Balancing system for turbomachine rotor
View Patent ↗A turbomachine rotor balancing system including a balancing flange provided with through-passageways, and balance weights mounted fixedly on the balancing flange by at least one screw/nut assembly passing through one of the passageways is disclosed. For each of the passageways, the flange has on its first face a first recess passing via the radial summit of the passageway. This first recess being deprived of contact with the screw head pressing on this first face. The flange has on its second face a second recess passing via the radial summit. The second recess being deprived of contact with the balance weight pressing on this second face.
1. A turbomachine rotor balancing system comprising a balancing flange provided with an annular core delimited radially in a first direction by a junction zone from which a plurality of through-passageways extends radially in said first direction toward a radial free flange end, each through-passageway having a radial summit, in a second direction opposite to said first direction, belonging to said junction zone; and
a plurality of balance weights fixedly mounted onto said balancing flange by at least one screw/nut assembly passing through one of said passageways, a head of the screw pressing against a first face of said balancing flange and said balance weight pressing against a second face of said balancing flange, opposite to the first face,
wherein, for each of said through-passageways, said balancing flange has on its first face a first recess passing via said radial summit and extending on either side of said junction zone, this first recess being deprived of contact with the screw head, said balancing flange having, on its second face, a second recess passing via said radial summit and extending on either side of said junction zone, this second recess being deprived of contact with said balance weight.
2. The balancing system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in cross section of the flange passing via said through-passageways, said junction zone takes the form of a circle centered on an axis of the balancing flange.
3. The balancing system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein, in cross section of the flange passing via said through-passageways, said radial summit of each through-passageway takes the form of a point belonging to said circle centered on the axis of the balancing flange.
4. The balancing system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said first recesses consist of a single circular groove made on said first face, in a centered manner on the axis of the annular flange, and wherein the second recesses consist of a single circular groove made on said second face, in a centered manner on the axis of the balancing flange.
5. The balancing system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each balance weight is fitted to said balancing flange by two screw/nut assemblies passing respectively through two of said passageways that are directly consecutive.
6. The balancing system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, for each through-passageway, said screw head is pressing against the first face of said balancing flange and wherein said nut is pressing against said balance weight.
7. The balancing system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each through-passageway takes the form of a scallop or a hole.
8. A turbomachine module which comprises at least one balancing system as claimed in claim 1 .
9. The turbomachine module as claimed in claim 8 , which is a turbine or a turbomachine compressor.
10. A turbomachine comprising at least one module as claimed in claim 8 .