Pratt-whitney Canada Corp

Jiemin Wang

Ronald Robinson

Harry Harris

Richard Benoit

Cameron Todd Walters

Bruce Calvert

Jeffrey Bernard Heyerman

Patrice Remy

David Beamish

Pierre Gaudet

Alphonse Bellemare

Ron Robinson

Ronald Leslie Robinson

Richar Benoit

The method of assembling the rotor assembly can include obtaining geometrical reference values about the individual rotor components, based on the geometrical reference values, determining a combination of relative circumferential positions of the individual rotor components associated to a bow shape configuration of the centers of mass along the axially-extending sequence; and assembling the rotor components to one another in said determined combination of relative circumferential positions, into the rotor assembly.

Rotor assembly, associated method of assembly, and computer program product therefor

A method of balancing a spool of a gas turbine engine, the spool including a forward rotor assembly and an aft rotor assembly separated by a spacer, the method comprising: balancing the forward rotor assembly and the aft rotor assembly independently from one another using conventional balancing techniques; and mathematically modeling the spool; applying a modeled axial load to the modeled spool to determine a trim weight which would balance the spool when subjected to the modeled axial load; and physically placing the trim weight to one of the forward rotor assembly and the aft rotor assembly.

Method of balancing a spool of a gas turbine engine

Methods of assembling a rotor assembly of a gas turbine engine having a plurality of components. The method comprises, in one aspect, determining a static unbalance force of each component using the mass and the center of mass location, and determining an optimum assembly arrangement minimizing static unbalance forces. Optimal component stacking positions, among other things, may then be established.

Gas turbine rotor assembly balancing method

Gas turbine rotor assembly method

A method of balancing an assembly of rotary parts of a gas turbine engine comprising measuring at least one of the concentricity and parallelism of each component and considering globally all possible component stacking positions to generate an optimized stacking position for each component of the assembly to minimize assembly unbalance.

Method of balancing a gas turbine engine rotor

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