Turbomachinery rotor blade
US10385702B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 22, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF05D2220/40
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A turbomachinery rotor blade is provided having an aerofoil body, and a hole penetrating the aerofoil body from a suction surface to a pressure surface thereof. The hole is suitable to receive a lacing wire. The blade further has a protrusion from the suction or pressure surface. The protrusion extends in a downstream direction from a downstream side of the hole and/or extends in an upstream direction from an upstream side of the hole, thereby disturbing the suction or pressure surface to locally thicken the aerofoil body adjacent the hole. The maximum radial extent of the protrusion in the radially outward direction of the blade is radially coterminous with the outboard side of the hole, and the maximum radial extent of the protrusion in the radially inward direction of the blade is radially coterminous with the inboard side of the hole.
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