METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BALANCING GAS TURBINE ENGINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for balancing a rotating assembly 50 including a gas turbine engine 10. SOLUTION: The system comprises a plurality of couplers 100 for coupling the engine to a rotating load 12 to transmit torque from the engine to the rotating load via the couplers. Each of...

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Hauptverfasser: FREEDMAN MAX, LEE MICHAEL J, DIX BRIAN EDWARD, ADELMANN WILLIAM JOSEPH
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for balancing a rotating assembly 50 including a gas turbine engine 10. SOLUTION: The system comprises a plurality of couplers 100 for coupling the engine to a rotating load 12 to transmit torque from the engine to the rotating load via the couplers. Each of the couplers has a head portion 106, a slender shank portion 110 extending from the head portion to the longitudinal axis 112 of the coupler, and a stud 120 with a screw extending from the head portion along the longitudinal axis of the coupler to the opposite side to the shank portion. A balance weight 122 is coupled to each of the plurality of couplers. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI