Rolls-Royce Corporation

Keith R F Speed

Keith C Sadler

Paul Antony Davis

A guide vane assembly for a turbomachine, comprising a guide vane and a liner: the guide vane comprising an aerofoil portion having a radially outer platform, wherein one of the outer platform and the liner has a hook element, the hook element comprising an opening and a circumferentially extending channel, and the other one of the outer platform and the liner comprises a retaining element having a head portion, wherein in an operational orientation the head portion located within the channel and is too wide to be withdrawn through the opening of the hook element.

Guide vane assembly

An assembly for a turbomachine comprising: a plurality of components () which, in use, are assembled into a circumferentially extending annular array; each component having a radially outer platform (), the outer platforms () of the components () forming a ring in the assembled array; wherein adjacent components () interface at adjacent surfaces () of their outer platforms (); wherein the outer platforms () each comprise at least one lug () which extends from the outer platform () over a portion of the outer platform () of an adjacent component (), and in use prevents relative radial displacement of the outer platform () of the adjacent component ().

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Bristol, United Kingdom

Keith R F Speed