A rotatable body includes a rotor and n buckets, each bucket being coupled to the rotor in a tangential entry manner. The rotor supports each of the n buckets coupled to the rotor, so the buckets may be stably coupled to the rotor, using a unified annular dovetail tenon that protrudes axially from the rotor. Each bucket includes a bucket dovetail mortise for engaging with the unified annular dovetail tenon in order to couple the bucket to the rotor. A method of manufacturing the rotatable body includes assembling first to (n1)th buckets with the rotor wheel by successively inserting the first to (n1)th buckets through the tangential entry; assembling the nth bucket with the adapter; assembling the adapter with the rotor wheel, by inserting the adapter assembled with the nth bucket into the tangential entry; and collectively moving all the buckets by one half pitch in the circumferential direction.

A rotatable body includes a rotor and n buckets, each bucket being coupled to the rotor in a tangential entry manner. The rotor supports each of the n buckets coupled to the rotor, so the buckets may be stably coupled to the rotor, using a unified annular dovetail tenon that protrudes axially from the rotor. Each bucket includes a bucket dovetail mortise for engaging with the unified annular dovetail tenon in order to couple the bucket to the rotor. A method of manufacturing the rotatable body includes assembling first to (n1)th buckets with the rotor wheel by successively inserting the first to (n1)th buckets through the tangential entry; assembling the nth bucket with the adapter; assembling the adapter with the rotor wheel, by inserting the adapter assembled with the nth bucket into the tangential entry; and collectively moving all the buckets by one half pitch in the circumferential direction.

The present disclosure is related to turbine wheel assemblies for gas turbine engines. Such turbine wheel assemblies may include ceramic matrix composite airfoil components mounted with different types of coupling to a central disc.

A bucket assembly for replacing an old bucket is provided with a turbine and a method for replacing the same. The bucket to be replaced is removed and then the bucket assembly configured of a blade part, first and second dovetail members, and a coupling member is simply assembled in a male dovetail, without sequentially disassembling the already installed buckets though a notch opening upon replacing the damaged bucket among the already installed buckets in a tangential entry type dovetail, thereby shortening replacement time and replacement costs of the bucket assembly and preventing a secondary damage occurring to the rotor or the rotor wheel during the disassembling process.

A conical hub for a fan of a gas turbine engine is provided. The conical hub having: a plurality of attachment features located on an outer circumferential surface of the conical hub, wherein at least some of the plurality attachment features are axially aligned with each other and at least some of the plurality of attachment features are off set from each other, and wherein each of the plurality of attachment features have an opening configured to receive a portion of a pin; and the outer circumferential surface of the conical hub increases in diameter with respect to an axis of the conical hub in a forward to aft direction of the conical hub.

A blade removal device for removing a blade in a circumferential direction of a blade ring along a groove, the blade being engaged with the groove extending in the circumferential direction on an inner peripheral side of the blade ring, is provided with a towing part for towing the blade, a string member connecting the towing part and the blade, and a first turning part attached to the blade ring so as to be in contact with a portion of the string member between the towing part and the blade to change a direction of a towing force transmitted via the string member.

A compressor rotor including a structure for bleeding air flowing through a compressed air flowpath of an axial compressor to an inner passage provided on an inner peripheral side of the axial compressor, includes rotor blades and a rotor disc. The rotor disc includes a blade groove provided in an outer peripheral surface thereof and being continuous in a circumferential direction and a passage which communicates an inner region of the blade groove with the inner passage. The rotor blade has a root part and a platform which are fitted to the blade groove, and a blade part provided on a side opposite to the root part with the platform interposed between the root part and the blade part. An opening is provided in the platform or a region that is in the vicinity of the platform and configured to communicate the inner region of the blade groove with the compressed air flowpath.

A rotatable body includes a rotor and n buckets, each bucket being coupled to the rotor in a tangential entry manner. The rotor supports each of the n buckets coupled to the rotor, so the buckets may be stably coupled to the rotor, using a unified annular dovetail tenon that protrudes axially from the rotor. Each bucket includes a bucket dovetail mortise for engaging with the unified annular dovetail tenon in order to couple the bucket to the rotor. A method of manufacturing the rotatable body includes assembling first to (n1)th buckets with the rotor wheel by successively inserting the first to (n1)th buckets through the tangential entry; assembling the nth bucket with the adapter; assembling the adapter with the rotor wheel, by inserting the adapter assembled with the nth bucket into the tangential entry; and collectively moving all the buckets by one half pitch in the circumferential direction.

A rotatable body includes a rotor and n buckets, each bucket being coupled to the rotor in a tangential entry manner. The rotor supports each of the n buckets coupled to the rotor, so the buckets may be stably coupled to the rotor, using a unified annular dovetail tenon that protrudes axially from the rotor. Each bucket includes a bucket dovetail mortise for engaging with the unified annular dovetail tenon in order to couple the bucket to the rotor. A method of manufacturing the rotatable body includes assembling first to (n1)th buckets with the rotor wheel by successively inserting the first to (n1)th buckets through the tangential entry; assembling the nth bucket with the adapter; assembling the adapter with the rotor wheel, by inserting the adapter assembled with the nth bucket into the tangential entry; and collectively moving all the buckets by one half pitch in the circumferential direction.

Various embodiments include a system for machining a hole in a turbine blade. The system can include: a mount for engaging a first side of a turbine rotor, the mount including: a drill plate for coupling with the first side of the turbine rotor, the drill plate having: a body; a feed opening on a first side of the body; a passage extending from the feed opening through the body; and a second opening on a second side of the body, the second opening coupled with the passage and positioned to align with the pre-formed hole in the turbine rotor; an alignment bushing for engaging the pre-formed hole in the rotor at a second side of the rotor; and a cutting device for extending through the body and alignment bushing, the cutting device for machining the hole in the blade, the cutting device aligned along a chamfer axis relative to a primary axis of the turbine rotor.