IP Library Granted Patent US 8,894,371
Granted Patent B2
US 8,894,371 · App. 13/201,877 · Granted Nov 25, 2014

Rotor section for a rotor of a turbomachine, and rotor blade for a turbomachine

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Patent No.
US 8,894,371
App. No.
13/201,877
Granted
Nov 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotor section for a rotor of a gas turbine, a rotor blade, and a blocking element are provided. The rotor section includes a rotor disk including rotor blades that are inserted thereon in holding grooves and that are secured against sliding along the holding grooves by means of a sealing element arranged at the end face. In order to specify a reliable, simple, and easy-to-design construction for the circumferential fixing of the sealing elements, it is proposed that each sealing element be secured by one blocking element, which engages in a hole arranged at the end face in the rotor blade root.

Claims (11)

1. A rotor section for the rotor of a turbomachine, comprising:

a plurality of rotor blade retaining grooves disposed on an outer periphery of the rotor which extend in an axial direction of the rotor and in which a rotor blade is arranged in each case, the rotor blade including a blade root which corresponds to the rotor blade retaining groove;

a plurality of radially inwardly pointing contact surfaces which are provided in each case on the rotor blades; and

a plurality of plate-like sealing elements, wherein for the guiding of a cooling medium along a rotor surface on an end face, the plurality of plate-like sealing elements bear against the contact surface by centrifugal force action, wherein for securing the plurality of sealing elements against displacement in a circumferential direction at least one of the plurality of sealing elements includes an opening provided in the sealing element for accommodating a blocking element, wherein provision is made for a hole, which aligns with the opening, and for a positionally secured blocking element, which fits in the hole and in the opening, wherein the hole is arranged in the blade root, and in that the opening is of a keyhole-like design, and

wherein the blocking element is of a bolt-like design including a cam which is arranged on an outer circumference of the blocking element, which cam may be rotated between the blade root and the sealing element.

2. The rotor section as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hole is arranged in each case closer to the radially inwardly pointing contact surface and the opening is arranged closer to an edge of the sealing element which bears against the contact surface of the rotor blade than to an inner edge of the sealing element.

3. The rotor section as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the blocking element includes a crenellation on the end face, which may be bent into a bit recess of the keyhole-like opening.

4. The rotor section as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the crenellation is part of an end-face ring of the blocking element.

5. The rotor section as claimed in claim 1 , wherein which the blocking element is secured against loss by means of a Z-shaped locking plate, a first end of which lies between the sealing element and a further end face of the blade root.

6. The rotor section as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the blocking element includes an end-face opening for its removal.

7. The rotor section as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sealing elements, bearing against each other in the circumferential direction, form a sealing ring which fits in an annular groove, which annular groove is provided on a circumferential surface which is arranged on an end-face side surface of the rotor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2021
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
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