Abstract: A steam turbine rotor is provided. The rotor includes at least one bearing section coupled axially to a steampath section including at least one end, the at least one end further including a flange and a bore, the flange and the bore configured to be coupled to the at least bearing section.

Abstract: A turbine rotor 300 includes: a high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301 where high-temperature steam passes; low-temperature turbine rotor constituent parts 302 sandwiching and weld-connected to the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301 and made of a material different from a material of the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301; and a cooling part cooling the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301 by ejecting cooling steam 240 to a position, of the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301, near a welded portion 120 between the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301 and the low-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 302. A value equal to a distance divided by a diameter is equal to or more than 0.

Abstract: A pump includes a cutting impeller (38) and a pre-chopper (50) driven by a shaft portion (46) that projects axially from the cutting impeller (38), with the pre-chopper (50) being surrounded by an intake port (22) of the pump, the intake port having, at least on a part of its length, in the vicinity of the pre-chopper, a non-circular internal cross-section.

Abstract: A system is disclosed that includes a turbine engine having a first rotary component having a first annular coupling disposed about a rotational axis of the engine. The first annular coupling has an axially converging surface relative to the rotational axis. The system also includes a second rotary component having a second annular coupling disposed about the rotational axis of the turbine engine, wherein the second annular coupling comprises an axially diverging surface such that the axially converging surface of the first annular coupling mates with the axially diverging surface.

Abstract: A low-pressure turbine shaft (11) for a gas-turbine engine includes a fiber-composite plastic tube (13) with fiber layers provided in an inner wall area for taking up and transmitting torsional forces, and, in an outer wall area, with fiber layers suitably oriented for influencing stiffness and damping characteristics. The fiber layers are embedded in a high temperature resistant plastic matrix. A load input element (14) is an attachment flange (24) made of fiber-composite plastic material integrally formed on a fiber-composite plastic tube (13). A load output element (15) is a metallic driven protrusion inseparably connected to the fiber layers transmitting the torsional forces. Alternatively, the load input element may be provided as a metallic driving protrusion, which is firmly connected to the fiber layers taking up the torsional forces.

Abstract: A fan includes a fan frame and an impeller. The fan frame includes a frame body and a base, and the impeller is accommodated in the main body and is disposed on the base. The frame body has a column-shaped passage, an airflow outlet and an airflow inlet. The main body further has two expansion portions respectively disposed adjacent to the outlet and inlet. The expansion portions extend from the column-shaped passage to the outlet and the inlet, respectively. The main body has at least two planar sides so as to allow parts of the expansion portions to respectively form straight-cut lines where the planar sides are located, respectively. The base has several straight-cut planes, and each of the straight-cut planes is located with respect to the straight-cut line.

Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine wheel arrangement (20), comprising: a turbine wheel (4) and a shaft (21), which can be connected to the turbine wheel (4) by means of a connecting section (22), wherein the connecting section (22) has a trunnion (23) with a diameter (DZ) that is smaller than the largest diameter (DWA) of the shaft (21).

Abstract: The invention relates to a pump for pumping contaminated liquid including solid matter, comprising a pump housing provided with a rotatable impeller suspended in a drive shaft and having at least one vane, and an impeller seat, at least one part of the impeller and the impeller seat being movable in the axial direction in relation to each other. Furthermore, the impeller seat presents at least one groove in the top surface thereof.

Abstract: A shaped rotor wheel, a turbo machine including the rotor wheel, and a method for producing the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a rotor wheel is provided which includes at least one disk member and at least one spacer member, and is a capable of carrying and axially spacing one or more stages of blades. Also disclosed is a method for producing such a rotor wheel using metal powders as a starting material, and processing the metal powder using powder metallurgy techniques.

Abstract: The exhaust casing of a turbomachine includes a cylindrical jacket for guiding a flow of exhaust gas and for defining a hub cavity inside the casing, the jacket including at its ends an annular flange and a radial annular portion extending inwards and formed with an annular rim that is designed to be received in an annular groove of the inner wall of the exhaust casing to close the hub cavity in substantially sealed manner.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine including a shaft, a bearing, a coupling supported by the bearing is disclosed. The shaft is engaged by an end trunnion inside the coupling and fixed to the coupling by a cylindrical nut. The engine is characterized in that the nut is in axial abutment in a first direction against the coupling and the trunnion is screwed onto the nut. A slotted stop ring housed in an annular groove of the nut forms an axial abutment in the direction opposing the first direction, so as to allow the removal of the trunnion from the coupling by unscrewing the nut.

Abstract: A turbine engine component includes a shaft and two sets of hollow radial plates. The shaft includes an axial section forming a portion of a main passage having a substantially uniform diameter. The axial section has two ends and a center located substantially halfway between the two ends. The first set of hollow radial plates extends radially outwardly from the shaft at a first axial location between the center and a first end of the axial section. Each hollow radial plate is hollow and has an interior surface defining annular chambers surrounding and in flow communication with the main passage. The second set of hollow radial plates extends radially outwardly from the shaft at a second axial location between the center and a second end of the axial section. Each hollow radial plate has an interior surface defining annular chambers surrounding and in flow communication with the main passage.

Abstract: A hollow shaft of a turbomachine including a cylindrical wall with an inner surface portion and at one end a member for attachment to a rotor disk of the turbomachine is disclosed. The shaft also includes a damping device wherein at least one vibration-damping laminate is attached to the inner surface portion. The laminate includes at least one layer of viscoelastic material in contact with the surface portion and a counterlayer of rigid material.

Abstract: A slinger shield structure is provided and includes a first annular disc, having a body, opposing faces defining an aperture extending through the body and through-holes extending through the body, which are arrayed around the aperture, a second annular disc having a body and opposing faces defining an aperture extending through the body, a hub for connection with the first and second annular discs at the respective apertures and radial vanes suspended between the first and second annular discs at a distance from the hub to define radial channels between adjacent radial vanes and drainage channels between the radial vanes and the hub.

Abstract: A cooling fan includes a fan housing (10) having a shaft seat (16) extending downwardly therefrom, a stator (20) being fixedly mounted around the shaft seat, a shaft (80) with a top end being fixedly connected to the shaft seat and a free end (82) extending downwardly therefrom, a rotor (30) comprising a hub (32) having a plurality of blades (34) extending radially and outwardly, and a sleeve bearing (40). A fixing tube (36) extends upwardly from a center of the hub. The fixing tube has a closed bottom end and defines a fixing hole (360) therein. The sleeve bearing is fixedly received in the fixing hole of the fixing tube to rotate with the rotor. A bearing hole is defined in the sleeve bearing for extension of the free end of the shaft therethrough.

Abstract: Turbo-engine which has a low-pressure area, containing at least one shaft, wherein the low-pressure area has an inflow area, the shaft having, at least on its inflow part arranged in the inflow area, a heat resistant material, wherein the shaft has, on outflow parts arranged opposite the inflow part, a 26NiCrV14-5 and/or 2SNiCrMoVii-5 and/or 22CrNiM09-9 material.

Abstract: A wind turbine includes a tower; a blade for rotating on the tower; a rotor shaft, connected to the blade, having an axial hole; a line, arranged in the hole, for carrying a signal; a support, wrapped around the line inside the hole, for spacing the line from the rotor shaft inside the hole; where the support expands radially to at least partially fill an annular space between the line and an inside wall of the axial hole.

Abstract: A turbine rotor 10 is disposed in a steam turbine, into which high-temperature steam of 650° C. or more is introduced, and separately configured of the portion made of the Ni-base alloy and the portion made of the CrMoV steel depending on a steam temperature and a metal temperature, and the individual portions having a small difference in coefficient of linear expansion are welded mutually.

Abstract: A gas turbine exhaust strut installed in an exhaust case of a gas turbine is disclosed which includes a trailing portion configured with an inner surface for mounting to an inner annular member of the exhaust case and an outer surface for mounting to an outer annular member of the exhaust case, a block attached to the trailing portion, an angled piece attached to the block and configured with a surface on a pressure side of the strut angled with respect to a surface of the trailing portion on the pressure side of the strut, and a transition piece attached to the block and configured with a surface on the pressure side of the strut for smoothing the transition between the height of the block on the pressure side of the strut and the height of the trailing portion on the pressure side of the strut. A method of refurbishing an exhaust strut installed in an exhaust case of gas turbine while retaining at least a portion of the strut in the exhaust case is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a rotor assembly for a turbine, the turbine including a central rotational axis is provided. The method includes forging a first rotor component from a first material, separately forging a second rotor component from a second material, and coupling the second rotor component to the first rotor component at a location radially inward of the first rotor component. The second rotor component is coupled to the first rotor component in at least one axial-circumferential plane that is at least one of substantially parallel and obliquely oriented with respect to the central rotational axis.

Abstract: This invention relates to a Dry Running Flexible Impeller Pump and Method of Manufacture that is specifically designed to provide a flexible impeller pump that is capable of being run dry for extended periods of time without damaging the impeller. The pump's housing and end plates are coated with a low friction industrial coating to limit the heat of friction created by the flexible impeller while in use. Additionally the flexible impeller is cast from a pre-molding silicone substrate that contains no mold release and is cast in a mold that is treated with a low friction industrial coating and is cast without mold release. Once the flexible impeller is removed from the mold it is cleaned with alcohol, baked in a vacuum at a temperature of at least 100° C., and then coated with a Paralene N coating by vacuum deposition.

Abstract: High-temperature steam at 620° C. or higher is introduced to a reheat steam turbine 100, and a turbine rotor 113 of the reheat steam turbine 100 includes: a high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 113a positioned in an area extending from a nozzle 114a on a first stage to a moving blade 115a on a stage where temperature of the steam becomes 550° C. and made of a corrosion and heat resistant material; and low-temperature turbine rotor constituent parts 113b connected to and sandwiching the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 113a and made of a material different from the material of the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 113a.

Abstract: A system is disclosed that includes a turbine engine having a first rotary component having a first annular coupling disposed about a rotational axis of the engine. The first annular coupling has an axially converging surface relative to the rotational axis. The system also includes a second rotary component having a second annular coupling disposed about the rotational axis of the turbine engine, wherein the second annular coupling comprises an axially diverging surface such that the axially converging surface of the first annular coupling mates with the axially diverging surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening arrangement of a pipe, which is coaxial to a longitudinal axis, on a shaft step, which is rotatably mounted around the longitudinal axis, for connecting of the two component parts, with a coaxial circumferential surface located on the shaft step, upon which circumferential surface at least partially lies the inner side of the pipe end which faces the shaft step. In order to disclose the creation of a fastening arrangement which is especially simple and inexpensive to manufacture and also free of wear during operation, it is proposed that the pipe end has notches distributed over the circumference, and an encompassing annular slot on the inner side of the pipe in the region of the notches, with a sleeve which is installed in the annular slot, covers the notches, and at least partially lies on the circumferential surface of the shaft step.

Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine shaft that is aligned in a longitudinal direction. Said shaft comprises a central region and two outer regions, which are fixed to the central region in the longitudinal direction. The central region is produced from a material with a higher heat resistance than the two outer regions.

Abstract: A rotary shaft to hub connection, such as that used between a centrifugal compressor or pump and a shaft. The hub includes inner and outer axial extending members that fit within inner and outer annular grooves formed within the rotary shaft so that a tight fit between the shaft and the hub is maintained during high speed rotation. An inwardly extending projection is formed on the outer axial extending member of the hub that forms a tight fit against the shaft.

Abstract: A rotor has a central shaft having a central longitudinal axis. The rotor has a longitudinal stack of a plurality of disks surrounding the shaft. An aft hub couples the stack to the shaft. The aft hub has a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion tapers at a lower characteristic half angle than does the proximal portion.

Abstract: A steam turbine rotor has at least a first stage and a last stage. The rotor is optimised for operation in a wet steam environment at steam temperatures of less than 300° C. by being made more resistant to stress corrosion cracking (SCC). The yield strength of the rotor varies along its axial length such that the yield strength of the rotor in the region of the last turbine stage is more than the yield strength of the rotor in the region of at least one earlier turbine stage.

Abstract: A centrifugal pump includes a diffuser section for decreasing a velocity of the fluid discharged from an impeller, a return vane for leading the fluid which has passed through the diffuser section to a discharge side, and a main plate to which the diffuser section and the return vane are fixed.

Abstract: A turbine shaft may be used to remove a heat load from pliant bearings without requiring the use of a process fluid for cooling the turbine shaft. The turbine shaft comprises a heat conductive sleeve disposed between an outer surface of a tie rod shaft and an inner surface of a bearing journal; the heat conductive sleeve having a sleeve inner surface separated from a sleeve outer surface by a sleeve thickness; the heat conductive sleeve having a first end separated from a second end longitudinally about a center axis; the sleeve outer surface being in physical contact with the inner surface of the bearing journal; and the heat conductive sleeve having a thermal conductivity that is greater than a thermal conductivity of the bearing journal.

Abstract: A combustion turbine includes a compressor section, a combustion section downstream from the compressor section, and a turbine section downstream from the combustion section. A diffuser section is downstream from the turbine section and has an outer wall, an inner wall, and at least one strut member extending therebetween. The outer wall has at least one first gas passageway therein, the inner wall has at least one second gas passageway therein, and the at least one strut member has at least one third gas passageway therein. The at least one first, second and third gas passageways deliver gas therethrough to assist attachment of a boundary layer to adjacent surfaces of the outer wall, the inner wall, and the at least one strut, respectively.

Abstract: A method of repairing spline and seal teeth of a mated component is disclosed. The method includes a low energy input weld to deposit a repair material on the non-worn, non-pressure face of the splines while minimizing the HAZ grain size. The splined area of the component is then remachined to the original spline contour by removing original material from the worn, pressure face of the splines and excess repair material to produce a mated component with radially re-clocked splines that have original component material on the pressure face of the teeth.

Abstract: The invention provides a heat resisting steel having superior high-temperature strength and notch rupture strength, a rotor shaft using the heat resisting steel, a steam turbine using the rotor shaft, and a power plant using the steam turbine. The heat resisting steel is made of a Cr—Mo—V low-alloy steel containing 0.15-0.40% by weight of C, not more than 0.5% of Si, 0.05-0.50% of Mn, 0.5-1.5% of Ni, 0.8-1.5% of Cr, 0.8-1.8% of Mo and 0.05-0.35% of V, and having a (Ni/Mn) ratio of 3.0-10.0.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a rotor assembly for a steam turbine. The steam turbine includes a retention portion having a stacked rotor section. The steam turbine further includes a first shaft end disposed at a first end of the retention portion. The steam turbine yet further includes a second shaft end disposed at a second end of the retention portion that is opposite to the first end of the retention portion.

Abstract: A rotor of a thermally loaded turbomachine, in particular of a compressor or a gas turbine, is mounted such that it can rotate about a rotor axis and is concentrically surrounded by a hot-gas duct or cooling-air duct. A significant improvement to the ability of the rotor to withstand thermal loads is achieved, with little increased outlay in terms of materials, by virtue of the fact that the rotor comprises a rotor core made of a first material, that the rotor core is concentrically surrounded by shielding rings made of a second material, which shield the rotor core from the temperature in the hot-gas duct or cooling-air duct, the second material having a higher heat resistance than the first material, and that the shielding rings are cohesively joined to the rotor core.

Abstract: Method and arrangement for providing a turbine or compressor device having a rotor (1), that includes a first rotor section (2) having at least one disc-shaped or annular element (3) which has a multiplicity of blades (4) arranged in series on a circumferential path for guiding a gas flow, and a second, elongate rotor section (5) which projects at right-angles from the rotor disc (3) and which has a rotor shaft (6) connected to the rotor disc. A first and second bearing (8, 9) are fitted at a distance from one another along the rotor shaft (6), and the first bearing (8) is arranged closer to the rotor disc (3) than the second bearing (9). The bearing holder (25) of the first bearing (8) has a greater outside width than other than other components (9, 14, 15, 31) arranged on the rotor shaft (6) between the first bearing (8) and the free end of the rotor shaft (7).

Abstract: A turbomachine comprising: a gas generator for producing combustion gas; a turbine section through which the combustion gas passes and comprising first and second rows of contrarotating turbine rotor blades respectively driving first and second low-pressure shafts in rotation; and a fan section comprising a first row of fan blades mounted on a front fan shaft that is connected to an upstream end of the first low-pressure shaft, and a second row of fan blades axially offset from the first row and mounted on a rear fan shaft that is connected to an upstream end of the second low-pressure shaft, the front fan shaft being connected to the upstream end of the first low-pressure shaft via a removable sleeve for transmitting torque.

Abstract: A turbine shaft may be used to remove a heat load from pliant bearings without requiring the use of a process fluid for cooling the turbine shaft. The turbine shaft comprises a heat conductive sleeve disposed between an outer surface of a tie rod shaft and an inner surface of a bearing journal; the heat conductive sleeve having a sleeve inner surface separated from a sleeve outer surface by a sleeve thickness; the heat conductive sleeve having a first end separated from a second end longitudinally about a center axis; the sleeve outer surface being in physical contact with the inner surface of the bearing journal; and the heat conductive sleeve having a thermal conductivity that is greater than a thermal conductivity of the bearing journal.

Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a brazed rotor composed of a wheel and a shaft joined to the former by brazing, having a durability and a reliability which can be enhanced without increasing the manufacturing man hours, and a turbine rotor for an exhaust turbo-supercharger. The wheel having a disc portion formed at its outer periphery with blades, and a rod-like shaft are arranged in a furnace, being opposed to each other at their surfaces to be joined with a brazing solder being interposed therebetween, and infrared radiation is irradiated onto a side part of the wheel so as to heat the surfaces to be joined up to a temperature in a range from 1,000 to 1,080 deg. C. in order to melt the brazing solder, thereby the wheel and the shaft are joined by brazing to each other at their surfaces to be joined.

Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine machine, in particular, a steam turbine, comprising an inner housing, a turbine shaft, mounted such as to rotate, characterized in that the inner housing and the turbine shaft are produced from differing materials. The turbine is made from a chrome steel with 9 to 12 wt. % of chromium and the inner housing from a chrome steel with 1 to 2 wt % of chromium.

Abstract: A device for assembling together annular flanges by means of fastening bolts, in particular in a low-pressure turbine stage of the turbojet, one of the flanges has an element projecting from its face that faces the other flange and that is received in a notch in said other flange when the relative angular positioning of the two flanges is correct.

Abstract: Provided are a fixing structure for fixing a rotor to a rotor shaft, in which the contact state of the contact surfaces of the rotor shaft and the rotor is stabilized to thereby maintain the rotation balance of the rotor shaft and the rotor, making it possible to prevent oscillation, and a turbo molecular pump having such a fixing structure. On the outer peripheral portion of the upper surface of a fastening portion (253), there is concentrically formed a rotor shaft (213) side contact surface (257) to be brought into contact with a rotor (103). Further, in the inner periphery of the contact surface (257), there is formed a spot facing portion (259) whose upper surface is recessed from the contact surface (257).

Abstract: A turbomachine comprising at least a first rotary assembly with a first shaft, a stator, and bearings secured to the stator and suitable for supporting the shaft, one of the bearings being capable of giving way when an unbalance occurs in the rotary assembly, at least one segment of the shaft being covered in a covering which comprises at least one piece of fabric impregnated with resin and which is for coming into contact with a surrounding portion of the turbomachine when the unbalance occurs in order to protect the first shaft and ensure that there is no risk of the first shaft rupturing. The turbomachine is intended to be used mainly in the field of aviation, and more particularly as an airplane turbojet.

Abstract: A turbomachine including at least a first rotary assembly with a first shaft, a stator, and bearings secured to the stator and suitable for supporting the first shaft, one of the bearings being capable of giving way when an unbalance occurs in the first rotary assembly. The turbomachine further comprising brake arrangement for braking the first shaft when the unbalance occurs, and bond arrangement acting at the end of braking to bond a portion of the first shaft to a surrounding portion of the turbomachine. The turbomachine is intended to be used mainly in the field of aviation, and more particularly as an airplane turbojet.

Abstract: Provided is a cooler mounted in computer having a transparent case comprising a frame including a coil section including windings, a conductive first bearing on an upper center of the coil section, a conductive second bearing on a lower center of the coil section, and a rectification member electrically interconnected an AC power source and the coil section; a rotating assembly including blades, a conductive shaft passed the first and the second bearings, and a magnet spaced around the coil section, the magnet being magnetized by applying DC current from the rectification member to the coil section for rotating the rotating assembly; and a load placed on the rotating assembly and including LEDs and a conductive ring put on the shaft and biased against the first bearing. Applying AC to the rectification member will rotate the rotating assembly and cause LEDs to emit light.

Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine shaft for a steam turbine, oriented in an axial direction and comprising a first and a second flow region. According to the invention, a first material is provided in the first flow region of the turbine shaft, and a second flow region is provided in the second flow region thereof, the first material having heat-resistant properties and the second material having cold-resistant properties. The inventive turbine shaft is produced by means of a construction weld seam without any previous buffer layer welding on one of the two materials.

Abstract: A direct replacement impeller hub for the torque converter of an automatic transmission and a method of repairing an impeller assembly utilizing the replacement impeller hub to provide increased service longevity. In the present impeller hub the geometric roundness characteristic of the impeller hub is controlled to an exacting tolerance during the manufacturing process in accordance with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) definitions to provide a close tolerance fit within a mating bearing sleeve. The present impeller hub is also finish ground in accordance with ANSI definitions to reduce surface friction and to provide an optimal sealing surface for engagement with a radial seal, which is disposed about the impeller hub sealing it to prevent contaminants from entering the hydraulic pump of the transmission. The present impeller hub also includes additional structural features such as fillet radii machined on selected features to facilitate assembly of the torque converter.

Abstract: A turbine shaft may be used to remove a heat load from pliant bearings without requiring the use of a process fluid for cooling the turbine shaft. The turbine shaft comprises a heat conductive sleeve disposed between an outer surface of a tie rod shaft and an inner surface of a bearing journal; the heat conductive sleeve having a sleeve inner surface separated from a sleeve outer surface by a sleeve thickness; the heat conductive sleeve having a first end separated from a second end longitudinally about a center axis; the sleeve outer surface being in physical contact with the inner surface of the bearing journal; and the heat conductive sleeve having a thermal conductivity that is greater than a thermal conductivity of the bearing journal.

Abstract: Vacuum pumping apparatus includes a pump frame, a stationary scroll element secured to the pump frame, the stationary scroll element including a stationary scroll blade, an orbiting scroll element including an orbiting scroll blade intermeshed with the stationary scroll blade, a motor secured to the pump frame, and a crankshaft coupled between the motor and the orbiting scroll element for producing orbiting movement of the orbiting scroll blade relative to the stationary scroll blade when the motor is energized. The crankshaft includes a first component having a first coefficient of thermal expansion and a second component having a second coefficient of thermal expansion.

Abstract: A steam turbine power generation system, comprising a high-pressure turbine, an intermediate-pressure turbine and a low-pressure turbine, wherein the intermediate-pressure turbine has an inlet steam temperature of 650–720° C., and the low-pressure turbine has an inlet steam temperature of 410–430° C.; and a low-pressure turbine rotor of the low-pressure turbine is made of a heat-resisting steel which contains, in weight percent, C: 0.28 or less, Si: 0.03 or less, Mn: 0.05 or less, Cr: 1.5 to 2.0, V: 0.07 to 0.15, Mo: 0.25 to 0.5, Ni: 3.25 to 4.0, and the balance of Fe, unavoidable impurities and unavoidable gases, and the unavoidable impurities contain, in weight percent, P: 0.004 or less, S: 0.002 or less, Sn: 0.01 or less, As: 0.008 or less, Sb: 0.005 or less, Al: 0.008 or less and Cu: 0.1 or less.