Divided Turbomachine Housing Having Optimized Parting Line Flanges
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorOtmar Gossmann
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Abstract
A turbomachine housing having a parting line is provided. The turbomachine housing has a first housing part with a first parting line bead, which is implemented on the parting line, a second housing part with a second parting line bead which is implemented on the parting line, and a plurality of parting line clamps. The first parting line bead is enclosed together with the second parting line bead by the parting line clamps, so that the first housing part and the second housing part are held together by the parting line clamps using a positive connection on the parting line beads.
Claims20
1-12. (canceled)
A turbomachine casing with a parting joint, comprising:
- a first casing section with a first parting joint protuberance which is formed at the parting joint;
- a second casing section with a second parting joint protuberance which is formed at the parting joint;
- and
- a plurality of parting joint clamps,
- wherein the first parting joint protuberance together with the second parting-joint protuberance are encompassed by the parting-joint clamps,
- wherein the first and the second casing sections are held together by the parting-joint clamps via a form-fitting connection on the parting joint protuberances,
- wherein each parting-joint protuberance extends both inside and outside the turbomachine casing and each parting joint clamp has an inner part and an outer part, and
- wherein the inner part acts on inner sections of the parting-joint protuberances and the outer part acts on outer sections of the parting-joint protuberances.
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