Honeywell International Inc.

Gary A Shoff

Ly D Nguyen

An integrated assembly is provided for a centrifugal compressor, which integrates selected static portions of the centrifugal compressor into a monolithic structure to allow a small deflection of the inner flow path at assembly. The integrated assembly may include a machined compressor shroud casting having integral diffuser vanes, an aft sheet metal inner flow ring having a radially extending rim with slots in the inner flow ring for receiving diffuser vanes and slots in the rim for receiving deswirler vanes, an outer deswirler band surrounding the inner flow ring and having slots opposing those in the rim, and a plurality of deswirler vanes for fabrication between the inner flow ring and the deswirler band within the respective slots.

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Scottsdale, AZ, United States of America

Gary A Shoff