INTERBLADE PLATFORM

• Main Authors: JEAN-MICHEL PAYEN, CHRISTINE JEANNE GERALDINE RUFFIER, GERARD FRANCOIS INIZAN, GERARD ERNEST ANDRE JOURDAIN, PHILIPPE PABION
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.01.1993
• Subjects: BLASTING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS; STEAM ENGINES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

A separate inter-blade platform 1 for a bladed rotor disc of a turbo-machine comprises a first part 2 in the form of a generally trapezoidal shaped frame made of a laminated material, and having ends 5, 6 for location on the upstream and downstream sides respectively of the rotor disc, and two lateral sides 7, 8 for location between successive blades of the rotor, and a second part 3 made of a relatively flexible and self-adhesive material of the polyurethane type attached to the first part, the second part 3 defining a plate 4, a portion enclosing the two lateral sides 7, 8 of the frame and a plurality of reinforcing ribs 11 which are integral with said enclosing portion and the underside of the plate 4.