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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 05, 2014
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Brian D. Nereim, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Piyush Sane, Orlando, FL (US);
Yevgeniy P. Shteyman, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
An air separator for a turbine engine is provided. The air separator includes an aft air separator member () having an annular frame () which defines a chamber () configured to engage disc shoulders () configured in a first stage of the turbine engine. The aft air separator member () is constrained from movement along a radial direction by the disc shoulders engaged in the chamber of the aft air separator member. A forward air separator member () is affixed at a forward end thereof to a torque tube () to constrain movement along the radial direction. The forward air separator includes at an aft end thereof a flange () that engages the aft air separator member. The forward air separator member is constrained from outward radial movement along the radial direction by way of a recess () constructed in a portion of the aft air separator member.