Cast integrally bladed rotor with bore entry cooling

An air cooled integrally bladed rotor with bore entry cooling holes for a small gas turbine engine cast using a ceramic core having an axial bore forming piece with a plurality of radial extending spokes that end in an annular ring to form cooling air supply passages for air cooled turbine blades. B...

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Main Authors Plank, William L, Memmen, Robert L
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.10.2020
Subjects
BLASTING
CASTING
ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL
FOUNDRY MOULDING
HEATING
LIGHTING
MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
POWDER METALLURGY
STEAM ENGINES
TRANSPORTING
WEAPONS
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Summary:An air cooled integrally bladed rotor with bore entry cooling holes for a small gas turbine engine cast using a ceramic core having an axial bore forming piece with a plurality of radial extending spokes that end in an annular ring to form cooling air supply passages for air cooled turbine blades. Bulbous chambers are formed in a circumferential cooling air supply channel formed below each blade, where cooling air holes are drilled from a tip of each blade and into the bulbous chambers. The radial spokes have an elliptical cross sectional shape with a major axis perpendicular to a rotational axis of the central bore of the IBR. A spacing of the inlet openings in the bore are minimized to reduce stress.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201816048775