SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING AN ENGINE SHAFT WITH A RETRACTABLE NUT

Abstract
The invention relates to a system for fastening the end of a gas turbine engine shaft (4) engaged inside a sleeve (15) supported by a bearing (3). Said system comprises a nut (16) and is characterized in that the nut (16) is screwed at one end inside said sleeve (16) and is connected by a segment-type connection (18) with the shaft at the other end.
Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the appended drawings, in which:



FIG. 1 represents in axial section a partial view of a mounting solution corresponding to the teaching of the prior art;



FIG. 2 shows the elements of FIG. 1 preassembled and prior to the mounting of the HP compressor shaft;



FIG. 3 represents in axial half-section a partial view of a system for fastening the end of the HP compressor shaft according to the invention;



FIG. 4 shows the first step of the mounting seen from the IGB side upstream of the HP compressor shaft;



FIG. 5 shows the first step of the mounting seen from the HP compressor shaft side;



FIG. 6 shows the second step with the mating of the compressor shaft;



FIG. 7 shows the more advanced engagement of the compressor shaft;



FIG. 8 shows that the screwing of the retractable nut onto the sleeve of the bearing is completed and that the nut retainer as described in FIG. 3 can be fitted.


Claims
  • 1. A system for fastening the end of a gas turbine engine shaft engaged inside a sleeve supported by a bearing, by means of a nut, wherein the nut is screwed at one end inside said sleeve, and is connected by a segment-type connection with the shaft at the other end.
  • 2. The system as claimed in claim 1 in which the segment forms a circular split ring.
  • 3. The system as claimed in claim 2 in which the nut is of cylindrical shape and comprises an outer groove of sufficient depth to contain the segment in the retracted position.
  • 4. The system as claimed in claim 3 in which the nut comprises a surface forming an axial stop for the segment, this surface being separate from the groove.
  • 5. The system as claimed in claim 4 in which the segment is housed over part of its height in a groove made in the internal surface of the shaft when the segment bears against said stop-forming surface.
  • 6. The system as claimed in one of the preceding claims, comprising a nut retainer.
  • 7. The system as claimed in one of the preceding claims in which the shaft and the sleeve are guided one within the other by means of axial splines.
  • 8. The system as claimed in one of the preceding claims in which the shaft is the HP compressor shaft of a twin-spool gas turbine engine, the sleeve being the bevel wheel for driving the transmission shaft of the accessory gearbox.
  • 9. The system as claimed in the preceding claim in which the bevel wheel comprises a means for clamping the bearing axially during the screwing of the nut.
  • 10. A method of mounting the HP compressor shaft of a twin-spool turbine engine in its front bearing, comprising the heating of the bearing, the mounting of a nut of the system as claimed in one of the preceding claims on the shaft, and then the screwing of the nut.
  • 11. A gas turbine engine compressor comprising a system for fastening its shaft as claimed in one of claims 1 to 9.
  • 12. A gas turbine engine comprising a system for fastening the compressor shaft as claimed in one of claims 1 to 9.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
0650317 Jan 2006 FR national