System for blocking a main shaft of an engine having a fusible bearing
View Patent ↗A turbomachine including at least a first rotary assembly with a first shaft, a stator, and bearings secured to the stator and suitable for supporting the first shaft, one of the bearings being capable of giving way when an unbalance occurs in the first rotary assembly. The turbomachine further comprising brake arrangement for braking the first shaft when the unbalance occurs, and bond arrangement acting at the end of braking to bond a portion of the first shaft to a surrounding portion of the turbomachine. The turbomachine is intended to be used mainly in the field of aviation, and more particularly as an airplane turbojet.
1. A turbomachine comprising at least a first rotary assembly with a first shaft, a stator, and bearings secured to the stator and suitable for supporting the first shaft, one of said bearings being capable of giving way when an unbalance occurs in the first rotary assembly, the turbomachine further comprising brake means for braking the first shaft when the unbalance occurs, and bond means acting at the end of braking to bond a portion of the first shaft to a surrounding portion of the turbomachine.
2. A turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein said bond means comprise a ring situated between said portion of the first shaft and said surrounding portion of the turbomachine, and wherein said ring is secured to one of said two portions and comprises a fusible composition capable of becoming heated by friction with the shaft portion or the surrounding portion, and of melting.
3. A turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein the surface of said portion of the first shaft and of said surrounding portion of the turbomachine is uneven.
4. A turbomachine according to claim 1 , further comprising a second rotary assembly with a second shaft, the first and the second shafts being coaxial and capable of rotating at different speeds, said surrounding portion of the turbomachine belonging to the second shaft so that said portion of the first shaft is capable of being bonded to the second shaft.
5. A turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein said surrounding portion of the turbomachine belongs to the stator so that said portion of the first shaft is capable of being bonded to the stator.
6. A turbomachine according to claim 2 , wherein said fusible composition mainly comprises aluminum.
7. A turbomachine according to claim 2 , wherein said ring is obtained by thermal spraying.
8. A turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein the brake means comprise a covering covering a segment of the first shaft, the covering being capable of coming to rub against an adjacent zone of the turbomachine when said unbalance occurs.
9. A turbomachine according to claim 8 , wherein said covering comprises a layer of fibers impregnated with resin.
10. A turbomachine according to claim 9 , wherein said covering comprises fibers selected from the following reinforcement fibers: carbon fibers, aramid fibers, and glass fibers; and a resin selected from the following resins: epoxy resin, bismaleimide resin, and phenolic resin.
11. A turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein the brake means and the bond means are spaced apart, the brake means being situated behind the bond means.
12. A turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein the brake means and the bond means are superposed on each other, the brake means covering the bond means.
13. A turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein the turbomachine is an airplane turbojet.