Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbine wheels, turbine engines including the same, and methods of fabricating turbine wheels with improved bond line geometry
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Application No.: US15639061Application Date: 2017-06-30
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Publication No.: US10751843B2Publication Date: 2020-08-25
- Inventor: Michael Kahrs , Daniel C. Crites , Jude Miller , Steve Halfmann , Jason Smoke , Ardeshir Riahi , David K. Jan
- Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Agency: Lorenz & Kopf, LLP
- Main IPC: B23P15/00
- IPC: B23P15/00 ; F01D5/02 ; F01D5/30 ; F01D5/08

Abstract:
Turbine wheels, turbine engines, and methods of fabricating the turbine wheels are provided. An exemplary method includes fabricating a turbine wheel that includes a rotor disk and a plurality of turbine blades operatively connected to the rotor disk through a blade mount. The method includes locating a cooling passage within a blade mount preliminary configuration and a cooling inlet on a surface of the blade mount preliminary configuration. A rotor disk bonding surface geometry and a blade mount bonding surface geometry are designed based upon a stress analysis of the turbine wheel and locations of the cooling passage and cooling inlet. A rotor disk production configuration and a blade mount production configuration are generated based upon the preliminary configurations. A blade mount and a rotor disk are formed based upon the production configurations. A blade ring including a plurality of blade mounts is formed and bonded to the rotor disk.
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