Provided is a turbine including a rotor wheel including a plurality of dovetail grooves and a insertion groove, the insertion groove including a first catching groove; a plurality of first buckets, each of the plurality of first buckets including a vane, a platform provided at a first end portion of the vane, and a dovetail provided at the platform and having a shape corresponding to the dovetail groove; a second bucket including a vane, a platform provided at a first end portion of the vane, and a protrusion portion and configured to be inserted into the insertion groove, the protrusion portion including a second catching groove; and a fixing member configured to be inserted into each of the first and second catching grooves, the fixing member configured to restrict radial movement of the second bucket.

Fixing set for securely assembling and locking a blade shaped element, for instance a turbine blade, on a support, for instance a turbine rotor. The blade shaped element is adapted to be inserted into a groove of the external surface of the support and the fixing set includes first, second and third locking elements adapted to be inserted into the groove, between the lower end surface of the root portion of the blade shaped element and the groove base surface. The first, second and third locking elements are adapted to securely lock the blade shaped element on the support and are further adapted to allow easy and simple installation by an operator with no need of additional working and extra machining.

Various aspects include a turbomachine bucket, corresponding shim and related turbine rotor. In some cases, a steam turbine bucket includes: a blade having a first end, and a second end opposite the first end; a tip at the first end of the blade; and a base at the second end, the base including a dovetail for complementing a corresponding dovetail slot in a steam turbine rotor, the dovetail having: a body; a plurality of projections extending from the body in opposing directions for complementing a plurality of recesses in the corresponding dovetail slot; and a shim locking slot extending through the body along the opposing directions, the shim locking slot being open at a bottom surface of the body and sized to engage a shim.

Bayonet connection key includes upper and lower blocks shaped to be inserted one at a time into a key space, having laterally spaced apart upper and lower flat first and second side contact surfaces, and means for retaining blocks against each other. Bolt or screw may be disposed through an aperture in retaining plate and screwed into threaded hole in upper block pressing retaining plate against lower block. Upper block may include axially spaced apart upwardly extending forward and aft lugs, aft lug shorter than forward lug, and inwardly extending upper stop lug at aft end of upper block. Alternatively bendable tab extending axially forward from a front end of the lower block may be bent up contacting upper block for retaining blocks in key space. Upper block may include forward and aft lugs of same radial length and inwardly extending stop lug at aft end of lower block.

A fan slider for use in a fan assembly to push a fan blade radially outward of a rotating axis of the gas turbine engine. The fan slider may include a fan slider body coated with a nanocrystalline metallic coating and a slider spring.

A turbomachine rotary assembly includes a plurality of blades having roots positioned in the grooves of a rotor disk and an axial retention system of the blades. The axial retention system includes a removable lock mounted bearing against the upstream axial ends of two consecutive teeth of the disk so as to block the opening of the groove formed by the teeth. It includes removable parts suitable for being mounted at the upstream axial ends of the teeth and to block the lock by clamping the lock between the removable parts and the teeth once the lock is installed against the upstream axial ends of the teeth.

A rotating blade assembly for a turbine engine having a drive shaft, the rotating blade assembly comprising a disc, at least one blade assembly, and a retainer. The disc being operably coupled to the drive shaft and including a seat having at least a portion of a first through hole. The at least one blade assembly having an upper platform, a lower platform, a dovetail extending from the lower platform, and a blade extending between the upper platform and the lower platform. The retainer assembly securing the disc to the at least one blade assembly and comprising a hollow tubular element, a pin, and a fastener.

A rotor assembly is provided that includes a rotor disk, a rotor blade and a rotor spacer. The rotor disk includes a slot. The rotor blade includes a blade root arranged within the slot. The root spacer is arranged within the slot between the rotor disk and the blade root. The root spacer is configured as or otherwise includes a cellular structure with a plurality of internal cells.

The invention relates to an assembly for a gas turbine engine which has a rotor disc, rotor blades and an annular blade retention plate, which adjoins the axially front side or the axially rear side of the rotor disc. The blade retention plate includes a radially outer region, which fixes the rotor blades axially, and a radially inner region, which is fixed axially by means of a securing ring in a recess on the axially front side or on the axially rear side of the rotor disc. Provision is made for the radially inner region of the blade retention plate to bear on the securing ring under axial preload. The invention relates further to a method for fastening a blade retention plate to a rotor disc of a gas turbine engine.

A gas turbine engine and a retaining ring are disclosed. The gas turbine engine includes a rotating disc assembly, including a rotating disc, a cover plate, and a retaining ring disposed between the rotating disc and the cover plate, wherein the retaining ring axially retains the rotating disc and the cover plate, the retaining ring including a rotating disc face to interface with the rotating disc; a cover plate face to interface with the cover plate; and an end gap portion defining an end gap, wherein at least one of the rotating disc face, the cover plate face, and the end gap portion includes a stress reducing feature.