Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Blade disk arrangement for blade frequency tuning
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Application No.: US15202934Application Date: 2016-07-06
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Publication No.: US10801519B2Publication Date: 2020-10-13
- Inventor: Ram Kulathu , Aldo Abate
- Applicant: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Applicant Address: CA Longueuil, QC
- Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Longueuil, QC
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Main IPC: F04D29/66
- IPC: F04D29/66 ; F04D29/38 ; F04D29/32 ; F01D5/26 ; F01D5/10

Abstract:
A gas turbine engine and a method of tuning a rotor in the gas turbine engine wherein the rotor includes an array of blades extending from a rotor hub each having an airfoil mounted to a blade platform. The method includes adding or removing material from bladed rotor projections to alter the mass of the rotor and change the frequency of the respective airfoil.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170097016A1 BLADE DISK ARRANGEMENT FOR BLADE FREQUENCY TUNING Public/Granted day:2017-04-06
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