Accessory gearbox with internal layshaft
An engine accessory system for a gas turbine engine includes a first accessory component mountable to an accessory gearbox along a first accessory axis transverse to a layshaft axis of rotation.
1. An accessory system for a gas turbine engine having a central axis passing therethrough, said accessory system comprising:
an accessory gearbox having a first face and a second face wherein said first face and said second face are oriented relative to each other to form a v-orientation;
a layshaft within said accessory gearbox along a layshaft axis of rotation said layshaft axis in parallel with said central axis;
a first accessory component mountable to said first face along a first accessory axis transverse to said layshaft axis of rotation, said first accessory component driven by said layshaft;
a second accessory component mounted to said second face along a second accessory axis transverse to said layshaft axis of rotation; and
a single towershaft to be disposed transverse to said gas turbine engine axis of rotation, said tower shaft for driving said layshaft wherein said layshaft drives said first and second accessories.
2. The accessory system of claim 1 wherein said first face is removable from said accessory gearbox to enable access to a gear within said gearbox.
3. The accessory system of claim 1 wherein said first accessory component and said second accessory component are mounted to an outside of said first face and said second face relative to said accessory gearbox.
4. The accessory system of claim 1 wherein said tower shaft enters said accessory gearbox at an axial end thereof.
5. The accessory system of claim 4 wherein said tower shaft enters said accessory gearbox at a radially inward end thereof.
6. The accessory system of claim 1 wherein said first face has a manifold disposed thereon.
7. The accessory system of claim 1 wherein said layshaft comprises a single layshaft.
8. A gas turbine engine comprising:
an engine case section defined about an engine axis of rotation;
an accessory gearbox having a first face and a second face wherein said first face and said second face are oriented relative to each other to form a v-orientation;
a layshaft within said accessory gearbox along a layshaft axis of rotation said layshaft axis in parallel with said central axis;
a first accessory component mountable to said first face along a first accessory axis transverse to said layshaft axis of rotation, said first accessory component driven by said layshaft;
a second accessory component mounted to said second face along a second accessory axis transverse to said layshaft axis of rotation; and
a single towershaft transverse to said gas turbine engine axis of rotation extending from said engine case section and driving said layshaft wherein said layshaft drives said first and second accessories.
9. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 8 , wherein said first accessory axis and said second accessory axis straddle said engine case section.
10. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 8 , wherein said engine case section is an engine core case section.
11. The accessory system of claim 8 wherein said tower shaft enters said accessory gearbox at a radially inward end thereof adjacent said engine core case section.
12. The accessory system of claim 11 wherein said tower shaft enters said accessory gearbox at an axial end thereof.
13. The accessory system of claim 8 wherein said first face has a manifold disposed thereon.
14. The accessory system of claim 13 wherein said manifold is a fuel manifold.
15. The accessory system of claim 8 wherein said layshaft comprises a single layshaft.