Abstract: A centrifugal compressor wheel including a metal hub (2) for connecting to a drive shaft (3), an inlet plate (4) and an outlet plate (5) fixed to the metal hub (2), and a plurality of blades (7), each blade having a beginning and a peripheral portion (7b), fixed between the inner plate (4) and the outer plate (5). The wheel further includes an annular metal insert (8) integrated in the central portion of the wheel at a periphery of the hub (2), the annular metal insert (8) having metal elements (7A) forming the beginnings of the blades of the wheel. The inlet plate (4), the outlet plate (5), and the peripheral portions (7B) of the blades are made of a composite material, thereby constituting a composite portion of the wheel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 3, 2002
Date of Patent:
December 20, 2005
Assignee:
Flakt Solyvent-Ventec
Inventors:
Alain François Emile Godichon, Pierre Jacques François Grassi, Sylvain Georges Raymond Guillemin