IP Library Granted Patent US 8,257,044
Granted Patent B2
US 8,257,044 · App. 12/207,901 · Granted Sep 4, 2012

Steam turbine rotor blade assembly

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Patent No.
US 8,257,044
App. No.
12/207,901
Granted
Sep 4, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is a steam turbine rotor blade assembly including: an airfoil; a shroud provided at a tip of the airfoil; a blade root (dovetail) projecting toward a radially internal circumferential side of a turbine rotor and fitted to a root attachment provided on an outer circumferential portion of the turbine rotor; a platform provided between the airfoil and the blade root; a pin provided between the blade root and the root attachment; a bore formed between respective surfaces of the shrouds facing each other and included in the respective adjacent rotor blades; and a bar-like member provided in the bore.

Claims (26)

1. A steam turbine rotor blade assembly comprising:

an airfoil;

a shroud provided at a tip of the airfoil;

a blade root projecting toward a radially internal circumferential side of a turbine rotor and fitted to a root attachment provided on an outer circumferential portion of the turbine rotor;

a platform provided between the airfoil and the blade root;

a pin provided between the blade root and the root attachment;

a bore formed between respective surfaces of the shrouds facing each other and included in the respective adjacent rotor blades; and

a bar-like member provided in the bore with a clearance formed between the bore and the bar-like member;

wherein a clearance between the bore and the bar-like member during assembly is made smaller than a difference of displacement in the radial direction between respective bores of the shroud surfaces adjacent to each other, during rotation of a turbine.

2. The steam turbine rotor blade assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a seal fin is formed on a tip of the shroud.

3. The steam turbine rotor blade assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the clearance between the bore and the bar-like member is made equal to or greater than clearances between the pin and the blade root and between the pin and the root attachment.

4. The steam turbine rotor blade assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the bore is not passed through in the axial direction of the turbine rotor.

5. The steam turbine rotor blade assembly according to claim 4 , wherein a portion that is not pass through by the bore is located at respective positions, on the right and left of the shroud, anteroposteriorly facing a steam-flowing direction.

6. The steam turbine rotor blade assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the shroud has a portion circumferentially overlapping another shroud adjacent thereto.

7. The steam turbine rotor blade assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the shroud whose overlapping portion is located on the downstream side of a steam-flowing direction is bored to receive the bar-like member inserted thereinto.

8. The steam turbine rotor blade assembly according to claim 1 , the bar-like member has lower density than that of a blade material forming the shroud.

9. The steam turbine rotor blade assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the bar-like member is made of material that is liable to be worn away compared with a blade material forming the shroud.

10. A steam turbine rotor blade assembly comprising:

an airfoil;

a shroud provided at a tip of the airfoil;

a blade root projecting toward a radially internal circumferential side of a turbine rotor and fitted to a root attachment provided on an outer circumferential portion of the turbine rotor;

a platform provided between the airfoil and the blade root;

a bore formed between respective surfaces of the shrouds facing each other and included in the respective adjacent rotor blades; and

a bar-like member provided in the bore with a clearance formed between the bore and the bar-like member;

wherein the clearance between the bore and the bar-like member during assembly is made smaller than a difference of displacement in the radial direction between respective bores of the shroud surfaces adjacent to each other, during rotation of a turbine.

11. The steam turbine rotor assembly according to claim 10 , wherein after being inserted into the bore, the bar-like member is sealed into the bore by caulking a shroud portion at an end of the bore.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 8, 2014
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033917/0209 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 22, 2014
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033003/0648 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2011
From: HAYASAKA, YASUSHI; TORIYA, HAJIME
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027083/0685 →