Device for assembling annular flanges together, in particular in a turbomachine
View Patent ↗A device for assembling together annular flanges by means of fastening bolts, in particular in a low-pressure turbine stage of the turbojet, one of the flanges has an element projecting from its face that faces the other flange and that is received in a notch in said other flange when the relative angular positioning of the two flanges is correct.
1. A device for assembling together two annular flanges of a turbomachine rotor or stator, the device comprising a fastener passing through orifices in said annular flanges, wherein a first of the annular flanges is of a festooned or crenellated shape and has notches formed between solid portions including said orifices, and wherein the second annular flange comprises a keying mechanism that cooperates with the first annular flange during mounting of the annular flanges and configured to provide an indication of whether or not an angular position of the first and second annular flanges relative to each other is correct, said keying mechanism comprising at least one projecting element formed on a face of the second annular flange facing towards the first annular flange, said at least one projecting element being configured to engage in a notch of the first annular flange when said angular position of the two annular flanges relative to each other is correct.
2. A device according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one projecting element spaces the two annular flanges axially apart from each other when the angular positioning of the two annular flanges is incorrect.
3. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one projecting element is a peg fitted onto said second annular flange.
4. A device according to claim 3 , wherein said peg is situated substantially halfway between two consecutive orifices and is of a diameter greater than a diameter of said orifices.
5. A device according to claim 1 , wherein said fastener comprises bolts.
6. A device according to claim 1 , wherein:
when said angular position is not correct, said projecting element is configured to prevent said angular flanges from being pressed against each other so that an axial offset is present between said angular flanges, said axial offset indicating that said angular position is not correct, and
when said angular position is correct, said projecting element is configured to not prevent said angular flanges from being pressed against each other, so that no axial offset is present between said angular flanges, an absence of said axial offset indicating that said angular position is correct.
7. A device for assembling together two annular flanges of a turbomachine part, the device comprising a fastener passing through orifices in said annular flanges, wherein a first of the annular flanges has notches formed between solid portions including said orifices, and wherein the second annular flange comprises at least one projecting element formed on a face of the second annular flange facing towards the first annular flange, said at least one projecting element being configured to engage in a notch of the first annular flange when said angular position of the two annular flanges relative to each other is correct, and
wherein the at least one projecting element is a stud machined or cut out of the material of said second annular flange.
8. A device according to claim 7 , wherein said first annular flange is of a festooned or crenellated shape.
9. A device according to claim 7 , wherein said turbomachine part is a rotor or a stator.
10. A turbomachine comprising:
a first annular flange;
a second annular flange; and
a device configured to fix together said first annular flange and said second annular flange, wherein said device comprises a fastener passing through orifices in said annular flanges, wherein a first of the annular flanges has notches formed between solid portions including said orifices, and wherein the second annular flange comprises a keying mechanism that cooperates with the first annular flange during mounting of the annular flanges and configured to provide an indication of whether or not an angular position of the first and second annular flanges relative to each other is correct, said keying mechanism comprising at least one projecting element formed on a face of the second annular flange facing towards the first annular flange, said at least one projecting element being configured to engage in a notch of the first annular flange when said angular position of the two annular flanges relative to each other is correct.
11. The turbomachine of claim 10 , comprising;
a first rotor disk with said first annular flange; and
a second rotor disk with said second annular flange.
12. The turbomachine of claim 10 , comprising:
an annulus for retaining blade roots on a rotor disk, said annulus comprising said first annular flange; and
a drive cone comprising said second annular flange.
13. A turbomachine according to claim 12 , wherein the second annular flange of the drive cone is festooned or crenellated and the first annular flange of the annulus is clamped axially against the second annular flange of the drive cone and includes at least one projecting element for engaging in at least one notch of the second annular flange of the drive cone when the angular position of the first and second annular flanges relative to one each other is correct.