# US 11,441,449 B2 · Heat retention device for turbine casing, securing tool for securing heat retention block for turbine casing, and method for securing heat retention block for turbine casing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,441,449 B2 - Document ID: US11441449B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/606,025 - Filed: 2018-05-11 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2017-05-11 - Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. - Applicants: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. - Inventors: Hyota Abe; Yuji Kurokawa; Takuya Izumi; Takeshi Nakao; Keisuke Ide; Osamu Koga - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11441449B2 ## CPC - F01D 25/145: {Thermally insulated casings} - F01D 25/08: Cooling (of machines or engines in general F01P); Heating; Heat-insulation (of blade-carrying members, of blades F01D5/00) - F01D 25/10: Heating, e.g. warming-up before starting - F01D 25/14: Casings modified therefor (double casings F01D25/26) - F01D 25/24: 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}) - F01D 25/246: {Fastening of diaphragms or stator-rings} - F01D 25/28: Supporting or mounting arrangements, e.g. for turbine casing - F02C 7/00: Features, components parts, details or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart form groups F02C1/00 - F02C6/00; Air intakes for jet-propulsion plants (controlling F02C9/00) - F02C 7/24: Heat or noise insulation (air intakes having provisions for noise suppression F02C7/045; turbine exhaust heads, chambers, or the like F01D25/30; silencing nozzles of jet-propulsion plants F02K1/00) - F16B 5/00: Joining sheets or plates {, e.g. panels,} to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them ({F16B17/00 takes precedence;} by sticking together F16B11/00; dowel connections F16B13/00; pins, including deformable elements F16B19/00; covering of walls E04F13/00; fastening signs, plates, panels or boards to a supporting structure, fastening readily-detachable elements, e.g. letters to signs, plates, panels, or boards, G09F7/00) - F05D 2220/30: in turbines - F05D 2220/31: in steam turbines - F05D 2220/32: in gas turbines - F05D 2230/51: in a modular way, e.g. using several identical or complementary parts or features - F05D 2230/60: Assembly methods - F05D 2260/231: Preventing heat transfer - F05D 2300/5024: Heat conductivity - F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D) - F02C: GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines F01D; jet-propulsion plants F02K; construction of compressors or fans F04; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity F23R; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants F25B11/00) - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) - F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS ## Abstract A securing tool for a heat retention block covering a turbine casing main body includes: a securing rod, one end of which has an engaging portion with a protrusion; and a socket. The socket includes a guide groove, into which the protrusion of the securing rod is inserted, and a recessed groove. The guide groove includes a first guide groove, which extends in the socket axis direction from a starting end to a terminal end, and a second guide groove, the starting end of which is connected to the terminal end, and which extends from the starting end to a terminal end in a circumferential direction relative to the socket axis. The second guide groove is connected to the recessed groove. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for securing a heat retention block for a turbine casing, the method comprising the steps of: installing a heat retention block on a turbine casing main body; adjusting a position of the heat retention block with respect to a socket disposed on a surface of the turbine casing main body, the socket having a hollow cylindrical shape centered on a socket axis, and the socket including an open end at an end on a first side in an axial direction where the socket axis extends; penetrating a securing rod including an engaging portion through the heat retention block; pressing the securing rod to fit the engaging portion within the socket; rotating the securing rod in a circumferential direction with respect to the socket axis; and engaging the engaging portion with the socket, wherein the heat retention block includes a bag body including an insertion hole formed in a predetermined position and inorganic fiber filled into the bag, and has a thickness from one surface side to another surface side, the securing rod includes a rod-shaped main body portion, and the engaging portion including a pair of protrusions formed on a first end of the main body portion and protruding outward in a radial direction with respect to the rod-shaped main body portion, the socket includes a first guide groove, a second guide groove, and a recessed groove recessed from an inner circumferential surface of the socket toward an outer circumferential side and formed so that the protrusion is inserted, the first guide groove includes a first starting end in the open end and a first terminal end, and extends in an axial direction from the first starting end to the first terminal end, the second guide groove includes a second starting end leading to the first terminal end and a second terminal end, and extends in a circumferential direction with respect to the socket axis from the second starting end to the second terminal end, the recessed groove leads to the second terminal end and extends in the axial direction from the second terminal end, in the step of installing, the other surface side of the heat retention block is brought into contact with a surface of the turbine casing main body, in the step of adjusting, the position of the heat retention block is adjusted to fit the socket into an insertion hole formed at a predetermined position on the other surface side of the heat retention block, in the step of pressing, the protrusion is inserted into the first guide groove from the first starting end of the first guide groove, and the securing rod is pressed to the first terminal end of the first guide groove, in the step of rotating, the protrusion in the first guide groove is inserted into the second guide groove from the second starting end of the second guide groove, and the securing rod is rotated in the circumferential direction to the second terminal end of the second guide groove, and in the step of engaging, the protrusion in the second guide groove is placed in the recessed groove. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method for securing the heat retention block for the turbine casing according to claim 1, wherein the engaging step includes a step of pressing the securing rod in the axial direction from the second terminal end. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method for securing the heat retention block for the turbine casing according to claim 1, wherein the engaging step includes a step of pulling the securing rod in the axial direction from the second terminal end. ### Claim 4 A heat retention device for a turbine casing, the heat retention device comprising: a heat retention block disposed on a surface of a turbine casing main body; a securing rod capable of penetrating the heat retention block in a thickness direction; and a socket secured to the surface of the turbine casing main body, wherein the heat retention block includes a bag body including an insertion hole formed in a predetermined position and inorganic fiber filled into the bag body, and the heat retention block is formed so as to have a thickness from one surface side to the other surface side, the securing rod includes a rod-shaped main body portion inserted into the heat retention block from the insertion hole and penetrating the heat retention block in a thickness direction, and an engaging portion including a pair of protrusions formed on a first end of the main body portion and protruding outward in a radial direction with respect to the rod-shaped main body portion, the socket has a hollow cylindrical shape centered on a socket axis, and an end of a first side in an axial direction where the socket axis extends forms an open end, the socket includes a first guide groove, a second guide groove, and a recessed groove recessed from an inner circumferential surface of the socket toward an outer circumferential side and formed for receiving the protrusion, the first guide groove includes a first starting end in the open end and a first terminal end, and extends in an axial direction from the first starting end to the first terminal end, the second guide groove includes a second starting end leading to the first terminal end and a second terminal end, and extends in a circumferential direction with respect to the socket axis from the second starting end to the second terminal end, the recessed groove leads to the second terminal end and extends in the axial direction from the second terminal end, the other surface side of the heat retention block contacts with the surface of the turbine casing main body, and a position of the heat retention block is adjusted so as to fit the socket into an insertion hole formed at a predetermined position on the other surface side of the heat retention block.