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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
May. 06, 2003
Steven Mitchell Taylor, Milford, OH (US);
Christina Marie Spencer, Dickson, TN (US);
Dragos Nicolae Licu, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Steven Mitchell Taylor, Milford, OH (US);
Christina Marie Spencer, Dickson, TN (US);
Dragos Nicolae Licu, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method enables a gas turbine engine compressor including a stator assembly and a rotor assembly to be assembled. The method comprises providing a casing formed from a plurality of rings, and coupling a first of the casing rings around the rotor assembly such that a radially inner surface of the first casing ring is axially aligned with, and radially outward from, a row of rotor blades extending from the rotor assembly. The method also comprises coupling a second of the casing rings to the first casing ring with a fastener assembly, such that the first casing ring radially inner surface facilitates insulating the fastener assembly from the compressor flowpath.