Machine stator and mounting and dismounting methods
View Patent ↗A machine stator and assembly and disassembly methods. The elements of a casing portion are formed of consecutive shells in line with grooves configured to house roots of guide vane stages that are fixed in place by springs and pins for stopping rotation. The elements are arranged in a complete circle, and the assembly is made by axially separating the elements to insert the guide vane stages between the elements by a radial movement.
1. A turbomachine stator comprising:
a casing; and
guide vane stages housed in corresponding grooves of the casing through roots, and composed of guide vane angular sectors, the guide vane angular stages alternating with rotor blade stages, the turbomachine stator being divided into adjacent circular successive shells in front of the grooves, each being fitted with connecting flanges,
the grooves comprising a first rebate on a first side and axial orientation pins,
wherein the grooves comprise a second rebate on an opposite second side, fitted with an axial expansion spring and partially closed by a radial orientation lip provided with a notch for inserting curved hooks of guide vane angular sectors through the lip.
2. A turbomachine stator according to claim 1 , wherein the casing is surrounded by a half-shell outer cover supporting one guide vane stage located in front of a furthest of the shells, the first sides of the grooves being oriented towards the furthest of the shells in corresponding grooves.
3. A turbomachine stator according to claim 1 , wherein the casing forms part of a high pressure compressor and the guide vane stages installed on the casing are adjacent to a combustion chamber, a taper in the stator becoming smaller towards the combustion chamber but being smaller at the casing than at a front of the casing, each of the shells being slidable forwards beyond one of the rotor blade stages in front of which it extends when the stator is installed.
4. A turbomachine stator according to claim 1 , wherein the shells comprise concentric portions for mutual support.
5. A method for installing a turbomachine stator according to claim 1 , comprising:
arranging the shells separately around a rotor;
radially inserting the guide vane angular sectors between the shells; and
bringing the shells into contact by an axial movement in the turbomachine and connecting the shells as soon as the guide vane stages have been assembled in the grooves.
6. A method for disassembling a turbomachine stator according to claim 1 , comprising:
disconnecting and separating the shells by an axial movement in the turbomachine;
extracting the guide vane angular sectors from the grooves; and
moving the guide vane angular sectors in a radial movement between the shells.