Apparatus and method of diaphragm assembly

• Main Authors: GERALD, JEFFREY, FOOTE, DANIEL RAY JR, JESIONOWSKI, RICHARD C, WORKMAN, ALEXANDER W, BOWEN, MARK
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 24.10.2007
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; STEAM ENGINES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; WEAPONS

A diaphragm assembly (100) for a steam turbine (10) is provided. The diaphragm assembly (100) further includes a radially inner band (106) including a radially inner surface (114), an opposite radially outer surface (116), and a plurality of openings (112,118) extending therebetween. The diaphragm assembly (100) further includes a radially outer band (108) including an opposite radially inner surface (120), a radially outer surface (122), and a plurality of openings extending therebetween. The diaphragm assembly (100) further includes at least one partition (110) extending between the inner band and the outer band, at least one of the radially outer band openings is at least partially defined by a wall (121) that extends obliquely between the outer band radially inner surface and the outer band radially outer surface.