A control ring for a stage of variable-pitch vanes for a turbine engine includes at least one member for bearing on a casing and means for fixing the member. The member includes a bushing with an axial bore for the passage of the member or an element for supporting the member. A through-slot opens into the bore and allows for substantial radial deformation of the bushing. The member further includes an outer thread for screwing the bushing into a complementary thread of a hole in the body, thereby deforming the bushing. The member or support can be mounted and moved inside the bore, to a second position, in which the bushing is radially constrained and is tightly mounted on the member or support, which is thus immobilized in relation to the bushing.
Tooling for balancing a turbine engine module (10) in a balancing machine, the turbine engine module having at least one stator housing (14) and a rotor (16) having a shaft (18) with a longitudinal axis A and at least one blade stage (20) surrounded by the stator housing (14). The tooling has at least a balancing frame (14), having rotor (16) guide bearings, first and second annular plates (30, 32) designed to be attached to the stator housing (14), third and fourth attachment lugs (34, 36) provided on the balancing frame (24), to attach the first and second annular plates (30, 32) to the frame. A trolley is for transporting the frame (24), and a support (84, 94) for supporting the frame, provided on the balancing frame (24) and cooperating equally well with the balancing machine and with the trolley.
G01M 1/28 - Determining unbalance by oscillating or rotating the body to be tested with special adaptations for determining unbalance of the body in situ, e.g. of vehicle wheels
F01D 5/28 - Selecting particular materials; Measures against erosion or corrosion
B29B 11/16 - Making preforms characterised by structure or composition comprising fillers or reinforcements
B29D 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
B29C 70/22 - Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements using fibres of substantial or continuous length oriented in at least two directions forming a two dimensional structure
D03D 25/00 - Woven fabrics not otherwise provided for
B29L 31/08 - Blades for rotors, stators, fans, turbines or the like, e.g. screw propellers
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Method for knocking out a foundry core and method for manufacturing by casting comprising such a method
A method for knocking out a foundry core confined in an internal cavity in a part at the end of a casting operation, in particular a lost-wax casting operation, includes at least a primary chemical knocking-out step. During the primary chemical knowing-out step, the part is subjected to a chemical solution to dissolve the core, in a sealed enclosure. The method further includes a secondary step of knocking out by ultrasounds in water or an aqueous solution contained in an ultrasound tank, during which the part is subjected to ultrasounds to loosen core residues from walls of the cavity.
b), at least one acoustic panel (26) fastened using fastening elements (48, 54) to the inner surface of the fan casing, and at least one circumferential stiffener (40) of the fan casing (14). According to the invention, the fastening elements (48, 54) connect the fan casing (14) to the stiffener (40) incorporated with the acoustic panel (26).
F02K 3/06 - Plants including a gas turbine driving a compressor or a ducted fan in which part of the working fluid by-passes the turbine and combustion chamber the plant including ducted fans, i.e. fans with high volume, low-pressure outputs, for augmenting jet thrust, e.g. of double-flow type with front fan
A blade including at least one web and a vane having a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein, for at least one aerofoil of the vane in the vicinity of the web, a maximum sweep angle associated with a position along a chord of the aerofoil extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge of the vane corresponding to a relative chord length of at least 50%.
F02K 3/06 - Plants including a gas turbine driving a compressor or a ducted fan in which part of the working fluid by-passes the turbine and combustion chamber the plant including ducted fans, i.e. fans with high volume, low-pressure outputs, for augmenting jet thrust, e.g. of double-flow type with front fan
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Cooling device for a turbomachine supplied by a discharge circuit
F02C 7/14 - Cooling of plants of fluids in the plant
F02C 6/08 - Gas-turbine plants providing heated or pressurised working fluid for other apparatus, e.g. without mechanical power output providing compressed gas the gas being bled from the gas-turbine compressor
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Lubricating-oil collection cap for turbomachine equipment
An annular cap for collecting lubricating oil for turbomachine equipment is configured to extend around the equipment and to rotate about an axis. The cap includes through-orifices through which the oil can pass radially under the effect of spinning. The cap further includes means of deflecting the oil leaving the orifices in a direction substantially transverse to the axis and substantially tangential to the cap.
b) including a receptacle (20) suitable for retaining a blade root, and at least one arm (17) of organic matrix composite material extending laterally relative to said longitudinal axis (Z) and supporting a flyweight (16).
A warp yarn take-up system includes a clamping device for holding a plurality of layers of warp yarns, the clamping device being movable at least in a direction corresponding to the advance direction of the warp yarns. The clamping device includes a bottom clamp, a top clamp, and at least one intermediate clamping element present between the bottom clamp and the top clamp. The bottom clamp, the top clamp, and the at least one intermediate clamping element are held together by clamping.
D03D 13/00 - Woven fabrics characterised by the special disposition of the warp or weft threads, e.g. with curved weft threads, with discontinuous warp threads, with diagonal warp or weft
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Method for producing a turbine engine part, and resulting mould and intermediate blank
d), in which the third and fourth sides extend between the first and second sides, flaring apart from the first side towards the second side, first at a first angle and subsequently at a second larger angle, and said at least one part is machined in the blank.
B23P 15/02 - Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass turbine or like blades from one piece
B22D 13/06 - Centrifugal casting; Casting by using centrifugal force of solid or hollow bodies in moulds rotating around an axis arranged outside of the mould
B22D 27/15 - Treating the metal in the mould while it is molten or ductile by using vacuum
F01D 5/28 - Selecting particular materials; Measures against erosion or corrosion
13.
Method for detecting a failure in a motive flow valve of an aircraft engine fuel circuit
A method detects a failure in a fuel return valve of an aircraft engine fuel circuit. A fuel system is connected to a fuel tank of the circuit and includes a high-pressure pump delivering a flow rate to an actuating cylinder, a cutoff valve capable of feeding the actuating cylinder disposed in a feed pipe of the engine; a fuel return pipe; a fuel return valve arranged to switch between an open position and a closed position. The method includes starting the engine at an engine speed; increasing the engine speed until a flow rate reaches a predefined value sufficient for opening the cutoff valve; measuring the position of the actuating cylinder and an engine speed corresponding to the opening of said cutoff valve.
a control center (600) suitable for automatically controlling one or more of the mechanisms and devices and/or the conveyor of the replacement device (1).
B23P 19/04 - Machines for simply fitting together or separating metal parts or objects, or metal and non-metal parts, whether or not involving some deformation; Tools or devices therefor so far as not provided for in other classes for assembling or disassembling parts
B23C 9/00 - MILLING - Details or accessories so far as specially adapted to milling machines or cutters
B23P 21/00 - Machines for assembling a multiplicity of different parts to compose units, with or without preceding or subsequent working of such parts, e.g. with programme control
B23C 5/20 - Milling-cutters characterised by physical features other than shape with removable cutter-bits or teeth
B23P 19/00 - Machines for simply fitting together or separating metal parts or objects, or metal and non-metal parts, whether or not involving some deformation; Tools or devices therefor so far as not provided for in other classes
B23P 19/06 - Screw or nut setting or loosening machines
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Mobile turbine blade with an improved design for an aircraft turbomachine
A turbine blade for an aircraft turbomachine including a root, an airfoil and a platform inserted between the airfoil and the root and delimiting a gas circulation flowpath, the platform having two axial ends each forming an angel wing of which at least one has an internal cavity that will be supplied with air from the root of the blade. At least one of the two angel wings is drilled with at least one bleed hole for passage of a bleed flow from the internal cavity that will limit/prevent gas recirculation outside the flowpath.
F01D 11/02 - Preventing or minimising internal leakage of working fluid, e.g. between stages by non-contact sealings, e.g. of labyrinth type
F01D 5/18 - Hollow blades; Heating, heat-insulating, or cooling means on blades
F01D 11/04 - Preventing or minimising internal leakage of working fluid, e.g. between stages by non-contact sealings, e.g. of labyrinth type using sealing fluid, e.g. steam
The invention concerns a rotary assembly for a turbomachine, comprising a disk of which the outer periphery is formed from an alternation of cavities and teeth (12), and blades extending radially from the disk and of which the roots (16) are engaged axially and held radially in the cavities of the disk. According to the invention, the teeth of the disk and the blade roots comprise, at the upstream and/or downstream axial ends of same, axial shoulders (74, 76) disposed circumferentially end-to-end in alternation and together forming a cylindrical surface (78) facing radially towards the inside of the disk.
axial sealing means upstream and/or downstream of an annular zone extending radially from the platforms (30) as far as the disc (16).
According to the invention, the sealing means comprise radially an internal annular part (64) and an external annular part (66) structurally separate from each other, and the facing radial ends of which are adapted for a relative radial movements by sliding sealingly, only an absorption of the centrifugal forces of the external part (66) being provided rotationally by the platforms (30).
An afterbody for a turbojet engine having a central axis, provided with a nozzle comprising two doors facing each other between two lateral beams. The doors pivot around axes defining a pivot direction, between a retracted position, in which a middle portion of the downstream edge of the doors forms the edge of the outlet section of the nozzle combined with the downstream edges of the two lateral beams, and a deployed position, in which the middle portions of the downstream edges of the pivoting doors come together so as to block the channel between the two lateral beams in order to reverse the thrust of the turbojet engine gases. The edge of the outlet section of the nozzle further having a crown of noise-reducing chevrons alternating with indentations and the afterbody.
A method for assembling two blades of a turbomachine nozzle, includes positioning a first surface of a first blade and a second surface of a second blade facing one another, the first and second surfaces being spaced apart from one another by an assembly clearance, and vapor phase aluminizing the first and second surfaces so as to fill the assembly clearance.
B23P 15/00 - Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass
B23P 15/04 - Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass turbine or like blades from several pieces
B23K 1/00 - Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering
B23K 1/20 - Preliminary treatment of work or areas to be soldered, e.g. in respect of a galvanic coating
F01D 9/04 - Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits forming ring or sector
B23K 101/00 - Articles made by soldering, welding or cutting
The present disclosure relates to a propulsion unit for an aircraft including a nacelle which surrounds a turbojet engine. The nacelle has an inner structure surrounding a downstream compartment of the turbojet engine, and the inner structure includes two annular half-portions. The propulsion unit also includes a rail/guide unit and to move the annular half-portions between a working position and a maintenance position. In particular, the rail/guide unit radially moves away the annular half-portions relative to a longitudinal axis of the nacelle, during a translation movement of the annular half-portions. The nacelle is provided with a connecting rod which is connected to the annular half-portions and to the turbojet engine and so that the connecting rod contributes to rotate the annular half-portions about the rail.
F02K 3/06 - Plants including a gas turbine driving a compressor or a ducted fan in which part of the working fluid by-passes the turbine and combustion chamber the plant including ducted fans, i.e. fans with high volume, low-pressure outputs, for augmenting jet thrust, e.g. of double-flow type with front fan
B64D 29/00 - Power-plant nacelles, fairings, or cowlings
A closer for an attachment orifice of an OGV in a turbine engine, the vane having a blade fixed to a root provided with attachment orifices, the closer including a cup adapted to be fixed in the attachment orifice of an OGV; a cylindrical shaped plug engaging in the cup, the plug including an upper face inclined relative to the ground plane of the plug; a guide adapted to position the plug on the cup by rotation into a working position, in which the upper face of the plug coincides with the surface level of the vane root; a blocking system to block the plug in the working position.
A turbine engine blade made of composite material including fiber reinforcement obtained by three dimensionally weaving yarns and densified with a matrix, the blade including an airfoil and a blade root forming a single part. The blade root includes two opposite lateral flanks that are substantially plane and that are clamped between two independent pads made of composite material, which pads are fastened against the lateral flanks of the blade root to form a blade root that is bulb-shaped.
The invention relates to fiber reinforcement for making an elongate mechanical part (10) out of composite material having a lug (14) at at least one end for receiving a pin for making a pivot connection with another part, the fiber reinforcement being made from a central fiber structure (106; 106′) for forming a core that is obtained by three-dimensional weaving, from a peripheral fiber structure (16; 16′) that is to form a belt surrounding the central structure so as to form at least one empty cylindrical space in the lug of the part, and from at least one annular fiber structure (112; 112′; 112″) that is to form a ring that is formed inside the empty space provided between the central structure and the peripheral structure.
B64C 25/14 - Undercarriages non-fixed, e.g. jettisonable retractable, foldable, or the like fore-and-aft
B64C 25/10 - Undercarriages non-fixed, e.g. jettisonable retractable, foldable, or the like
B32B 5/02 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by structural features of a layer comprising fibres or filaments
B32B 5/22 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by the presence of two or more layers which comprise fibres, filaments, granules, or powder, or are foamed or specifically porous
B29C 70/48 - Shaping or impregnating by compression for producing articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles using matched moulds, e.g. for deforming sheet moulding compounds [SMC] or prepregs and impregnating the reinforcements in the closed mould, e.g. resin transfer moulding [RTM]
B29C 70/22 - Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements using fibres of substantial or continuous length oriented in at least two directions forming a two dimensional structure
B29C 70/24 - Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements using fibres of substantial or continuous length oriented in at least three directions forming a three dimensional structure
F16C 7/02 - Constructions of connecting-rods with constant length
B29L 31/30 - Vehicles, e.g. ships or aircraft, or body parts thereof
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Method of fabricating a composite material casing for a gas turbine engine, and a casing obtained thereby
A method of fabricating a composite material casing for a gas turbine engine, the method including making an outer shroud including a platform and a flange, making an inner shroud of smaller diameter than the outer shroud and including a platform and a flange, making a plurality of casing arms, each including a blade that is terminated at each radial end by a respective platform, arranging a plurality of openings in the respective platforms of the shrouds, each opening serving to receive a platform of a casing arm, and assembling the casing arms with the outer shroud and with the inner shroud by inserting the platforms of the casing arms in the openings of the shrouds. A composite material casing is obtained by such a method.
A turbine or compressor stage for a turbine engine is provided. The stage includes a disk including a metal material configured to be coupled to a shaft of the turbine engine, an airfoil including a ceramic matrix composite material, and an interface part that is distinct from the airfoil and that is configured to be fastened to the disk and to fasten the airfoil. The interface part includes a ceramic or a ceramic matrix composite material.
A capacitive sensor for measuring the clearance between the apex of the vanes of a rotor and the inner surface of an abradable coating covering the inner surface of a turbomachine casing, the clearance measuring capacitive sensor including a first electrode the material of which is abradable so as to get worn upon contacting an apex of a vane, the material of the first electrode having a degree of wear substantially identical to the degree of wear of the material of the abradable coating.
G01B 7/14 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for measuring distance or clearance between spaced objects or spaced apertures
G01B 7/06 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness for measuring thickness
G01R 27/26 - Measuring inductance or capacitance; Measuring quality factor, e.g. by using the resonance method; Measuring loss factor; Measuring dielectric constants
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Cooling for the retaining dovetail of a turbomachine blade
A turbomachine assembly in which a foil is configured to cover mainly one of bulbs of a disc and to be held, radially with respect to the disc, by the bulb of the disc and a pocket for a blade that can collaborate therewith, when these two are effectively collaborating, and the bulb of the disc includes at least one longitudinal cavity configured to form, with the foil, when the foil is covering the bulb of the disc, a secondary passage through which a secondary cooling air flow can pass.
F01D 5/08 - Heating, heat-insulating, or cooling means
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Assembly formed by a turbine nozzle or a compressor diffuser made of CMC for a turbine engine and by an abradable material support ring, and a turbine or a compressor incorporating such an assembly
A turbine nozzle or a compressor diffuser includes sectors made of CMC material, each having an inner platform, an outer platform, and airfoils. An abradable material support ring is made up of sectors, each presenting upstream and downstream attachment tabs. Each inner platform presents on the inside an upstream hook and a downstream hook, and the abradable material support ring is supported by the nozzle or the diffuser by mutually engaging without fastening together firstly the end portions of the upstream attachment tabs and the upstream hooks and secondly the end portions of the downstream attachment tabs and the downstream hooks.
F01D 11/00 - Preventing or minimising internal leakage of working fluid, e.g. between stages
F01D 5/28 - Selecting particular materials; Measures against erosion or corrosion
F01D 25/24 - Casings; Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings
F01D 11/12 - Preventing or minimising internal leakage of working fluid, e.g. between stages for sealing space between rotor blade tips and stator using a rubstrip, e.g. erodible, deformable or resiliently biased part
F01D 25/00 - Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups
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Method for manufacturing an oxide/oxide composite material turbomachine blade provided with internal channels
An oxide/oxide composite material turbomachine blade including a fiber reinforcement obtained by weaving a first plurality of threads and a second plurality of threads, with the threads of said first plurality of threads being arranged in successive layers and extending in the longitudinal direction of the fiber blank corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the blade is disclosed. The reinforcement is densified by a matrix, with the blade further including one or several internal channels having a coiled shape extending in the longitudinal direction of the blade.
A turbine nozzle comprises a plurality of composite material vanes, each vane comprising an inner platform, an outer platform with attachment tabs on the outside, and at least one airfoil extending between the inner and outer platforms and secured thereto. The attachment tabs of the vanes are engaged on a metal assembly ring supporting all of the vanes, extending continuously along the outer platforms of adjacent vanes, and forming a distinct assembly part between the vanes and a turbine casing.
A device for attaching blades to a rotor disk of a turbine engine is provided. The device includes: a rotor disk provided at its outer periphery with a plurality of slots, each slot being formed between two adjacent disk teeth and extending axially between front and rear faces of the disk; a plurality of blades, each having a respective root mounted in a slot of the disk; and at least one pin mounted in the rotor disk to pass through the roots of at least two adjacent blades and extending between the front and rear faces of the rotor disk so as to attach the blades to the rotor disk.
A method optimizing a composite material blade profile for a rotor wheel of a turbine engine, and a blade including a tang compensated by the method. The method includes: compensating a blade airfoil by subdividing the airfoil into slices, and for each airfoil slice and a predetermined rotation speed of a disk of the wheel, calculating centrifugal force applied to the slice, calculating an aerodynamic force moment acting on a bottom section of the slice, and calculating shift values to be applied to a center of gravity of the slice to cancel the aerodynamic force moment; and compensating the blade tang by calculating centrifugal force applied to a blade portion situated beyond the airfoil neck, calculating an aerodynamic force moment acting on a bottom section of the blade tang, and calculating shift values to be applied to a center of gravity of the blade tang to cancel the aerodynamic force moment.
A coupling made of composite material including a polymer matrix reinforced by a fiber structure is disclosed. The coupling includes a structural portion reinforced by a main fiber structure, and a first machining portion reinforced by a first fiber structure that is distinct from the main fiber structure. The matrices of the structural portion and of the first machining portion are identical. The first machining portion is situated on at least a fraction of the main face of the structural portion and is machined in a first machining surface. There is no intersection between the first machining surface and the fibers of the main fiber structure.
B29C 70/32 - Shaping by lay-up, i.e. applying fibres, tape or broadsheet on a mould, former or core; Shaping by spray-up, i.e. spraying of fibres on a mould, former or core on a rotating mould, former or core
B29C 70/54 - Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
B29C 70/34 - Shaping by lay-up, i.e. applying fibres, tape or broadsheet on a mould, former or core; Shaping by spray-up, i.e. spraying of fibres on a mould, former or core and shaping or impregnating by compression
B29C 70/08 - Fibrous reinforcements only comprising combinations of different forms of fibrous reinforcements incorporated in matrix material, forming one or more layers, with or without non-reinforced layers
A turbine engine blade made of composite material including fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix is fabricated by a method including: performing three-dimensional weaving to make a single-piece fiber blank; shaping the fiber blank to obtain a single-piece fiber preform having a first portion forming a preform for a blade root and an airfoil, at least one second portion forming a preform for a blade inner platform or for wipers of a blade outer platform, and at least one third portion forming a preform for reinforcing a blade inner platform or for overhangs of a blade outer platform; and densifying the fiber preform with a matrix to obtain a composite material blade having fiber reinforcement constituted by the preform and densified by the matrix, and forming a single piece with an inner and/or outer platform incorporated therein.
C04B 35/80 - Fibres, filaments, whiskers, platelets, or the like
D03D 11/02 - Fabrics formed with pockets, tubes, loops, folds, tucks or flaps
D03D 25/00 - Woven fabrics not otherwise provided for
F01D 5/28 - Selecting particular materials; Measures against erosion or corrosion
B23P 15/04 - Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass turbine or like blades from several pieces
B29B 11/16 - Making preforms characterised by structure or composition comprising fillers or reinforcements
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Vibration damper comprising a strip and jackets between outer platforms of adjacent composite-material blades of a turbine engine rotor wheel
A vibration damper between outer platforms of adjacent composite-material blades of a rotor wheel of a turbine engine, the damper including a strip for inserting lengthwise in tangential cavities that are formed facing each other in the outer platforms of two adjacent composite-material blades of a turbine engine rotor wheel.
A vibration damper between outer platforms of adjacent composite-material blades of a turbine engine rotor wheel, the damper including a peg having a substantially spherical portion at each of its two ends, and two hollow inserts for being received in tangential cavities that are provided facing each other in outer platforms of two adjacent composite-material blades of a turbine engine rotor wheel, each spherical portion of the peg coming to bear with point contact against the inside of one of the inserts.
A layout of a blisk includes two inserts housed between the bulb of the blade and the wall of a groove in a disk to compensate for variations in inclination between the overhanging faces of the groove and the upper faces of the bulb at their central part. This construction makes it possible to select blades for which upper faces of the bulb are slightly inclined relative to the radial direction, which facilitates their construction from a composite material.
A turbine nozzle element including an inner annular platform sector, an outer annular platform sector, and at least one vane extending between the platform sectors and connected to both of them. The nozzle element includes a single piece of composite material including fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix that is at least partially ceramic, and the fiber reinforcement includes a fiber structure that is woven by three-dimensional or multi-layer weaving, and that presents continuity throughout the volume of the nozzle element and throughout the periphery of the vane.
F01D 9/04 - Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits forming ring or sector
F01D 5/28 - Selecting particular materials; Measures against erosion or corrosion
C04B 35/524 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite obtained from polymer precursors, e.g. glass-like carbon material
C04B 35/56 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbides
C04B 35/571 - Fine ceramics obtained from polymer precursors
C04B 35/589 - Fine ceramics obtained from polymer precursors
A rotor includes a disc, on which are fixed vanes, and platforms between these vanes. The rotor is particularly remarkable in that the platforms are fixed securely and tightly to the disc. To this end, the disc includes between two successive vanes an upstream stop projecting axially from the upstream surface, and each platform includes: a plate, a retaining groove extending axially and in which the upstream stop of the disc is engaged, an axial stop bearing axially against the upstream surface of the disc.
A method of fabricating a composite-material turbomachine blade having platform incorporated therein includes separately making a blade platform element that includes rigidified fiber reinforcement and that has a shape close to that of a platform of the blade to be fabricated, with at least one opening being formed through the platform element. The opening has the shape of the profile of the airfoil of the blade to be fabricated. Three-dimensional weaving is used to make a flexible fiber blank as a single piece that includes blade airfoil-and-root preform portions. The platform element is engaged, via its opening, on the flexible fiber blank while deforming it so as to assemble the platform element with the fiber blank. The fiber blank is shaped together with the platform element assembled thereon to obtain a blade preform of a shape that is close to the shape of the blade to be fabricated. After shaping, the blade preform is consolidated in its shape in a shaper. Additionally, final densification of the consolidated blade preform is performed in order to obtain a composite-material blade having an incorporated platform.
B21K 25/00 - Uniting components to form integral members, e.g. turbine wheels and shafts, caulks with inserts, with or without shaping of the components
B23P 15/04 - Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass turbine or like blades from several pieces
A turbine ring assembly includes a ring support structure and a plurality of ring sectors, each including a single piece of ceramic matrix composite material. Each ring sector includes a first portion forming an annular base with an inside face defining an inside face of the turbine ring and an outside face from which there extends two tab-forming portions including ends that are engaged in housings in the ring support structure. The ring sectors present a section that is substantially π-shaped and the ends of the tabs are held without radial clearance by the ring support structure. The tabs can have a free length in meridian section that is not less than three times their mean width.
The invention relates to a turbomachine blade made of composite material and presenting a root with a bulb-shaped end suitable for engaging in a slot of a rotor disk. In characteristic manner, the end of the root of the blade is provided, beside one of its front faces, with a projecting portion having two symmetrical fins about the axial midplane of the root, each fin having a bearing face suitable for limiting tilting of the blade relative to the rotor disk about the axial direction.
A probe for eddy current monitoring of the surface of a circumferential slot formed in a turbojet disk. The probe includes a stem fastened to a support and a first multi-element sensor constrained to move with the stem and configured to be inserted into the circumferential slot to perform the inspection, and a second multi-element sensor. The two multi-element sensors are disposed back to back, and the stem of the probe is mounted to pivot about its own axis to enable the two multi-element sensors to be inserted in the slot.
G01N 27/82 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating magnetic variables for investigating the presence of flaws
G01N 27/90 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating magnetic variables for investigating the presence of flaws using eddy currents
The invention relates to a sectored distributor (112) for a turbomachine, including two coaxial platforms mutually connected by radial blades, the inner platform (130) being connected to an annular partition (138) for suspending an annular mounting (140) carrying elements (136) made of material subject to abrasion, this mounting sliding circumferentially on the partition and comprising a means engaging with means corresponding to the inner periphery of the partition to ensure radial restraint of the mounting on this partition.
A reinforcing fiber structure woven as a single piece for fabricating a composite material part, the fiber structure having an internal portion or core (72), and a portion adjacent to an outside surface of the structure, or skin (74, 76), and the fiber structure being formed by a three-dimensional weaving in its core using at least one weave selected from an interlock weave and a multilayer weave, and by weaving at its skin with a weave of satin type that is different from the weave in the core the weaving at the skin being of the multilayer type or of the two-dimensional type.
A system for ultrasonically peeing surfaces includes a sonotrode comprising a body material and a vibrating surface, the vibrating surface coated with a coating material having a hardness greater than the body material, a treatment chamber defined at least in part by the vibrating surface, and at least one piece of shot within the treatment chamber to be excited by the vibrating surface of the sonotrode, the at least one piece of shot having a hardness greater than or equal to 800 HV.
B21D 26/02 - Shaping without cutting otherwise than by using rigid devices or tools or yieldable or resilient pads, e.g. shaping by applying fluid pressure or magnetic forces by applying fluid pressure
B23Q 17/00 - Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools
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Shot, devices, and installations for ultrasonic peening, and parts treated thereby
A variable pitch stator vane stage, said vanes being moved by an automatically-centered rotary actuator ring. The casing carries a stationary coaxial annular rail projecting from its outside surface, and circumferentially spaced apart moving equipments are provided that are constrained to move along said rail, each moving equipment being coupled to the actuator ring via a radial guide arrangement.
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