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Method and apparatus for providing rotor discs

US8925201B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 2009
Grant dateJan 6, 2015
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Expiry dateJun 4, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49996
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for providing a disc of a bladed rotor for use in a gas turbine engine including the steps of determining the location of blade fixing slots to be formed on the disc to receive the roots of respective blades, determining a virtual profile of each slot on the disc, and forming, prior to the slots being formed in the disc, a narrow, axial pilot slot centrally of the virtual profile of each slot.

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