Device for the positioning of a blade and bladed disk comprising such a device
View Patent ↗A device for the positioning of a blade in a slot of a rotor disk includes a spring spacer that consists of a single elastic piece of profiled shape with a top wall and a bottom wall connected together by two side walls. The two side walls include at least one machined feature.
1. A device for positioning a blade in a slot of a rotor disk, comprising a spring spacer,
wherein the spacer is formed of a single elastic piece of profiled shape comprising a top wall and a bottom wall connected together by two side walls,
wherein the two side walls include at least one machined feature ( 17 ), and
wherein the bottom wall includes a central zone between two peripheral zones, and said central zone is recessed toward an interior of said spacer such that said central zone has a radial position that is different from that of said peripheral zones, said central zone being further away from an axis of rotation of said rotor disk.
2. The device for positioning a blade according to claim 1 , wherein the profiled shape of the spacer is hollow.
3. The device for positioning a blade according to claim 1 , wherein the profiled shape of the spacer contains a core in its central part.
4. The device for positioning a blade according to claim 1 , further comprising a polarizing key at an upstream end of said spacer and a tab at a downstream end of said spacer.
5. The device for the positioning a blade according to claim 4 , wherein the polarizing key and the tab are made from a material different from that of said spacer.
6. The device for positioning a blade according to claim 4 , wherein the polarizing key and the tab form a one-part piece with said spacer.
7. The device for positioning blade according to claim 4 , wherein the polarizing key and the tab are fitted and attached to said spacer.
8. The device for positioning a blade according to claim 1 , wherein said spacer is produced from a single material.
9. The device for positioning a blade according to claim 1 , wherein said spacer is made from a composite.
10. The device for positioning a blade according to claim 9 , wherein the composite includes fibers of identical material.
11. The device for positioning a blade according to claim 9 , wherein the composite includes fibers of different materials.
12. The device for positioning a blade according to claim 9 , wherein the spacer is made from a prepreg lay-up.
13. The device for positioning a blade according to claim 9 , wherein the spacer is made from a structure of woven fibers.
14. The device for positioning a blade according to claim 9 , wherein said composite comprises fibers and an organic resin.
15. The device for positioning a blade according to claim 14 , wherein said fibers include a blend of carbon fibers, glass fibers and Kevlar fibers.
16. The device for positioning a blade according to claim 1 , wherein said spacer is made from a metal material.
17. A bladed disk comprising a disk, at least one blade in a slot made on the periphery of the disk and at least one device for positioning the blade in said slot, said device being according to claim 1 .
18. A turbojet comprising at least one bladed disk according to claim 17 .
19. The bladed disk according to claim 17 , wherein when said blade is mounted in said slot, said device is under stress between a bottom of said slot and a root of said blade such that said device undergoes a deformation that generates a radial force pressing said root of said blade against bearing surfaces of said disk.
20. The bladed disk according to claim 17 , wherein said device is maintained between said bottom of said slot and said root of said blade without any other mechanism configured to adjust said radial force.
21. The device for positioning a blade according to claim 1 , wherein the spacer is hollow and free of material located between said top wall and said bottom wall so that said spacer freely flattens when radial forces are applied to said top wall and said bottom wall.