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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2015
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Mariano, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
John Berrey, Madison, VA (US);
Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/02 (2006.01); F01D 5/30 (2006.01); F01D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/027 (2013.01); F01D 5/3015 (2013.01); F01D 11/001 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure includes a system for balancing a turbine disk stack, including a high pressure turbine disk stack. A flange is grooved to accommodate and orient a slip ring. Balancing weights are attached to the slip ring to balance the turbine disk stack during rotation of a gas turbine engine.