F01D17/162

GUIDE VANE RING FOR A TURBOMACHINE, TURBOMACHINE AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A GUIDE VANE RING
20230099406 · 2023-03-30 · ·

The invention relates to a guide vane ring for a turbomachine comprising at least one guide vane, at least one bearing body, and at least two inner ring segments. The guide vane has a bearing journal that is arranged in a in form-fitting manner in a bearing bush of the at least one bearing body. The at least two inner ring segments have on their respective outer radial faces a guide channel running along a circumferential direction of the guide vane ring for receiving the bearing body, into which project at least two opposite-lying guide projections of the inner ring segments, said projections running along the circumferential direction of the guide vane ring. The bearing bodyis arranged in the guide channel of the inner ring segments, and the at least two guide projections of the inner ring segments engage in at least two guide grooves of the bearing body.

Variable guide vane for gas turbine engine

A variable guide vane (VGV) described herein includes an airfoil for interacting with a fluid inside a gas path of a gas turbine engine. The airfoil is mounted to a button and rotatable with the button about an axis. The button includes a platform surface defining part of the gas path adjacent the airfoil during use. The platform surface of the button includes a depression for receiving therein part of an adjacent VGV and providing clearance between adjacent VGVs at aggressive vane angles.

Inner shroud damper for vibration reduction

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An inner shroud damper for a gas turbine engine includes: at least one carrier including a joint to couple to an inner shroud, the at least one carrier having a first side and a second side, and at least one mass damper coupled to the at least one carrier.

MODULE FOR TURBOMACHINE
20230030587 · 2023-02-02 ·

A turbomachine compressor module, comprising an annular array of structural arms defining inter-arm spaces between two circumferentially adjacent arms; and an annular array of stator vanes with variable orientation about a respective axis (A) and disposed at least partially within the inter-arm spaces. The arms are provided with flaps pivotable about a respective axis (B). Also, a turbomachine provided with such a module and a row of rotor blades directly downstream of the module.

Aircraft including a ducted rear thruster with an input stator having movable flaps

An aircraft including a fuselage and a propulsion assembly. The propulsion assembly includes at least one fan rotor placed behind the fuselage as an extension thereof along a longitudinal axis, and a nacelle which forms a fairing of the at least one fan rotor through which at least one air flow passes. The aircraft comprises a plurality of stator radial arms mounted upstream of the at least one fan rotor and extending between the fuselage and the nacelle. The radial arms comprise at least one variable-pitch movable portion configured to axially divert the air flow.

NOZZLE BLADE FOR A TURBINE ENGINE, NOZZLE, TURBINE ENGINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
20230086163 · 2023-03-23 ·

A nozzle blade for a turbine engine includes a blade body in which at least one through-cavity is provided extending between an inner end of the blade and an outer end of the blade and housing, respectively, a first and a second liner, the first liner extending along a trailing edge of the blade, the second liner extending along a leading edge of the blade, wherein each of the first and second liners includes an intertwining system suitable for linking the first liner to the second liner, independently of the blade body.

Exhaust gas turbocharger assembly having an exhaust gas turbocharger and an actuator
11486296 · 2022-11-01 · ·

An exhaust gas turbocharger assembly includes a turbocharger, an actuator, and a bolted connection for releasably securing the actuator housing on a housing flange of the turbocharger housing. The bolted connection includes a through opening, an aperture bounded at the circumference by an internal thread made of a metal, and a fit bolt with a bolt body which merges axially into a bolt head. The bolt body has a first axial body section with an external thread formed in a manner complementary to the internal thread of the aperture, and a second axial body section arranged axially between the bolt head and the first body section. The fit bolt engages through the through opening of the actuator housing in the internal thread of the aperture with the external thread to clamp the actuator housing between the housing flange of the turbocharger housing and the bolt head of the fit bolt.

Sealing variable guide vanes
11486265 · 2022-11-01 · ·

A variable guide vane assembly has: variable guide vanes having airfoils extending from inner ends to outer ends, the variable guide vanes pivotable about respective spanwise axes between one or more open positions and a closed position, in the closed position, trailing edge regions of the airfoils sealingly engage leading edge regions of adjacent ones of the airfoils to block an air flow; an outer wall extending around the central axis, the outer ends of the variable guide vanes pivotably engaged to the outer wall; and an inner wall extending around the central axis, the inner ends of the variable guide vanes pivotably engaged to the inner wall, the inner wall defining inner faces distributed about the central axis, a shape of the inner faces complementary to a shape of the inner ends of the airfoils to form a seal when the variable guide vanes are in the closed position.

CASE FLOWPATH REPAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD

A method for repairing a flow path surface of a case for a variable vane assembly includes measuring a wear depth at a location within a wear recess formed in the flow path surface of the case, determining a coating thickness corresponding to the wear depth at the location, and repairing the flow path surface of the case by applying a coating to the wear recess, where the coating has the coating thickness at the location.

VARIABLE VANE APPARATUS
20220341342 · 2022-10-27 ·

A variable vane apparatus includes: a case including two or more spaced-apart case pivots; a bellcrank pivotally connected to each case pivot, each of the bellcranks having an input arm and an output arm; a master rod including two or more segments pivotally connected to each other at rod pivots; and wherein the input arm of each of the bellcranks is pivotally connected to one of the rod pivots.