Turbine or compressor stage for a turbomachine
View Patent ↗A turbine or compressor stage for a turbomachine is disclosed. The stage includes a blade wheel surrounded by a sectorized ring carried by a casing. Each ring sector includes a circumferential rim that is clamped radially a casing rail by two clamps of C-shaped section that are engaged on the circumferential end portions of the rim of the ring sector and on the corresponding portions of the casing rail.
1. A turbine or compressor stage for a turbomachine, the stage comprising:
at least one blade wheel surrounded by a sectorized ring carried by a casing and including a circumferential rim that is clamped radially against an annular rail of the casing by means of resilient clamps that are substantially of C-shaped section and that are engaged axially on the casing rail and on the ring rim,
wherein each ring sector is held against the casing rail by at least one clamp that is engaged solely on a circumferential end portion of the rim of the ring sector and on a corresponding portion of the casing rail.
2. A stage according to claim 1 , wherein the clamps are of an angular extent or width that is less than an angular extent or width of a ring sector.
3. A stage according to claim 1 , wherein each ring sector is held against the casing rail by a single clamp, the clamp being engaged on a circumferential end portion of the rim of the ring sector and on a corresponding portion of the casing rail.
4. A stage according to claim 1 , wherein each ring sector is held against the casing rail by two clamps, the clamps being engaged on respective circumferential end portions of the rim of the ring sector and on corresponding portions of the casing rail.
5. A stage according to claim 1 , wherein the clamps are spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction by a distance that is greater than or equal to the angular extent or width of a clamp.
6. A stage according to claim 1 , wherein each clamp is of an angular extent or width that is less than about half the angular extent or width of a ring sector.
7. A stage according to claim 1 , wherein each clamp is of an angular extent or width that is less than about one-third the angular extent or width of a ring sector.
8. A stage according to claim 1 , wherein each clamp is of an angular extent or width that is less than about one-fourth the angular extent or width of a ring sector.
9. A stage according to claim 1 , wherein the clamps are identical to one another.
10. A turbomachine compressor or turbine that includes at least one turbine or compressor stage according to claim 1 .
11. A turbomachine that includes at least one turbine or compressor stage according to claim 1 .
12. A stage according to claim 1 , wherein a middle circumferential portion of the rim of the ring sector and a middle circumferential portion of the casing rail are free of the at least one claim.