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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2008
Francois Benkler, Ratingen, DE;
Ulrich Ehehalt, Essen, DE;
Harald Hoell, Wächtersbach, DE;
Walter Loch, Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Peter-andreas Schneider, Münster, DE;
Francois Benkler, Ratingen, DE;
Ulrich Ehehalt, Essen, DE;
Harald Hoell, Wächtersbach, DE;
Walter Loch, Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Peter-Andreas Schneider, Münster, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A gas turbine is provided. The gas turbine includes at least one rotor, having rotor blades arranged on the periphery of rotor disks in a plurality of radial planes, and a tie-bolt extending along slots in the rotor disks and holding the rotor disks together as a unit. At least one annular spacer for fixing the position of the tie-bolt in relation to the center line of the rotor disks is also provided. The spacer includes through-openings that are arranged radially in relation to the tie-bolt or to its center line and that extend coaxially.