United Technologies Corporation

David A Varsik

Jeffrey S LeShane

Brian Selfors

A gas turbine engine (10) has a row of fan stator vanes (18) extending radially across a flow path (20) and joined to inner and outer cases (22) and (24). A vibration damping shroud (78) includes a radially extending chamber (84) for receiving one end of each stator vane in a primary vibration damping material (86). At least one pin receiving cavity (88), independent of the chamber, contains a secondary vibration damping material (92) which slidably engages a corresponding support pin (72) extending from the adjacent case (22) to anchor the vane to the case. The independence of the chamber and the cavity enables the use of different primary and secondary materials capable of satisfying conflicting performance requirements.

Vibration damping shroud for a turbomachine vane

Stator vanes (22) are potted within pockets (38) in composite inner shroud sections (36). The pocket depth is only that required for bond strength and vane damping. Ribs (48) extend inwardly and are adhesively bonded to the seal support ring (32,34) which carries abradable seal surface.

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David A Varsik