IP Library Granted Patent US 8,777,565
Granted Patent B2
US 8,777,565 · App. 12/918,865 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Casing structure of steam turbine

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Patent No.
US 8,777,565
App. No.
12/918,865
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steam turbine has an outer casing that is divided into an upper casing and a lower casing (a lower block) on a horizontal plane through which a rotor passes. The upper casing is divided into a middle block having a through hole and an upper block having a top panel, that is, into a portion including at least a part of the through hole through which the rotor penetrates. With this configuration, machining of a bellows fitting unit provided in an end-plate cone portion can be performed in existing facilities such as a factory, in a state that the lower block and the middle block are assembled without assembling the upper block.

Claims (9)

1. A casing structure for a steam turbine, the casing structure comprising:

an outer casing divided horizontally into an upper casing and a lower casing, wherein

at least one of the upper casing and the lower casing is divided into at least two parts, one of the two parts being a portion including at least part of a through hole through which a rotor penetrates,

the outer casing is divided into the upper casing and the lower casing on a horizontal plane through which the rotor passes,

the upper casing is divided into an upper part of an end-plate cone of an end-plate cone portion and an upper block having a top panel,

the lower casing is divided into a lower part of an end-plate cone of the end-plate cone portion and a lower block, and

a bonding portion on an outer circumference of the end-plate cone portion is formed in an L shape.

2. The casing structure of a steam turbine according to claim 1 , wherein a peripheral shape of an external form of the end-plate cone portion is polygonal.

3. The casing structure of a steam turbine according to claim 1 , wherein the upper block is divided on a vertical plane that passes through a center of the through hole.

Assignments (3)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035101/0029 →