Method for manufacturing a housing of a turbomachine and turbomachine housing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10634008-B2
Application number	US-201715455534-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2017
Priority date	Mar 22, 2016
Publication date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a housing of a turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine. The method comprises at least the steps: providing a housing blank, manufacturing a housing element, producing an assembly opening corresponding to the housing element in the housing blank, arranging the housing element in the assembly opening, and joining the housing element to the housing blank by means of a welding method. In addition, the invention relates to a turbomachine housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a housing of a turbomachine, comprising the steps of:
providing a housing blank;
manufacturing a housing element;
producing an assembly opening corresponding to the housing element in the housing blank;
heating the housing blank prior to a temperature (ΔT), arranging the housing element in the assembly opening and shrink fitting the housing element into the assembly opening; and
joining the housing element to the housing blank by at least one welding method selected from the group consisting of: electron beam welding and laser beam welding,
wherein the temperature (ΔT) is calculated according to the following formula:
Δ T=ΔD /(α* D )

in which
α is a thermal expansion coefficient,
D is a diameter of the housing blank, and
ΔD is a difference in diameters between the housing blank and the housing element.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a housing blank with an at least substantially rotationally symmetrical, cylindrical or conical, geometry is provided.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the housing element is manufactured by at least one method selected from the group consisting of: machining, electrochemical machining (ECM), additive manufacturing methods, laser beam melting and/or electron beam melting.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the housing element is manufactured on and/or with a platform to be arranged in the assembly opening, wherein the platform has a wall thickness is equal to the wall thickness of the housing blank.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an assembly opening with an at least substantially circular or oval or polygonal geometry is produced in the housing blank.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the housing element is aligned by arranging it by at least one centering element relative to the assembly opening.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the assembly opening is produced by at least one separating method selected from the group: eroding, milling, and laser beam cutting.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the housing element includes at least one structural element selected from the group consisting of: flange, local thickened area, shoulder, through-guide, and/or stmt.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the turbomachine is a gas turbine.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a flange is thermally expanded, after which the flange is arranged on the housing blank and is shrunk fit onto the housing blank.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the rail and/or the flange are welded to the housing blank by a peripheral weld and/or a fillet weld and/or an I-butt and/or and I-seam.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein at least one stop piece is manufactured on the housing blank, and the rail and/or the flange is/are aligned relative to the housing blank by this stop piece.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the stop piece is manufactured by milling, and/or is joined to the housing blank by welding and/or adhesive bonding.

Assignees

• MTU Aero Engines AG

Inventors

• Richter Karl-Hermann

Classifications

• F01D25/24 Primary

  Casings (modified for heating or cooling F01D25/14); Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings (casings for rotary machines or engines in general F16M {; special arrangements in stators dealing with breaking-off of part of rotor F01D21/045}) · CPC title

• F05D2230/11

  by electrochemical methods · CPC title

• F05D2230/233

  Electron beam welding · CPC title

• B22F7/08

  with one or more parts not made from powder {(B22F7/062 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F05D2230/13

  using lasers · CPC title