Abstract: A system for specifying an installation position of adjacent rotor blades of a blade row of a turbomachine is disclosed. The system has a plurality of axial securing elements, which have at least two sections with different profile areas for the arrangement in each case between a groove base of a rotor shaft and a blade root, which are joined together by a connecting web at a groove distance from one another, and which have counter-contours on the blade root side for forming in each case a positive-fit pair with the profile areas. Also disclosed are a securing element and a rotor blade for this type of system, a turbomachine having a rotor which has this type of system, and a method for manufacturing this type of rotor.

Abstract: A gas turbine, in particular an aircraft engine, having a housing in which at least one guide blade (12) is situated, the guide blade (12) including at least one shroud configuration (21) having a radially outer shroud (16) and having a shroud holding device (23) with the aid of which the shroud (16) is secured on the housing, as well as including a turbine blade (18) extending radially inward from the shroud configuration (21). The shroud holding device (23) or parts thereof include(s) at least one air passage channel (28), which permits a flow passage through the shroud holding device (23). The invention also relates to a guide blade (12) for placement on a housing of a gas turbine as well as a method for manufacturing such a guide blade (12).

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a run-in coating (20, 24, 32, 44) on a component of a turbomachine, in particular of a gas turbine. The run-in coating is applied and produced on the component of the turbomachine by a kinetic cold gas compacting process (K3). The invention also encompasses a run-in coating for a static or rotating component of a turbomachine and a static or rotating component of a turbomachine, in particular of a gas turbine, having at least one run-in coating.

Abstract: An aircraft engine, in particular a helicopter engine, having a one or multi-stage compressor system (V), a combustion chamber (BK) connected downstream therefrom, and a one- or multi-stage turbine system (HT, NT) connected downstream therefrom, a compressor heat exchanger system (WV), a turbine heat exchanger system (WT), and a bypass means for optionally guiding the working medium through or past at least one turbine heat exchanger (WT) of the turbine heat exchanger system.

Abstract: A turbomachine is disclosed having at least one blade row group, which is situated in a main flow path and has at least two adjacent blade rows, viewed in the main flow direction, each blade row having a plurality of blades, the rear edges of the blades of the upstream blade row and the front edges of the blades of the downstream blade row in the peripheral direction being situated at an edge distance which varies starting from a main flow path center in the direction of at least one main flow limitation, the periphery-side edge distance increasing or decreasing on both sides.

Abstract: A turbomachine including at least one blade-row group that is arranged in the main flow path and at least two rows of blades that are adjacent to each other in the main flow direction, each row having a plurality of blades (38, 40), whereby a narrow cross section and a degree of overlap between the blades of the upstream row of blades and the blades of the downstream row of blades vary starting at the center of the main flow path in the direction of at least one main flow limiter.

Abstract: A blade group arrangement for a turbomachine in order to form a blade-row group, whereby a front blade and a rear blade each form an overlapping area that has a contraction ratio of at least 1.2, and it also relates to a turbomachine having such a contraction ratio between a front blade and a rear blade.

Abstract: A turbomachine including at least one blade-row group that is arranged in the main flow path and at least two rows of blades that are adjacent to each other in the main flow direction, each row having a plurality of blades, whereby the trailing edges of the blades of the upstream row of blades and the leading edges of the blades of the downstream row of blades are arranged at an axial edge distance that decreases from the center of the main flow path in the direction of at least one main flow limiter.

Abstract: A blade cascade for a turbomachine having a plurality of blades arranged next to one another in the peripheral direction, at least two blades having a variation for generating an asymmetric outflow in the rear area, as well as a turbomachine having an asymmetric blade cascade, which is connected upstream from another blade cascade, are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for vibration damping of at least one blade of a turbomachine, wherein initially at least one damping element is arranged on the blade such that it can move in the axial direction, employs a damping element having a larger permeability constant than the blade (?rD>?rB), and then a magnetic field acting in the radial direction is generated at least temporarily during rotation of a rotor hub of the turbomachine in order to adjust the mass of the damping element in real time. A damping device includes, for example, a ferromagnetic damping element as well as a magnetic field source, and a turbomachine.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode arrangement for the defined rounding or deburring of edges of electrically conductive components, in particular turbine components, by means of electrochemical machining with at least one working electrode (5), which has a tubular electrode carrier, through which an electrolyte inflow line (10) is provided, the electrode carrier having on the front end a closure (13, 18), which is arranged such that the electrolyte inflow line in the axial direction of the electrode carrier is closed, and at least one outlet opening (19) being arranged in the radial direction. Also disclosed is a self-centering electrode arrangement and an installation for the defined rounding or deburring of edges of electrically conductive components by means of electrochemical machining with at least one corresponding electrode arrangement and also a method using the electrode arrangements and the described installation.

Abstract: A rotor for a turbomachine, in particular for a jet engine, having a blade ring which includes multiple differently designed rotor blades (10a, 10b) having blade platforms (14a, 14b) engaged flush with one another, the blade ring including at least two groups of differently designed rotor blades (10a, 10b), each group of rotor blades (10a, 10b) being assigned blade platforms (14a, 14b), each of which is engageable flush with a matching blade platform (14a, 14b) of at least one other group of rotor blades (10a, 10b) and not with a blade platform (14a, 14b) of the same group of rotor blades (10a, 10b). A method for manufacturing a blade ring of a rotor for a turbomachine as well as a jet engine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a seal arrangement for a turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine, having a plurality of rows, arranged in succession in the axial direction (A), of shells (1-3) connected to one another in the circumferential direction (U), wherein shells adjacent in the axial direction have cross sections opened counter to a throughflow direction (A) and/or a thread axis inclined counter to the throughflow direction.

Abstract: A method for nondestructive testing of workpiece surfaces by a fluorescent penetration test is disclosed. An embodiment of the method includes a) cleaning the area of the workpiece surface that is to be inspected; b) applying a fluorescent liquid penetrant to the area of the workpiece surface that is to be inspected, where the penetrant penetrates into possible recesses in the workpiece surface; c) removing the excess penetrant from the workpiece surface; d) applying a developer to the area of the workpiece surface that is to be inspected; e) bleaching the fluorescent penetrant by a beam of light in the layer formed by applying the developer to the workpiece surface; and 0 visual evaluation of the fluorescent penetrant remaining in the recesses present in the workpiece surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blade rim segment for a turbomachine with at least one shroud band which extends along a segment of a circle and is connected in single-piece fashion with at least three blades, which extend radially from the shroud band and are configured to be hollow with at least one channel, wherein the blade rim segment is manufactured in a single piece by casting and directional solidification, and wherein at the outlet openings of the channels of the blades, the shroud band exhibits first reinforcement ribs that surround the opening and run axially, as well as at least one second reinforcement rib between at least the first reinforcement ribs, as well as a corresponding method for manufacturing a blade rim segment.

Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a turbomachine for sealing a radial gap between a rotor and a stator, with a plurality of sealing segments each comprising a honeycomb element and a base body for holding the honeycomb element, and with at least one support for arranging the sealing segments on a rotor section or stator section, wherein the base bodies can be arranged on the at least one support by a radial movement and by a plastic deformation of at least one body section, a generative method for the integral production of the sealing segments, and a turbomachine are disclosed.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for the repair of a component of a turbomachine, in particular a rotor of an aircraft gas turbine, with blades taken up in at least one groove and with at least one support region for limiting a blade tilt angle, whereby at least one segment, which has been subjected to wear, of the support region of the component is removed, and a coating that can be introduced in the unit on at least one supporting surface of at least one blade is formed on the component for limiting the blade tilt angle. In addition, a component of a turbomachine, in particular a rotor of an aircraft gas turbine, with at least one such repair site is disclosed.

Abstract: A machining or processing apparatus (14) for machining or processing a sealing element (16) located within a housing (12) of a gas turbine (10), the machining or processing apparatus (14), at least in the partially assembled state of the gas turbine (10), being at least partly introducible through a port (22) of the housing (12) into an interior space (24) of the gas turbine (10) and including a machining or processing device (15) which allows work to be performed on the sealing element (16) upon introduction of the machining or processing apparatus (14) under relative movement of the machining or processing device (15) and the sealing element (16). In addition, a method for machining or processing a sealing element (16) located within a housing (12) of a gas turbine (10).

Abstract: A turbomachine stage includes guide vanes and an airfoil platform forming a guide vane cascade, and rotor blades and an airfoil platform forming a rotor blade cascade. Airfoil platforms have cascade regions extending between circumferentially adjacent airfoils, and gap regions which radially and/or axially bound an axial gap extending axially between the guide vane cascade and the rotor blade cascade. A contour of at least one of these gap regions varies in the radial and/or axial direction around the circumference.

Abstract: A turbomachine stage including guide vanes, radially inner and/or radially outer airfoil platforms, which together form a guide vane cascade, and further including rotor blades, radially inner and/or radially outer airfoil platforms, which together form a rotor blade cascade adjacent to the guide vane cascade. Radially outer airfoil platforms have cascade regions extending between circumferentially adjacent airfoils, and gap regions which radially and/or axially bound an axial gap extending axially between the guide vane cascade and the rotor blade cascade. A contour of at least one of these gap regions varies, in particular periodically, in the radial and/or axial direction around the circumference.