Dual pilot ring for a gas turbine engine
AssigneeAlliedSignal Inc.
InventorsHarry L. Kington, Walter L. Meacham
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine having a compressor rotor and turbine rotor in back-to-back relation and annular groove therebetween. A nonrotating seal is disposed in the groove. A dual pilot ring is disposed at the radial inner end of the groove. The dual pilot ring includes an inner annular ring and an outer annular ring radially spaced apart to define a clearance gap. The inner ring is mounted to radially facing piloting surfaces on both the compressor and turbine rotors and maintains concentricity between the two rotors as they grow at different thermal rates. The outer annular ring transfers axial loads between the rotors.
Claims3
A gas turbine engine comprising:
- an axially extending shaft journaled to a housing;
- a compressor rotor and turbine rotor mounted to said shaft in back-to-back relation and axially spaced apart to define an annular groove therebetween, each of said rotors having a radially facing pilot surface which together define the radially inner end of said groove;
- an annular seal extending from said housing into said groove;
- a first annular ring mounted to said piloting surfaces;
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- a second annular ring circumscribing said first annular ring and radially spaced apart to define a gap therebetween, said second ring having a first axial facing surface in contact with said compressor rotor, and a second axial facing surface in contact with said turbine rotor.
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