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• • 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
  • F01D25/24—Casings; Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings
• • 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
  • F01D17/00—Regulating or controlling by varying flow
  • F01D17/10—Final actuators
  • F01D17/12—Final actuators arranged in stator parts
  • F01D17/14—Final actuators arranged in stator parts varying effective cross-sectional area of nozzles or guide conduits
  • F01D17/16—Final actuators arranged in stator parts varying effective cross-sectional area of nozzles or guide conduits by means of nozzle vanes
  • F01D17/162—Final actuators arranged in stator parts varying effective cross-sectional area of nozzles or guide conduits by means of nozzle vanes for axial flow, i.e. the vanes turning around axes which are essentially perpendicular to the rotor centre line
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
  • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
  • B64C11/00—Propellers, e.g. of ducted type; Features common to propellers and rotors for rotorcraft
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
  • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
  • B64C11/00—Propellers, e.g. of ducted type; Features common to propellers and rotors for rotorcraft
  • B64C11/02—Hub construction
  • B64C11/04—Blade mountings
  • B64C11/06—Blade mountings for variable-pitch blades
• • 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
  • F01D25/16—Arrangement of bearings; Supporting or mounting bearings in casings
  • F01D25/162—Bearing supports
• • 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
  • F01D25/24—Casings; Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings
  • F01D25/246—Fastening of diaphragms or stator-rings
• • 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
  • F01D7/00—Rotors with blades adjustable in operation; Control thereof
• • 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
  • F01D9/00—Stators
  • F01D9/02—Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits, e.g. individual nozzles
  • F01D9/04—Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits, e.g. individual nozzles forming ring or sector
  • F01D9/042—Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits, e.g. individual nozzles forming ring or sector fixing blades to stators
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
  • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
  • B64D33/00—Arrangements in aircraft of power plant parts or auxiliaries not otherwise provided for
  • B64D33/02—Arrangements in aircraft of power plant parts or auxiliaries not otherwise provided for of combustion air intakes
  • B64D2033/0266—Arrangements in aircraft of power plant parts or auxiliaries not otherwise provided for of combustion air intakes specially adapted for particular type of power plants
  • B64D2033/0293—Arrangements in aircraft of power plant parts or auxiliaries not otherwise provided for of combustion air intakes specially adapted for particular type of power plants for turboprop 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
  • F05D2230/30—Manufacture with deposition of material
  • F05D2230/31—Layer deposition
• • 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
  • F05D2240/00—Components
  • F05D2240/10—Stators
  • F05D2240/12—Fluid guiding means, e.g. vanes
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
  • Y02T50/00—Aeronautics or air transport
  • Y02T50/60—Efficient propulsion technologies, e.g. for aircraft

Definitions

• TITLE TURBOMACHINE MODULE EQUIPPED WITH A PROPELLER AND DEPORTED STATOR VANE
• the present invention relates to the field of turbomachines and in particular a turbomachine module comprising an unducted propeller and a variable-pitch stator vane. It also relates to the corresponding turbomachine.
• Turbomachines comprising at least one unducted propeller are known by the term “open rotor” or “unducted fan”.
• the term UDF for "Unducted Dual Fan” there are those with two unducted and counter-rotating propellers (known by the acronym UDF for "Unducted Dual Fan") or those with a single unducted propeller and a rectifier comprising several stator vanes (known as under the English acronym USF for Unducted Single Fan).
• the propeller or propellers forming the propulsion part can be placed at the rear of the gas generator (or engine) so as to be of the pusher type or at the front of the gas generator so to be of the tractor type.
• turbomachines are turboprops which are distinguished from turbojets by the use of a propeller outside the nacelle (not shrouded) instead of an internal fan. This makes it possible to increase the bypass rate very significantly without being penalized by the mass of the casings or nacelles intended to surround the blades of the propeller or fan.
• the objective of the present invention is to provide a turbomachine module with stator vanes arranged in such a way as to reduce the acoustic impact of unducted turbomachines while avoiding major structural modifications.
• a turbomachine module of longitudinal axis X comprising an unducted propeller driven in rotation about the longitudinal axis X by a power shaft which is connected at least to a rotor compressor and at least one rectifier comprising a plurality of stator vanes extending along a radial axis Z perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X from a fixed casing, the rectifier being arranged downstream of the propeller, the fixed casing being an intercompressor casing arranged downstream of a low-pressure compressor, along the longitudinal axis, the inter-compressor casing comprising a ring of longitudinal axis provided with sleeves intended to carry the stator vanes, the inter-compressor casing and the ring being one-piece.
• stator vanes of the rectifier are installed on the inter-compressor casing, which makes it possible to reduce noise.
• the fact that the stator vanes are offset or offset axially also allows the turbomachine's center of gravity to be moved, which rebalances the assembly and promotes the recovery of forces.
• a crown of stator vanes weighs about 200kg. The center of gravity is closer to the attachment system on the aircraft.
• Such a configuration also makes it possible to free up space in this constrained environment to install other organs or elements.
• the module also comprises one or more of the following characteristics, taken alone or in combination: an internal casing and an inlet casing delimit at least in part a primary stream in which a flow of primary air circulates.
• the inter-compressor casing comprises a radially inner shroud and a radially outer shroud which are coaxial with the longitudinal axis X and between which extends at least one structural radial arm.
• the inter-compressor casing comprises a radial, annular wall extending radially from a first side of the ring and which is connected to the radially outer shroud of the inter-compressor casing.
• the stator vanes are variable-pitch and the module includes a system for changing the pitches of the blades of the stator vanes.
• the stator vanes of the rectifier are unducted.
• at least one rotational guide bearing of a stator blade root is housed in an internal housing of a sleeve.
• the stator vanes are regularly distributed around the longitudinal axis X and extend radially in a secondary air flow.
• the inter-compressor casing is produced by an additive manufacturing process.
• the inter-compressor casing and the ring are made in one piece.
• the inter-compressor casing and the ring are assembled by welding.
• the ratio S ZC corresponding to the distance S between a trailing edge of the blades of the propeller and a leading edge of a stator blade on the chord C of the blades of the propeller is 3.
• the change system pitch comprises at least one control means comprising a fixed body and a body movable axially with respect to the fixed body, and a connecting mechanism connecting each stator vane to the movable body of the control means.
• the control means of the pitch change system is installed in the inlet casing between a separation nozzle intended to separate the flow entering the turbomachine into a primary flow and into a secondary flow and the intercompressor casing.
• the pitch change system control means is installed in the inlet casing and upstream of the inter-compressor casing.
• the pitch change system control means is installed in an inter-vein casing extending downstream an inlet casing carrying a separation nozzle intended to separate the flow entering the turbomachine into a primary flow and a secondary flow, the control means being downstream of the sleeves and downstream of a radial wall of the inter-compressor casing which connects the ring to the radially outer shroud.
• the control means is intended to be placed radially above a high pressure compressor.
• the invention further relates to an aircraft turbine engine comprising at least one module as mentioned above and a gas generator intended to drive the non-ducted propeller in rotation.
• Figure 1 is a schematic view, in axial and partial section of an example of a turbomachine with a single unducted propeller to which the invention applies;
• Figure 2 is a perspective view of an inter-compressor housing intended to carry stator vanes
• FIG. 3 represents in perspective a system for changing the pitch of the blades of the stator vanes of a turbomachine with a single unducted propeller to which the invention applies;
• Figure 4 illustrates in axial and partial section another embodiment of a turbine engine stator blade root mounted in an inter-compressor casing and cooperating with a pitch change system according to the invention.
• turbomachine 1 comprising an unducted propeller 2 intended to be mounted on an aircraft.
• a turbomachine is a turboprop engine as represented in FIG. 1.
• This turbomachine is known by the English expression “open rotor” or “unducted fan” as explained previously.
• upstream is defined with respect to the circulation of the gases in the turbomachine and here along the longitudinal axis X (and even left to right in Figure 1).
• radial is defined with respect to a radial axis Z perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X and with regard to the distance from the longitudinal axis X.
• identical or substantially identical elements and/or with the same functions are represented by the same reference numerals.
• a turbomachine is generally modular, that is to say it comprises several modules which are manufactured independently of each other and which are then assembled together.
• the modularity of a turbomachine also facilitates its maintenance.
• turbomachine module is understood to mean a module which notably comprises a fan and its power shaft for driving the propeller.
• the turbomachine 1 comprises a gas generator or engine 3 which typically comprises, from upstream to downstream, a low pressure compressor 4, a high pressure compressor 5, a combustion chamber 6, a high pressure turbine 7 and a low pressure turbine 8.
• the low pressure compressor 4 and the low pressure turbine 8 are mechanically connected by a low pressure shaft 9 so as to form a low pressure body.
• the high pressure compressor 5 and the high pressure turbine 7 are mechanically connected by a high pressure shaft 10 so as to form a high pressure body.
• the high pressure shaft 10 extends inside the low pressure shaft 9 and are coaxial.
• the low pressure or low pressure body comprises the low pressure compressor which is connected to an intermediate pressure turbine.
• a free power turbine is mounted downstream of the intermediate pressure turbine and is connected to the propeller described below via a power transmission shaft to drive it in rotation.
• the turbomachine comprises a rotary casing 11 centered on the longitudinal axis X and rotating around the longitudinal axis X.
• the rotary casing 11 carries a crown of mobile blades 12 forming the unducted propeller 2.
• the rotary casing 11 is mounted to move relative to an internal casing 13 which extends downstream of the rotary casing 11 .
• the propeller 2 is mounted upstream of the gas generator 3 (tractor configuration or "puller" in English).
• the air flow F which enters the turbomachine passes through the blades 12 of the propeller and is separated by a separation nozzle 14 so as to form a primary air flow F1 and a secondary air flow F2.
• the separation spout 14 is carried by an inlet casing 15 centered on the longitudinal axis.
• the inlet casing 15 is extended downstream by an external casing or intervein casing 16.
• the inlet casing 15 is coaxial with the internal casing 13. Furthermore, the inlet casing 15 extends radially outside of the internal casing 13.
• the primary air flow F1 circulates in a primary stream 17 which passes through the gas generator 3.
• the primary air flow F1 enters the gas generator 3 through an annular air inlet 18 and exits therefrom. escapes through a primary nozzle 19 which is arranged downstream of the gas generator 3.
• the primary stream 17 is delimited radially by a wall radially inner 20 and a radially outer wall 21 .
• the radially inner wall 20 is carried by the inner casing 13.
• the radially outer wall 21 is carried at least in part by the inlet casing 15. As for the secondary flow F2, this circulates around the inlet casing 15.
• Each blade 12 of the propeller 2 comprises an axially opposed leading edge 22a and a trailing edge 22b.
• the blades also include a foot 23 from which they extend radially outwards.
• the power shaft or the low pressure shaft 9 (respectively of the free power turbine and of the low pressure turbine) drives the propeller 2 via a reducer 24 which compresses the air outside rotary housings and input 11, 15 and provides most of the thrust.
• the reducer 24 can be of the planetary gear or planetary gear type.
• the turbine engine 1 comprises a rectifier 25 comprising a plurality of stator vanes 26 (or stationary vanes) known by the acronym "OGV" for Outlet Guide Vane.
• the stator vanes 26 are regularly distributed around the longitudinal axis X and extend radially into the secondary air flow. There are between six and eight 26 stator vanes around the inlet and inter-vein housings. Of course, there may be a greater number of stator vanes around the longitudinal axis X. It may have between six and fourteen stator vanes 26 distributed around the longitudinal axis.
• the stator vanes 26 of the stator 25 are arranged downstream of the propeller 2 so as to straighten the flow of air generated by the propeller 2.
• Each stator vane 26 comprises a blade 27 which extends radially from a foot 28.
• the turbomachine represented is a USF, there is no fairing for the propeller and the rectifier.
• the blades 27 also include an axially opposed leading edge 29a and a trailing edge 29b.
• the stator vanes 26 also extend radially outside the intervein casing.
• the stator vanes 26 are mounted on a fixed casing of the turbomachine.
• the stator vanes 26 are mounted on an inter-compressor casing 30 constituting the fixed casing.
• the inter-compressor casing 30 is arranged downstream of the low-pressure compressor 4. More precisely still, the inter-compressor casing 30 extends axially between the low-pressure compressor 4 and the high-pressure compressor 5.
• the stator vanes 26 are carried by a ring 31 of longitudinal axis X.
• the longitudinal axis X is the axis of revolution of the ring.
• the longitudinal axis is the center of the polygon.
• the ring 31 is integral with the inter-compressor casing 30.
• the ring 31 and the inter-compressor casing 30 are made in one piece (made from one piece).
• the ring and the inter-compressor casing are manufactured separately (for example by casting or several welded castings) and are then assembled by welding.
• the inter-compressor casing 30 integral with the ring 31
• the inter-compressor casing 30 (as well as the ring 31) is produced by an additive manufacturing process.
• the inter-compressor casing 30 comprises a radially inner shroud 32 and a radially outer shroud 33 which are centered on the longitudinal axis X. Between the radially inner shroud 32 and the radially outer shroud 33 extend radially at the least one radial arm 34 structural. More precisely, several radial arms 34 are fixed to the radially inner and outer shrouds 32, 33. The radial arms 34 are also regularly distributed around the longitudinal axis X. They are between 6 and 10 radial arms so as to optimize the mechanical resistance. of the inter-compressor casing 30. These arms 34 are fixed and are made in one piece with the inner and outer shrouds 32, 33. The number of stator vanes 26 (between 6 and 10 for example) facilitates their integration on the intercompressor housing 30.
• the radially inner shroud 32 and the radially outer shroud 33 constitute portions of the radially inner and outer walls 20, 21 of the primary stream 17.
• the primary flow passes through the radial arms 34.
• the ring 31 extends radially outside the radially outer shroud 33.
• a radial wall 35 (cf. FIGS. 3 and 4) extending radially from a first sidewall 36a of the ring 31 is connected to the shroud radially external 33 of the inter-compressor casing 30.
• the wall 35 is annular, centered on the axis X, and advantageously solid. This wall 35 is defined substantially in a plane P (FIG. 3) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X. This plane P can be slightly inclined from the radial axis Z by approximately 10°.
• the ring 31 comprises a plurality of sleeves 37, cylindrical, which extend radially outwards. The base of each sleeve 37 is circular.
• the sleeves 37 are regularly distributed around the longitudinal axis X.
• the sleeves 37 extend axially from a second side 36b of the ring 31.
• the second side 36b (cf. Figure 2) is axially opposed to the first flank 36a.
• the second flank 36b is approximately two-thirds of the radial height H of each sleeve 37 measured between a first edge 38a of the sleeve 37 and a second edge 38b of the sleeve 37.
• Each sleeve 37 comprises a cylindrical skirt 39 of axis A parallel to the radial axis Z.
• the cylindrical skirt 39 is delimited by the first and second edges 38a, 38b.
• the axis A of the sleeves 37 is defined in a radial plane which is axially offset from the plane P of the radial wall 35.
• the sleeves 37 are advantageously placed radially above (and considering FIGS. 2 and 3) the radial arms 34 structural, which makes it possible to reinforce the mechanical strength of the sleeves 37.
• Each sleeve 37 comprises a bore 40 which passes through the cylindrical skirt 39 on either side along the axis.
• the bore 40 forms an internal housing intended to receive the foot of a stator vane 26.
• the S/Ce ratio corresponding to the distance S between the trailing edge 22b of the blades of the propeller 2 and the leading edge 29a of the stator blades 26 on the chord C of the blades of the propeller 2 is improved.
• This S/C ratio is of the order of 3 whereas in the prior art this ratio is between 1 and 2.
• the minimum ratio for compliance with acoustic standards is in fact 1.
• the stator vanes 26 are advantageously variable pitch so as to optimize the performance of the turbine engine.
• the turbine engine 1 comprises a system 45 for changing the pitch of the blades of the stator vanes 26.
• the root 28 of each vane 26 is typically in the form of a pivot 41 which is pivotally mounted according to a B axis in an internal housing. Axes A and B are coaxial.
• the pivot 41 of the foot is pivotally mounted by means of at least one guide bearing 42 in the internal housing of each sleeve 37.
• two guide bearings 42, 42' overlap along the radial axis Z.
• These bearings 42, 42' are preferably, but not limited to, rolling bearings.
• the bearings may have a larger diameter than usual due to the space available in the sleeves 37 and the location of the inter-compressor casing 30.
• Each bearing 42, 42' comprises an inner ring 43 integral in rotation with the pivot and an outer ring 44 which surrounds the inner ring 42.
• the bearings comprise rolling elements 46 which are installed between the inner surfaces of the inner and outer rings which form rolling tracks.
• the rolling members 46 here include balls.
• the bearings 42, 42' advantageously ensure the retention of the blades 26 in the housing of the sleeves 37.
• a cylindrical sleeve 48 is installed in each bore 40 so as to connect the inner ring 43 of each bearing 42, 42' to the foot of each stator vane 26.
• the sleeve 48 is centered on the setting axis B of the stator vanes 26.
• Each sleeve 48 extends between a first end and a second end.
• Each sleeve 48 is also provided with internal grooves 49 arranged on an internal cylindrical face.
• the internal splines 49 are intended to mate with external splines provided on an external surface of the pivot 41 of each stator blade root 26.
• each bearing 42, 42' extends along the radial axis Z a spacer 50 intended to ensure the spacing between the bearings 42, 42 ': indeed, these must take up the forces, but also the moments. Consequently, it takes two spaced bearings in order to be able to ensure the recovery of the bending moment.
• This spacer 50 is placed advantageously, but not limited to, between two internal rings of the bearings 42, 42'. Sealing elements are provided in each bore 40 so as to prevent the escape of lubricant from the bearings to the outside thereof. As we can also see in Figure 3, two bands are arranged between the inner wall of each sleeve 37 and the side flanks of the bearings 42, 42'.
• a first hoop 51 has an L-shaped axial section with a branch that radially covers the bearing 42' (radially upper), and a second hoop 54 has an axial section in the shape of a capital I with an axial bulge.
• the bearing 42 (radially lower) rests on the axial bulge.
• the first and second frets each have an annular shape and fit one into the other.
• the hoops 51, 54 allow radial blocking of the bearings 42, 42'.
• the pitch change system 45 includes at least one control means 60 (shown schematically) and at least one link mechanism 61 (shown schematically) connecting each stator vane 26 to the control means 60.
• each blade root 27 comprises an arm 52 forming an eccentric at its lower free end.
• the pivot 41 comprises a radial bore which opens at the free end thereof.
• a fixing member 53 such as a screw is received in the radial bore to fix the arm 52 to the root of the stator vane 26.
• stator 26 there are as many arms as there are vanes.
• Arm 52 is connected to a first end of a connecting rod which forms the link mechanism 61.
• the first end of the connecting rod is provided with a ball joint which is traversed by a hinge pin carried by the arm 52.
• the hinge pin is parallel to the radial axis Z.
• the second end of the link (opposite to the first end) of the link is connected to the control means 60.
• the control means 60 is advantageously an actuator such as a hydraulic cylinder.
• the actuator comprises a fixed body and a movable body with respect to the first fixed body.
• the first fixed body is connected to a fixed shroud of the turbomachine so as to be immobile in translation and in rotation.
• the fixed shroud is in particular mounted on the fixed inter-vein casing.
• the mobile body moves in translation axially with respect to the fixed body along the longitudinal axis X.
• the mobile body comprises an axial rod whose free end is connected to the second end of the connecting rod.
• the actuator is connected to a fluid power source to supply pressurized oil to the chambers (not shown) of the fixed body.
• the pitch change system 45 is arranged in an annular space defined in the inter-vein casing 16.
• the control means here the hydraulic cylinder, is mounted downstream of the inter-compressor casing 30 and in a zone called the “core zone”.
• This “core zone” is located close to the combustion chamber 6.
• the core zone is a fire zone.
• the hydraulic cylinder is generally a cylinder actuated with fuel, the cylinder can be kept inside the fire zone defined by the core zone (and limited by the wall 35 of the inter-compressor casing 30).
• the control means is located downstream of the wall 35. More precisely still, the control means is housed above the high pressure compressor 5.
• FIG 4 is illustrated another embodiment of the arrangement of the change of pitch system 45.
• the control means 60 is arranged between the separation nose 14 and the inter-compressor housing 30.
• the means 60 is installed near the separation nozzle 14. It is arranged upstream of the inter-compressor casing 30.
• the control means is installed in particular upstream of the feet 28 of the stator vanes 26.
• the turbine engine module may include another pitch change system 70 of the moving blades of the propeller 2.
• This pitch change system 70 is arranged upstream of the gas generator 3 and below radially feet of the mobile blades of the propeller 2.
• This pitch change system comprises a second control means comprising a body movable axially with respect to a fixed body mounted on a fixed structure integral with the internal casing 13.
• the change system pitch also comprises at least one load transfer bearing comprising an inner ring connected to the moving body and an outer ring, as well as a second mechanism for connecting the outer ring to the moving blades 12 of the propeller 2.
• the change system pitch of the blades makes it possible to vary the pitch or the pitch of the blades 12 around their pitch axes so that they occupy different angular positions according to the operating conditions of the turbomachine and the relevant flight phases such as an extreme working position (thrust reversal position known in English as the “reverse”) and an extreme feathering position of the blades.
• the control means is also a hydraulic cylinder comprising the fixed body and the mobile body.
• the link mechanism here comprises connecting rods.

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