Balancing weight entry port for turbine rotor

    公开(公告)号:US12060808B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US18457491

    申请日:2023-08-29

    摘要: A turbine rotor includes a rotor body and a balancing weight slot defined in an exterior circumference of the body. The balancing weight slot has a first axial width and a first radially outward facing surface at a first radial distance from a rotor axis. The rotor also includes a balancing weight entry port defined in a portion of the exterior circumference of the rotor body and aligned with the balancing weight slot. The balancing weight entry port has a second axial width greater than the first axial width and a second radially outward facing surface at a second radial distance from the axis of the rotor body that is smaller than the first radial distance. A method may include machining the entry port into the rotor with a tool. The method may be applied to a new rotor, or to remove cracks initiating from a previous entry port.

    EROSION-SHIELDED TURBINE BLADES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240229648A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US17973198

    申请日:2022-10-25

    IPC分类号: F01D5/00 B23P6/00

    摘要: A method of manufacturing an erosion-shielded turbine blade includes providing a turbine blade for use with a rotary machine. The turbine blade includes an airfoil extending between a root and a tip. The airfoil includes a pressure side and an opposite suction side, and each of the pressure and suction sides extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The method also includes printing a green body part by an additive manufacturing process by selectively depositing a binder solution across a particulate erosion-resistant material, and sintering the green body part to produce a post-sintering erosion shield that includes densified erosion-resistant material. The method also includes coupling the erosion shield to the leading edge of the turbine blade.