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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1978
Koki Shiohata, Hitachi, JP;
Masaharu Ohno, Hitachi, JP;
Fumio Fujisawa, Mito, JP;
Kazuo Sato, Kitaibaraki, JP;
Sho Kusumoto, Hitachi, JP;
Katsukuni Hisano, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
Steam introduced into a turbine casing from a steam inlet is longitudinally divided and each divided steam portion flows in respective first stages which are disposed on the shaft adjacent to each other. The shaft and a plurality of disks which are manufactured independently are made integral by a thermal shrink. In order to reduce the thermal distortion effects on the shaft caused by keys interconnecting the disks and shaft, first key grooves formed on an outer surface of the shaft and an inner surface of the disks of one first stage and a first key closely disposed in the first key grooves are arranged in symmetry with respect to the center of the shaft, to second key grooves formed on an inner surface of the disk of the other first stage with a second key closely disposed in the second grooves. Other preferred embodiments include dummy grooves and keys to balance the thermal distortion effects of the keys interconnecting the disks and shaft.