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Method for the manufacture of a welded rotor of a fluid-flow machine

US6687994B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 2002
Grant dateFeb 10, 2004
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49325
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Method for manufacturing a rotor of a fluid flow machine, including: connecting rotor disks with radial welds to form a hollow passage running around the rotor axis and interrupting the welds such that welds facing a rotor are directly adjacent the hollow passage; inserting a one-piece rotor ring between two directly adjacent rotor disks so one side of the rotor ring abuts against the first rotor disk centering lip; welding the two rotor disks to one another along a weld extending in a direction of the rotor axis starting from the hollow passage enclosed by the two rotor disks, a region of the hollow passage facing away from the rotor being at least partly open at the hollow passage's peripheral outside; displacing the rotor ring toward the second rotor disk; positioning the rotor ring over the hollow passage; and welding the rotor ring to the first, then the second, disk.

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