Oil-separator rotor for a turbomachine
View Patent ↗An oil separator rotor for a turbomachine, including a tubular hub that includes an external annular flange and an annular cover which, in cross section, is substantially L-shaped and mounted around the hub. The hub flange includes, at its external periphery, a mechanism to radially retain the free end of the cylindrical wall of the cover, so as to center this end and prevent it from deforming in the radially outwards direction under the effect of centrifugal force.
1. A turbomachine oil-separator rotor comprising:
a tubular hub; and
an annular cap,
the tubular hub defining an internal axial passage for fluid and including an outer annular collar, and the annular cap being mounted around the tubular hub, the annular cap comprising both a radial wall and a cylindrical wall that co-operates with the outer annular collar of the tubular hub to define an annular chamber that communicates with the internal passage of the tubular hub and that houses means for depositing oil by centrifuging,
wherein the outer annular collar of the tubular hub includes at its outer periphery means for retaining an end of the cylindrical wall of the annular cap radially so as to center the end and prevent the end from deforming radially outwards under effect of centrifugal forces, and
wherein an inner peripheral portion of the radial wall of the annular cap bears axially thereagainst and is fastened by nut-and-bolt type means to the tubular hub at a distance from the outer annular collar.
2. A turbomachine oil-separator rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the outer periphery of the outer annular collar of the tubular hub includes a cylindrical rim extending axially towards the annular cap around the end of the cylindrical wall of the annular cap.
3. A turbomachine oil-separator rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the outer periphery of the outer annular collar of the tubular hub includes circumferentially-extending tongues projecting axially towards the annular cap around the end of the cylindrical wall of the annular cap.
4. A turbomachine oil-separator rotor according to claim 3 , wherein the circumferentially-extending tongues are regularly distributed around the longitudinal axis of the oil-separator rotor.
5. A turbomachine oil-separator rotor according to claim 3 , wherein each circumferentially-extending tongue is in alignment with a longitudinal strip of material of the cylindrical wall of the annular cap, the strips of material of the annular cap defining oil outlet openings between one another.
6. A turbomachine oil-separator rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the inner peripheral portion of the radial wall of the annular cap includes means for bearing axially against an outer annular flange or outer radial tabs of the tubular hub, the flange or the tabs including axial orifices in alignment with the orifices in the radial wall of the annular cap to pass cap fastener screws.
7. A turbomachine oil-separator rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the nut-and-bolt type means are three in number and are regularly distributed around the longitudinal axis of the oil-separator rotor.
8. A turbomachine oil-separator rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the nut-and-bolt type means comprise nuts that are crimped in orifices of a flange or of tabs of the tubular hub and that co-operate with bolts that are engaged axially from the outside of the annular chamber into orifices in the annular cap.
9. A turbomachine oil-separator rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the radial wall of the annular cap includes a cylindrical rim at its inner periphery for centering the annular cap on the tubular hub.
10. A turbomachine, an airplane turbojet, or a turboprop, comprising at least one turbomachine oil-separator rotor according to claim 1 .