F05D2230/64

Rotor hanging tool, rotor support jig, rotor lifting method, and rotary machine disassembly method

A rotor hanging tool includes a beam extending in parallel to an axial direction above a rotor main body, a pair of ring support portions disposed at an interval in the axial direction, connected to the beam, and attachable to and detachable from a support ring, a pair of rotor support portions disposed at an interval in the axial direction, connected to the beam, attachable to and detachable from the rotor main body at positions different from the ring support portions in the axial direction, and respectively supporting the rotor main body from below, and a vertical position adjustment unit for adjusting a position of each of the rotor support portions in a vertical direction with respect to the beam.

Pin Member for Turbine
20220403757 · 2022-12-22 ·

A pin member is proposed for a turbo-machine having a shroud arranged to rotate within a turbine housing. The pin member is configured to limit this rotation. It is a one-piece element comprising a cylindrical body and a limit surface for opposing motion of the shroud.

DESIGN METHOD OF CENTER GUIDE PIN, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CENTER GUIDE PIN, AND ASSEMBLING METHOD OF ROTARY MACHINE

A design method of a center guide pin includes a step of setting a virtual center axis of a casing, a step of acquiring a center position of the center guide pin in a horizontal direction, a step of acquiring, as a first offset amount, an offset amount of the center position of the center guide pin from the virtual center axis of the casing in the horizontal direction, a step of setting a virtual center axis of a diaphragm, a step of acquiring a center position of a groove portion in the horizontal direction, a step of acquiring, as a second offset amount, an offset amount of the center position of the groove portion from the virtual center axis of the diaphragm in the horizontal direction, and a step of designing the center guide pin based on the first offset amount and the second offset amount.

Systems and methods for positioning aircraft engine components

Positioning system and method for positioning engine components on an aircraft, the system including a moveable support for the engine component, a laser assembly, and a system controller. First and second lasers of the laser assembly align their respective beams with an engine target position on the aircraft and provide an indication of a first angle of the first laser beam to a reference line, and an indication of a second angle of the second laser beam to the reference line; and the system controller is configured to rotate the moveable support to rotationally position the engine component, determine the vertical distance between the engine component and the target position based at least in part on the first and second angles, and to control a lift mechanism to reduce the vertical distance between the engine component and the engine.

Flow straightener unit comprising a centering and attachment plate

The invention concerns a flow straightener unit (1) for a fan module of a turbomachine, the straightener unit (1) comprising a plurality of blades (2) distributed about an axis of rotation, each blade (2) is made of a composite material and comprises an aerofoil (21) and a root (22) intended to be assembled on a hub (4) of the turbomachine. The unit (1) comprises a centring and attachment plate (3) of the blade (2) on the turbomachine intended to be attached to the hub (4) at a determined azimuthal position and to the root (22) of the blade (2), the plate (3) is designed to be screwed to the hub (4) by screws (51a) that are longitudinal with respect to the axis of rotation of the unit (1) and screwed to the root (22) of the blade (2) by screws (52) that are radial with respect to the axis of rotation of the unit (1).

Turbine guide apparatus

A turbine guide apparatus, having multiple guide blades. Each guide blade has a first shroud and a second shroud formed on radial ends of a blade leaf having a first carrier for the guide blades. Each guide blade is fastened to the first carrier via a first shroud projection having a second carrier for the guide blades and is fastened on the second carrier via a second shroud projection. The first shroud projection is inserted into a groove of the first carrier in the radial direction and fastened in this groove via a bolt extending in the axial direction through the projection of the first shroud with radial mobility in this groove. The second shroud projection of the guide blade is fastened in the circumferential and radial direction via a pin extending in the axial direction into the projection of the second shroud and the second carrier.

Turbine wheel and wire retention pin fixation method for turbine wheel

A turbine wheel that retains a fixation wire to inhibit the movement of turbine rotor blades along mating grooves includes: multiple tab sections that form housing sections that house part of the fixation wire; and a wire retention pin to retain the fixation wire in the housing sections. The tab section has a pin slot extending from the radially inner end toward the radially outward side. The wire retention pin has a first pin section having a width smaller than the pin slot and a second pin section having a width larger than the pin slot. The first pin section has multiple divided pieces. The wire retention pin is arranged such that the first pin section is positioned in the pin slot and the second pin section is positioned in the housing section, and is fixed to the tab section with the divided pieces bent outward.

ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBINE ENGINE

The invention relates to an assembly for a turbine engine, comprising a radially inner shaft (3) and a radially outer shaft (7), said shafts (7, 8) being coaxial and extending along an axis (X), means (11, 15) for coupling said inner and outer shafts (7, 8) in rotation, means (22) for axially holding the inner shaft (8) relative to the outer shaft (7), means for centring the inner shaft (8) relative to the outer shaft (7), characterised in that the centring means comprise a shim (14) for radial centring and for axial positioning, this shim being frustoconical and interposed between a frustoconical centring surface (13) of the inner shaft (8) and a corresponding frustoconical centring surface (10) of the outer shaft (7).

Exhaust cone with flexible fitting
11519361 · 2022-12-06 · ·

An assembly for an aircraft turbojet engine is described. The assembly includes a central gas-exhaust element and a connecting flange interposed between, upstream, a metallic outlet of a turbojet engine and, downstream, the central element. The connecting flange consists of an annular part and flexible lugs having axially: a first end where the lug is connected to the annular part, and a second free end, projecting radially outwards from the first end and towards which the lug is fixed with the central element.

Safety apparatus and corresponding method for containing an energy release from a tension stud of a rotor assembly

A safety apparatus for containing a release of energy from a tension stud of a rotor assembly, the safety apparatus including a containment member configured to pivot about a pivot location, the containment member including a retaining arm located on a first side of the pivot location and a catch located on a second side of the pivot location, wherein the containment member is movable about the pivot location to a first position in which the catch is engaged with a lip of a disc of the rotor assembly to position the retaining arm in a containment position.