Variable-setting stator blade guidance device in an axial turbomachine
View Patent ↗A variable-setting stator blade guidance device of an axial turbomachine is provided. The blade includes an airfoil, a platform and a pivot mounted in the casing of the turbomachine. The device includes a bearing integrated into the platform. In particular, the device includes a bush sandwiched between the platform and the casing, and the integrated bearing is formed between the bush and the platform. In particular, the bush includes a cylindrical surface portion on the side of the platform cooperating with a matching cylindrical surface portion on the platform to form the integrated bearing.
1. A variable-setting stator blade guidance device in an axial turbomachine, the blade comprising an airfoil, a platform and a pivot by which the blade is rotably mounted in the casing of the turbomachine, the guidance device comprising:
a bush including a disk-shaped portion sandwiched between the casing and the platform;
a circular rib protruding from said disk-shaped portion; and
a groove disposed in the platform,
wherein the circular rib and the groove are configured to cooperate such that the circular rib is seated in the groove to form a bearing.
2. The guidance device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a top bearing disposed between a top portion of the pivot and a housing of the top portion of the pivot in the casing.
3. The guidance device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a supplementary bottom bearing disposed between a bottom portion of the pivot and a housing of the bottom portion of the pivot in the casing.
4. The guidance device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bush includes a cylindrical portion disposed between the pivot and the casing.
5. The guidance device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bush remains immobile relative to the casing when the blade rotates about its axis.
6. The guidance device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the disk-shaped portion directly faces the casing, and a lower surface of the disk-shaped portion directly faces the platform.
7. The guidance device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circular rib radially protrudes from a lower surface of the disk-shaped portion towards a central axis of the turbomachine.
8. The guidance device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a cross-section of the circular rib is rectangular.
9. The guidance device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the radius of the bearing is selected such that friction between the circular rib and the groove does not disrupt operation of setting control means.
10. A turbomachine with variable-setting stator blades, each blade comprising a pivot by which each blade is cantilever-mounted in the casing of the turbomachine and a platform, the turbomachine comprising:
a bush including a disk-shaped portion sandwiched between the casing and the platform;
a circular rib protruding from said disk-shaped portion; and
a groove disposed in the platform,
wherein the circular rib and the groove are configured to cooperate such that the circular rib is seated in the groove to form a bearing.
11. A variable-setting stator blade guidance device in an axial turbomachine, the blade comprising an airfoil, a platform and a pivot by which the blade is rotably mounted in the casing of the turbomachine, the guidance device comprising:
a bush including a disk-shaped portion sandwiched between the casing and the platform;
a circular rib protruding from said disk-shaped portion;
a groove disposed in the platform; and
a supplementary bottom bearing disposed between a bottom portion of the pivot and a housing of the bottom portion of the pivot in the casing,
wherein the circular rib and the groove are configured to cooperate such that the circular rib is seated in the groove to form a bearing, and
wherein the supplementary bottom bearing includes a shrink-fitted band mounted on the pivot.