- Patent Title: Fan casing arrangement for a gas turbine engine and related method
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Application No.: US14505956Application Date: 2014-10-03
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Publication No.: US09777599B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Steven Aleksy Radomski , Simon Read
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB1318200.1 20131015
- Main IPC: F01D25/24
- IPC: F01D25/24 ; F01D21/04 ; F01D11/12 ; F02C7/04 ; F04D19/00 ; F04D29/02

Abstract:
A fan casing arrangement for a gas turbine engine having a propulsive fan, the arrangement having a fan case and a fan track liner and being configured to circumscribe the fan, wherein the fan track liner is provided around the inside of fan case so as to adopt a radial position between the fan and the fan case. The fan track liner includes an elongate member which is helically-wound against the inside of the fan case in a plurality of turns. A method of installing a fan track liner in a fan casing arrangement for a gas turbine engine having a propulsive fan, the method involving: providing a fan case to circumscribe the fan, providing a flexible and elongate liner member, and helically winding the liner member against the inside of the fan case in a plurality of turns to define at least part of the fan track liner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150104306A1 FAN CASING ARRANGEMENT FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND RELATED METHOD Public/Granted day:2015-04-16
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