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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2006
John T. Pickens, Middletown, CT (US);
Stanley J. Szymanski, Agawam, MA (US);
John T. Pickens, Middletown, CT (US);
Stanley J. Szymanski, Agawam, MA (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A compressor disk for a turbine engine includes a plurality of blades mounted about the circumference. To assemble the blades onto the disk a lock assembly is inserted within a blade slot on the disk. A blade is assembled into the blade slot and slider seals are inserted between the blade and the disk to limit air from entering the blade slot. Additional blades are assembled until the end of the slider seals are reached. The process is repeated until all the blades have been assembled onto the disk. After the last blade has been assembled a spacer seal is placed at each lock assembly to take up the slack. Once all the blades and spacer seals are assembled the lock assemblies can be moved to a locked position.