Abstract: A blade angle feedback assembly for an aircraft-bladed rotor is provided. The rotor is rotatable about a longitudinal axis and having an adjustable blade pitch angle. The assembly comprises a feedback device coupled to rotate with the rotor with adjustment of the blade pitch angle, the feedback device comprising a non-magnetically permeable body defining a root surface and a plurality of magnetically permeable position markers circumferentially disposed on the root surface, and at least one sensor mounted adjacent the feedback device and configured to detect a passage of the plurality of position markers as the feedback device rotates about the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A vacuum pump comprises: a rotor; a stator; a rolling bearing configured to support a rotor shaft provided at the rotor; and a vibration sensor configured to detect vibration of the rolling bearing.

Abstract: A rotor for an axial turbomachine includes a drum formed of several parts including: composite rings made of composite material and metallic rings interposed between the composite rings. The metallic rings carry the rotor blades. The metallic rings have an axial branch axially overlapping the composite rings and at least one radial branch in contact with the composite rings.

Abstract: A turbine shroud assembly adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a shroud segment and a carrier. The shroud segment extends circumferentially partway around an axis to define a gas path boundary of the turbine shroud assembly. The carrier is configured to support the shroud segment in position radially relative to the axis.

Abstract: A fairing for a power generation machine, the fairing comprising: a first layer comprising a metallic material and defining a first surface and a second opposite surface, the first layer being configured to enable the fairing to be coupled to the power generation machine; and a second layer comprising a composite material and defining a first surface and a second opposite surface, the second layer being coupled to the first layer, the second surface of the second layer defining an external surface of the fairing.

Abstract: A turbine casing comprises: a turbine casing body, which covers a rotor of a steam turbine from the outer side, and in which is formed an exhaust port through which steam is horizontally exhausted; an overhanging part that horizontally widens from the outer surface of the turbine casing body; and a support part that supports the overhanging part on a baseplate; the support part restraining vertical displacement of the overhanging part relative to the baseplate, and securing the overhanging part to the baseplate so as to allow the overhanging part to be horizontally deformed or displaced.

Abstract: A blade angle feedback assembly for an aircraft-bladed rotor is provided. The rotor is rotatable about a longitudinal axis and has an adjustable blade pitch angle. The assembly comprises a feedback device coupled to rotate with the rotor with adjustment of the blade pitch angle, the feedback device having a root surface, a plurality of position makers circumferentially disposed on the root surface, the plurality of position markers circumferentially spaced from one another and non-aligned with the longitudinal axis, and at least one sensor mounted adjacent the feedback device and configured to detect a passage of the plurality of position markers as the feedback device rotates about the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A turbomachine vane includes a blading made of composite material with fibrous reinforcement densified by a matrix and an integrated metal leading edge, the blading extending in a longitudinal direction, the leading edge being formed by a metal foil overmolded onto the blading, the foil having a lower wing and an upper wing which extend respectively on the lower and upper faces of the blading while matching an aerodynamic profile of the vane. One of the lower wing and the upper wing has a positioning portion extending in the longitudinal direction, the portion having a flat inner face and an increasing thickness away from the leading edge, and being housed in a correspondingly shaped groove in the blading.

Abstract: A turbocharger device includes a case having a turbine portion and a bearing portion connected to and extending from the turbine portion. The turbine portion defines a cavity that houses a turbine wheel and receives exhaust gas that rotates the turbine wheel. The bearing portion houses a shaft connected to the turbine wheel. The bearing portion has a radial thickness between an exterior surface and an interior surface. The interior surface defines a central channel. The bearing portion holds a bearing system that supports the shaft within the central channel. The bearing portion includes a lattice structure within the radial thickness. The lattice structure is a repeating three-dimensional array of frame segments connected to one another at junctions. The lattice structure engages a turbine back wall that is located between the turbine portion and the bearing portion. The lattice structure defines interstitial spaces between the frame segments.

Abstract: A boost compressor assembly may comprise an outer annular structure and a plurality of blades. Each blade in the plurality of blades may be moveably coupled to the outer annular structure. The plurality of blades may be configured to deploy in response to the boost compressor assembly rotating. The plurality of blades may be configured to retract when the boost compressor assembly stops rotating.

Abstract: A wind turbine (10) includes a main shaft (34) including a front end (34a), the front end (34a) including a first connecting structure (36). A rotor hub (22) includes a second connecting structure (40), wherein the second connecting structure (40) of the rotor hub (22) is fixed to the first connecting structure (36) of the main shaft (34). A plurality of blades (24) is coupled to the rotor hub (22). A rotor locking disc (32) is carried on the main shaft (34), the rotor locking disc (32) having an outer circumference (32a) and a plurality of recesses (50) on the outer circumference (32a), the recesses (50) having openings (50a) intersecting with the outer circumference (32a). At least one rotor locking pin (30) is movable between a disengaged position relative to at least one of the recesses (50) and an engaged position wherein the pin is located at least partially in one of the recesses (50) for locking the rotor hub (22) against rotation.

Abstract: A two-stage, high speed fluid compressor including a case having a fluid inlet and a compressed fluid outlet and containing a shaft rotatably mounted about a longitudinal axis, a first compression wheel and a second compression wheel mounted back-to-back on the shaft, the first compression wheel forming a first compression stage and the second compression wheel forming a second compression stage, and a motor positioned between the first compression wheel and the second compression wheel and arranged to rotate the shaft. The case includes an inner through housing inside which is arranged at least the motor, the inner housing having an inner wall arranged to form, with the motor, channels between at least the inner wall and the motor, the channels extending to cool the motor in contact with the fluid flowing in the channels.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine including a compressor section, a combustor section fluidly connected to the compressor section, a turbine section fluidly connected to the combustor section, and a plurality of gas path components exposed to a primary fluid flowpath through the compressor section, the combustor section and the turbine section. At least one of the gas path components includes an exterior facing surface, a lattice structure extending outward from the exterior facing surface, the lattice structure being integral to the exterior facing surface, and a thermal barrier coating adhered to at least a portion of the exterior facing surface and the lattice structure.

Abstract: A shroud attaching structure of a gas turbine includes: a support provided around an axis of the gas turbine and inside a casing of the gas turbine in a radial direction; and a shroud assembly attached to the support so as to cover an inner peripheral surface of the support, the shroud assembly being formed by laminating a large number of plate-shaped shroud elements containing a ceramic matrix composite. The shroud elements are lined up in a circumferential direction of the support. The adjacent shroud elements are arranged so as to be slidable on each other.

Abstract: A connection device for an exhaust gas turbocharger has a bent first element with a first tensioning arm at a first end. A second bent element has a second tensioning arm at a second end opposite the first end. A third end of the first element is formed opposite a fourth end of the second element. The first tensioning arm and the second tensioning arm are connectable by a first connecting element. The third end and the fourth end are movably connected with each other by a second connecting element. A transition is elastically formed between the respective tensioning arm and a supporting portion of the particular element, which extends between the tensioning arm and the third or fourth, respectively, end. The first element or the second element is formed in a profiled manner.

Abstract: A wind turbine power generating system, including a wind turbine connected to a speed-increasing gearbox having an output shaft. An electrical generator having an input shaft is also provided. A coupling interconnects the input and output shafts. The coupling includes a high torsional wind-up and/or displacement ability in parallel with a high frictional slip ability, such that during normal operation there is little or no frictional slippage and during a transient torque reversal the loads in the turbine drive system are decreased, thus decreasing the impact loads on the gearbox bearings.

Abstract: A turbine shroud assembly includes a carrier assembly, a blade track assembly, and a first biasing member. The carrier assembly includes a carrier segment having an outer wall, a first mount flange and a second mount flange having a chordal seal. The blade track assembly includes a blade track segment and a first mount pin. The first biasing member is arranged axially between and engaged with a retainer plug of the first mount pin and a pin segment of the first mount pin such that a portion of the pin segment engages an attachment feature of the blade track segment so as to bias the attachment feature into engagement with the chordal seal of the second mount flange.

Abstract: A turbine shroud segment of a gas turbine engine includes a carrier segment, a blade track segment, and a plurality of seals arranged between the carrier segment and the blade track segment. The plurality of seals are arranged between the carrier segment and the blade track segment to block gases from passing between the carrier segment and the blade track segment.

Abstract: A turbine ring assembly includes ring segments forming a turbine ring and a ring support structure, each segment having a part forming an annular base with, in the radial direction, an inner face and an outer face from which project a first and a second hooking tab, the structure including a shroud from which project a first and a second radial flange between which are retained the first and second tabs, a first annular flange made of one part and a second annular flange disposed upstream of the ring. The first flange includes an annular shoulder and the second flange includes an annular recess forming an axial stop cooperating with the shoulder.

Abstract: A turbomachine having a fan shaft supported by a first bearing positioned downstream of the fan, the first bearing including an outer ring attached to an annular support secured to the stator. The turbomachine includes at least one gas feed duct leading into an enclosure positioned against the disc, the gas feed duct being adapted to be fed at a second end with pressurized gas taken from an airstream of a high-pressure compressor of the turbomachine, so that the gas applies an axial force towards upstream on the disc during some operating phases of the turbomachine. The turbomachine further includes a ferrule imperviously sealing the enclosure.