the outside diameter (A.sub.4) of the protrusion (4) and extends from the protrusion (4) into the receiving portion (7).

A turbo rotor includes a turbine wheel, a connection element and a rotor shaft. The turbine wheel has a plurality of blades, wherein a cavity is formed at a bottom of the turbine wheel, and at least one fixing structure is formed in the cavity. The connection element is accommodated in the cavity. The connection element includes a main body and at least one engaging structure formed on the main body, wherein the at least one engaging structure is engaged with the at least one fixing structure for preventing the connection element from moving along or rotating around a rotational axis of the turbo rotor relative to the turbine wheel. The rotor shaft is connected to the main body for supporting the turbine wheel.

A method of loading a rotating assembly of a turbocharger can include positioning a swage collar on an end portion of a turbocharger shaft that extends through a through bore of a compressor wheel; applying a pulling force to the end portion of the turbocharger shaft to achieve a desired amount of loading; deforming the swage collar to form a swaged collar fixed to the end portion of the turbocharger shaft; and releasing the pulling force wherein the swaged collar maintains the desired amount of loading.

A compressor wheel assembly of a turbocharger can include a compressor wheel that includes a through bore that extends from a base portion to a nose portion of the compressor wheel; a turbocharger shaft disposed in the through bore of the compressor wheel where the turbocharger shaft includes an end portion that extends axially away from the nose portion of the compressor wheel; and a swaged collar fixed to the end portion of the turbocharger shaft.