A gas turbine that having a flowpath having a rotor assembly that includes: a first rotor wheel supporting a first rotor blade having a platform that defines a first axial section of an inner boundary of the flowpath; a second rotor wheel supporting a second rotor blade having a platform that defines a second axial section of the inner boundary of the flowpath; and an annulus filler that includes an outboard surface that defines at least part of a third axial section of the inner boundary of the flowpath occurring between the first axial section and the second axial section of the inner boundary of the flowpath. The first rotor wheel may include an axial connector for axially engaging a mating surface formed on a radially innermost face of the first rotor blade and a mating surface formed on a radially innermost face of the annulus filler.

A retainer plate is provided for retaining a dovetail root of a fan blade of a gas turbine engine in a corresponding axially-extending slot in the rim of a fan disc. In use, the plate locates in a cavity formed at an end of the slot such that a first side of the plate is arranged for contact with an axial end face of the dovetail root and an opposite second side of the plate is arranged for contact with an abutment surface of the cavity to limit axial movement of the root along the slot. The retainer plate is formed from fiber-reinforced composite material, at least a portion of the composite material being reinforced by 3D-woven fiber tows.

A wheel disc arrangement having a wheel disc, having multiple vane devices which are fastened along an outer circumference of the wheel disc, having at least one sealing plate received between the wheel disc and the vane devices so as to be displaceable in a circumferential direction, and having at least one securing device designed so as to secure the sealing plate against a displacement in the circumferential direction, wherein the securing device has a bolt, which extends through a passage opening provided in the sealing plate, and a recess, which is provided on the wheel disc or on a vane device, which recess receives the free end of the bolt and the wall of which recess limits a movement of the bolt in the circumferential direction, wherein the bolt is, in an axial direction, secured on the sealing plate against undesired release by way of a detent connection.

A wheel disc arrangement having a wheel disc, having multiple vane devices which are fastened along an outer circumference of the wheel disc, having at least one sealing plate received between the wheel disc and the vane devices so as to be displaceable in a circumferential direction, and having at least one securing device designed so as to secure the sealing plate against a displacement in the circumferential direction, wherein the securing device has a bolt, which extends through a passage opening provided in the sealing plate, and a recess, which is provided on the wheel disc or on a vane device, which recess receives the free end of the bolt and the wall of which recess limits a movement of the bolt in the circumferential direction, wherein the bolt is, in an axial direction, secured on the sealing plate against undesired release by way of a detent connection.

A gas turbine engine system comprises a rotor wheel, a plurality of blades, a lockwire and a locking key. The rotor wheel comprises a plurality of axial grooves extending through a periphery of the rotor wheel, and a plurality of posts formed between adjacent slots, each post having a circumferential slot. The blades are mounted in the axial grooves of the rotor wheel, each blade having a circumferential slot circumferentially aligned with the circumferential slots of the posts. The lockwire extends across the plurality of axial grooves of the rotor wheel within each of the circumferential slots of the posts and the blades from a first end to a second end to inhibit axial displacement of the blades within the grooves. The locking key is disposed between the first and second ends of the lockwire and provides support to at least one of the ends of the lockwire to prevent radially inward displacement.

A gas turbine engine system comprises a rotor wheel, a plurality of blades, a lockwire and a locking key. The rotor wheel comprises a plurality of axial grooves extending through a periphery of the rotor wheel, and a plurality of posts formed between adjacent slots, each post having a circumferential slot. The blades are mounted in the axial grooves of the rotor wheel, each blade having a circumferential slot circumferentially aligned with the circumferential slots of the posts. The lockwire extends across the plurality of axial grooves of the rotor wheel within each of the circumferential slots of the posts and the blades from a first end to a second end to inhibit axial displacement of the blades within the grooves. The locking key is disposed between the first and second ends of the lockwire and provides support to at least one of the ends of the lockwire to prevent radially inward displacement.

A rotor disk assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a rotor disk that defines an axis, the rotor disk comprising a slot within a rim of the disk and a spacer within the slot, the spacer having a clearance feature sized to permit rotation of a rotor blade from an insertion position to an installed position.

A rotor disk assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a rotor disk that defines an axis, the rotor disk comprising a slot within a rim of the disk and a spacer within the slot, the spacer having a clearance feature sized to permit rotation of a rotor blade from an insertion position to an installed position.

An adjustable blade root spring device for turbine blade fixation in turbomachinery. The device is designed to be placed in a space in a rotor disk cavity adjacent to a tip of a blade root fir tree, where the device applies a radial outward force on the turbine blade to fix the blade position in the rotor disk. The device includes an accordion-shaped spring which is compressed by a bolt and a coil spring. When the accordion spring is compressed in length, it increases in height and makes contact with the rotor disk and the turbine blade. The force of the accordion spring on the turbine blade can be adjusted via the bolt, and the coil spring provides an increased compliance range. The device can be inserted into the space without scraping against the blade root or the rotor disk, and expanded once it is in position.

A mobile vane for a turbine engine, including a root designed to be inserted into a receiving element of a rotor disk for a turbine engine, a platform carried by the root, and a blade extending from the platform. The platform includes an upstream edge. The upstream edge includes a lug for engaging in a locking notch of the disk in such a way as to hold the vane axially in relation to the disk, according to the longitudinal direction of the receiving element.