Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
  • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
  • F01D25/00—Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups
  • F01D25/002—Cleaning of turbomachines
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B08—CLEANING
  • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
  • B08B3/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam
  • B08B3/02—Cleaning by the force of jets or sprays
  • B08B3/026—Cleaning by making use of hand-held spray guns; Fluid preparations therefor
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B08—CLEANING
  • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
  • B08B7/00—Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B08—CLEANING
  • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
  • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
  • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
  • F01D5/00—Blades; Blade-carrying members; Heating, heat-insulating, cooling or antivibration means on the blades or the members
  • F01D5/005—Repairing methods or devices
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B23P—METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS
  • B23P6/00—Restoring or reconditioning objects
  • B23P6/002—Repairing turbine components, e.g. moving or stationary blades, rotors
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
  • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
  • F05D2220/00—Application
  • F05D2220/30—Application in turbines
  • F05D2220/32—Application in turbines in gas turbines
  • F05D2220/323—Application in turbines in gas turbines for aircraft propulsion, e.g. jet engines
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
  • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
  • F05D2230/00—Manufacture
  • F05D2230/72—Maintenance

Definitions

• the invention relates to a device for cleaning turbine blades of a turbine stage of a jet engine.
• Aircraft jet engines have in known manner one or more compressor stages, a combustion chamber, and one or more turbine stages. In the turbine stages, the hot combustion gases from the combustion chamber release some of their thermal and mechanical energy, which is used to drive the compressor stages. Contamination of an aircraft jet engine can lead to a reduction of the effect ⁇ degree, which has an increased fuel consumption and thus increased environmental impact. This applies in particular ⁇ when the contaminants form a coating on the air flowed through parts of an aircraft engine and thereby affect the surface quality.
• Combustion chamber introduced which is a jet nozzle for generating ei ⁇ nes pressure fluid jet to be removed with the deposits on the high-pressure turbine blades.
• the cleaning device is freely movable after the introduction and only limited by a possibly provided insertion aid.
• the orientation of the cleaning device relative to the high-pressure turbine blades can be checked via a borescope guided through the cleaning device. However, the results of such a process are not always satisfactory.
• the invention has for its object to provide a device for cleaning turbine blades of a turbine stage of
• the invention relates to a device for cleaning turbine blades of a turbine stage of a jet engine ⁇ plant, comprising a cleaning lance for insertion into a jet engine with an outlet opening at one end and a supply port for supplying cleaning medium at the other end, wherein the device is a guide for the cleaning lance for clear and reproducible positioning and alignment of the cleaning lance relative to the guide and a fastening device for releasably securing the guide on the outside of the jet engine comprises, and wherein the fastening device ge an alignment, with the guide to a predetermined orientation ⁇ is adjustable over the outside of the jet engine, has.
• the turbine blades to be cleaned may in particular be the high-pressure turbine blades of a high-pressure turbine stage, for example the first high-pressure turbine stage.
• the invention has recognized that for a continuous satis ⁇ tory cleaning of the turbine blades, the purification medium should be incident at a predetermined angle to the surface to be cleaned each turbine blade, and - if the Rei ⁇ n Trentsstrahl not directly the whole to be cleaned FLAE ⁇ che covering - it is ensured that the cleaning jet is guided over the entire surface to be cleaned.
• the required for a good cleaning effect position and ⁇ direction of the outlet opening of the cleaning lance relative to the turbine blades to be cleaned can be defined as specifications.
• cleaning lance and / or Füh ⁇ tion have means by which the relative movement to each other in defined positions of the cleaning lance can be set in the guide and / or the number of degrees of freedom of the cleaning lance is limited in the guide. in at ⁇ cases, the guidance as possible without play.
• Locking elements and / or locking screws may be provided, with which the cleaning lance can be set optionally in predetermined by the locking elements and / or locking screws positions relative to the guide.
• the locking elements and / or locking screws can be arranged on the guide or the cleaning lance, wherein the respective other component then, for example, corresponding recesses gene or recesses for engagement of the locking elements and / or locking screws.
• rail or linear guides may, for example, be provided that the degrees of freedom of the rela- tive encounter the cleaning lance relative to the guide be in the predetermined through the groove and / or track direction ⁇ limit.
• the mobility of the cleaning lance in the guide can be so limited, for example, to a single linear movement without rotational degrees of freedom would exist. It is preferred if the guide to restrict the mobility of the cleaning lance relative to the guide to a Degree of freedom is formed.
• the degree of freedom can be a rotational movement, a linear movement and / or any, even sections, mapping combination thereof. It is preferred if the one degree of freedom to which the movement is restricted is a straight-line degree of translational freedom.
• the one degree of freedom is designed such that - in the assembled state of the front ⁇ direction - by movement along the one degree of freedom, the outlet end of the cleaning lance in a direction radially to the axis of the rotor of the jet engine, preferably li ⁇ near, is moved ,
• the invention has however recognized that an immediate buildin ⁇ account the guide on the outside of the jet engine in the region of the passage opening possibilities without any further adjustment can not ensure secure a position and orientation of the cleaning lance according to the specifications.
• Vorrich ⁇ tung comprises a fastening device with alignment, with the orientation of the guide can be adjusted. By the Alignment of the fixture alignment errors can be avoided.
• the fastening device may have as a fastening means a threaded portion for engagement in a thread of the lead-through opening for the cleaning lance and / or screws for releasable attachment to the outside of the jet engine.
• the threaded portion may be part of a hollow screw with a conically shaped head.
• the cleaning lance can be passed through the hollow screw, which in turn can engage in an internal thread of the lead-through opening. Due to the conically shaped head, it is possible, with suitable shaping of the corresponding counterpart of the fastening device, to secure the counterpart in a position suitable for the desired alignment of the guide at the passage opening and to secure it in this position.
• the fastening device has, between the fastening means and a relative to the jet engine stationary fixed part of the fastening device (eg. The fastener) and the guide part comprising its mountings ⁇ constriction device a movable and / or deformable portion which allows the orientation of the guide ,
• the alignment device can act directly on this section by, for example, the position of the two parts of the fastening device relative to one another via the alignment device can be changed.
• the alignment unit preferably comprises one or more stop faces on ⁇ which are configured to abut defined part of the jet engine and is connected to the guide comprehensive part of the fastening device.
• at least a part of the stop surfaces adjustable, for example, with the aid of screws or threaded spindles displaced. It is also possible that the free end of a screw directly forms an adjustable An ⁇ impact surface.
• the position and orientation of the outlet opening of the cleaning lance can be set reliably to a specification by the orientation of the guide and the reproducible positioning of the cleaning lance relative to the guide.
• the required correct alignment of the guide can be achieved by aligning the guide relative to components of the engine whose position can be used as a reliable reference, for example. By abutment abutment surfaces on these components.
• it is possible to find the correct orientation of the guide by measuring, for example by laser, or by means of alignment aids arranged on the guide, for example circular blisters.
• the device comprises a guide mechanism with which the cleaning lance can be moved along the guide.
• the guide mechanism is preferably designed such that they in a direction toward the axis of the rotor of the jet engine, preferably linear, moves the exit end of the cleaning lance radially ⁇ supply.
• the movement can be achieved, for example, by limiting the movability of the cleaning lance to a corresponding individual degree of freedom. It goes without saying that the wished motion at the discharge end of the cleaning lance will rule ⁇ default only occur when the guide is organized according to the jeweili ⁇ gen specifications.
• the guide mechanism may have a crank mechanism for introducing the movement along the guide.
• a crank mechanism for introducing the movement along the guide.
• the turbine stage is continuously rotated with the turbine blades to be reined ⁇ ing and the emerging from the outlet opening of the cleaning lance jet of cleaning medium is continuously oscillating in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the turbine stage back and forth, so after a determinable period of time, the jet of the cleaning medium at least was once passed over all areas of each turbine blade of the turbine stage to be basically reached by the jet.
• the rotational speed of the turbine stage and the Pendelge ⁇ velocity also uniform over the length of the individual turbine blades cleaning can be ensured.
• the cleaning lance can be adjustable in length interchangeable and / or the crank of the crank mechanism.
• the device By replacing the cleaning lance, the device can be adapted to different engine geometries.
• the stroke range of the device can be adapted to the length of the turbine blades to be cleaned.
• other guide mechanisms are also possible, for example, guide mechanisms comprising a helical gear.
• the stroke range of the device can then be controlled freely via the guide mechanism.
• the guide mechanism can be manual, eg. By hand crank, be ⁇ exaggerated.
• the guide mechanism comprises a controllable drive, preferably a stepper motor, for moving the cleaning lance along the guide. If a crank mechanism is present, the drive can act on the crank mechanism; in the case of a helical gear on the threaded spindle.
• the device is preferably dismantled into assemblies.
• the device does not have to be fixed in a single step and as a whole to the jet engine, which may be difficult due to the required Einfädeins the cleaning lance in the opening of the jet engine, but it is rather possible, the combined components of the device components in succession assemble.
• the cleaning lance can form an assembly, while the guide is assigned to another construction ⁇ group.
• the storage and transportability of the device can be improved.
• the inventive apparatus is preferably comprising carbon dioxide keptstal ⁇ tet for cleaning with a cleaning medium.
• the carbon dioxide may be in the form of pellets which are conveyed through the cleaning lance by means of a propellant gas. But it is also possible to provide liquid carbon dioxide as a precursor of the cleaning medium.
• the liquid coal dioxide solidifies as it exits the cleaning lance we ⁇ officialss partially and forms a solid component in the form of carbon dioxide flakes.
• hot gas in particular hot air
• the hot gas can be passed through the same cleaning lance to the turbine blades, through which the cleaning medium, for example compressed gas with carbon dioxide, is guided.
• the cleaning medium for example compressed gas with carbon dioxide
• the device preferably has a switching valve for selectively supplying two media to Zulei- connection port of the cleaning lance, the Umschaltven ⁇ til is designed such that it discreetly from the second inlet of the switching valve Switches to the first inlet when sufficient pressure at the first inlet or a control inlet is applied.
• Switching discretely in this context means that at any time during switching from one inlet to the other, both inlets are only partially open at the same time.
• the switching device By the switching device is avoided that the voltage applied to the second inlet of the changeover valve medium - eg. Hot gas - with the voltage applied to the first inlet medium in Contact is coming.
• cleaning medium comprising solid carbon dioxide at the first inlet so unwanted sublimation and lumping of the carbon dioxide can be avoided.
• the switching valve comprises a restoring element which switches the switching valve from the first discrete ⁇ A let to the second inlet when the first inlet or a control inlet is applied sufficient pressure more.
• the change-over valve is switched to the second inlet when no sufficient pressure is applied to the first inlet or the control inlet. If the change-over valve is controlled directly via the first inlet, this is to be equated with a missing inflow through this inlet. In any case, the reversing valve can prevent backflow into the first inlet.
• the changeover valve can be used from cleaning medium comprising carbon dioxide and hot gas even when any other media than the way of example only called combination ⁇ nation.
• the device according to the invention enables the cleaning of turbine blades of a turbine stage while the jet engine remains on the aircraft (on-wing).
• a fuel injector opening and / or soil may, for example. Roskopö réelle be used on the casing of the jet engine.
• Figure 1 an embodiment of an inventive
• Figure 2a-c schematic representation of a use of the device of Figure 1;
• FIG. 3 a switching valve to the device according to figures
• FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a device 1 OF INVENTION ⁇ to the invention for cleaning of turbine blades 82 of a turbine stage 81 of a turbofan engine 80 is ones shown, provides.
• the device 1 comprises a cleaning lance 2, which can be introduced through a lateral opening 83 in a jet engine 80.
• the cleaning lance 2 has at its end to be introduced into the jet engine 80 an outlet opening 3, from the cleaning medium - eg. Air with solid carbon dioxide - can escape under high pressure.
• the cleaning medium is supplied via a feed connection 4 at the other end of the cleaning lance 2.
• the cleaning lance 2 is guided linearly in a guide 10.
• the cleaning lance 2 is fixed to a driver 5 ver ⁇ connected, which is guided without play on a linear guide 11, so that the cleaning lance 2 can be moved only in the direction indicated by the arrow 90 direction.
• the cleaning ⁇ supply lance 2 has - if guided in the guide 10 - in other words only one pure translation degree of freedom, whereby the cleaning Lange 2 is to be positioned clearly and reproducibly with respect to the guide 10 - namely by corresponding movement along the guide 10th
• the device 1 further comprises a hollow screw 21 with a conically shaped head 22, which together with a counterpart 23 forms a fastening device 20, by means of which the device 1 can be fastened to the outside of a jet engine 80.
• the conically shaped head 22 of the hollow screw 21 allows attachment of the device 1 in the desired orientation of the guide 10, since between the hollow screw 21 as a part of the fastening device 20 and the counterpart 23 as further part of the fastening device 20, a movable section is provided.
• an alignment unit 30 is provided as part of the fastening device 20.
• the alignment unit 30 is fixedly connected to the counterpart 23 of the fastening device 20 and has a plurality of stop surfaces 31 in the form of the free ends 32 of adjusting screws 33.
• the adjusting screws 33 are still arranged on a slide 35 which can be displaced along a linear guide 34, wherein the slide 35 can be fixed in any desired position along the linear guide 34.
• the device 1 also comprises a guide mechanism 40, with which the cleaning lance 2 can be moved along the guide 10, whereby ultimately also the outlet end 3 of the cleaning lance 2 can be moved linearly parallel to the direction 90.
• the guide mechanism 40 comprises a crank mechanism 41, the connecting rod 42 is pivotally mounted at one end to the driver 5. At its other end the connecting rod 42 is connected rotationally with a ⁇ bar remote from the crank axis cure beizapfen to a crank 43, the crank is in turn mounted to the crank axle rotatably 43rd About the Adjusting screw 44 can change the distance between the crank pin and the crank axle, whereby the stroke carried out by the driver 5 can be adjusted in its length.
• a hand crank 45 is provided for actuating the crank mechanism 41. But it is also possible to provide a controllable drive 45 instead of the hand crank.
• FIGS. 2a-c a typical use of the device 1 from FIG. 1 is shown schematically.
• first the first subassembly comprising fastening device 20 was mounted on a lateral opening 83 of jet engine 80 provided for carrying out the cleaning lance 2 - in this
• Embodiment a spark plug holder - launched, with this, however, not firmly connected.
• the cleaning lance 2 was performed as a second assembly through the hollow ⁇ screw 21 of the fastening device 2 and then through the opening 83 in the jet engine 80, so that the outlet opening 3 of the cleaning lance 2 is already arranged in principle before the turbine blades to be cleaned 82, but without actually on the leading edges of the turbine blades 82 to be aligned.
• the fastening device 20 is aligned and the guide 10 is fixedly connected to the fastening device 20 so that the orientation of the guide 10 is clearly defined by the orientation of the fastening device 20.
• FIG. 2b shows the result of the steps described in more detail below.
• the hollow screw 21 is in the thread of the opening
• the carriage 35 of the alignment unit 30 is moved to a predetermined position and fixed there.
• the abutment surfaces 31 bear against the free ends 32 of the screws 33 on a component of the jet engine 80 - in this case a flange of the housing ⁇ .
• the guide 10 is attached to the fastening device 20, wherein the driver 5 of the cleaning lance 2 is inserted into the linear guide 11. Since the fastening device 20 is aligned on the alignment unit 30, also fixedly connected to the guide unit 10 is regarded as a ⁇ oriented, because the guide unit can be mounted only in one specified differently specified position on the fastening device 20 10th Finally, the device 1 is still complet ⁇ advantage as in Figure 2c by the guide mechanism 40 (only partially Darge ⁇ represents) is mounted on the guide 10th By witnessessme ⁇ mechanics 40, the carrier 5 can move in an oscillating movement linearly along the guide rail 11, whereby the outlet opening 3 of the cleaning lance 2 makes a corresponding movement. By suitable alignment of the cleaning lance 2 by appropriate alignment of the guide 10 and the fastening device 20 and appropriate adjustment of the stroke length via the adjusting screw 44 of the crank mechanism can ensure a good cleaning of the turbine blade 82 over its entire length.
• the device 1 according to figures 1 and 2a-c is for cleaning with a cleaning medium comprising carbon dioxide which forms at the latest at the exit of the cleaning medium from the cleaning ⁇ supply lance dry ice flakes, configured, wherein prior to passage of the cleaning medium through the cleaning lance 2 hot air for heating the to cleaning turbine blades 83 is blown.
• a switching valve 50 according to Figures 3 and 4 is connected upstream.
• the switching valve 50 has a first inlet 51 for the cleaning medium, a second inlet 52 for the hot air, a control inlet 53 and an outlet 54.
• the outlet 54 is directly connected to the supply port 4 of the cleaning lance 2 (not shown).
• the switching valve 50 is to discrete switching between the first and the second inlet 51, formed on the control inlet 53 due to a 52 STEU ⁇ er horrs.
• the changeover valve 50 is designed such that over the two inlets 51, 52 supplied to the media at any time - can mix 50 in the loading ⁇ reaching the change-over valve or one of even a reflux - not even during a switching an inlet inflowing medium comes into the other inlet.
• the switching valve 50 comprises a piston 55, with two line bushings 56, 57.
• the one conduit bushings 56 is angled, so that in the position shown in Figure 4 of the valve in the direction out of the sheet plane through the inlet 52 flowing hot air to the outlet 54 through out becomes.
• the other line 57 connects through ⁇ guides in the position shown in Figure 5 the inlet 51 for the cleaning medium to the outlet 54th
• the two line feedthroughs 56, 57 are designed in such a way that, in no position of the piston 55 between the two end positions shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, both inlets 51, 52 would be connected to the outlet 54 at the same time. Rather, there is an intermediate position of the piston 55 in which none of the two inlets 51, 52 is connected to the outlet.
• the admission of the control inlet 53 can be effected by a bypass from the line connected to the inlet 51.
• the change-over valve 50 switches to the first input 51 as soon as sufficient pressure is applied to overcome the spring force of the spring 58 via the bypass to the control inlet 53.

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