Global Patent Index - EP 1767745 A2

EP 1767745 A2 20070328 - Integrated nozzle and bucket wheel for a reaction steam turbine and method of manufacture

Title (en)

Integrated nozzle and bucket wheel for a reaction steam turbine and method of manufacture

Title (de)

Leitschaufelrad einer Reaktionsdampfturbine sowie Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung

Title (fr)

Couronne d'aubes directrices d'une turbine à vapeur à réaction et procédé de production

Publication

EP 1767745 A2 20070328 (EN)

Application

EP 06254839 A 20060918

Priority

US 23305705 A 20050923

Abstract (en)

Integrated nozzle and bucket wheels (10, 44) for turbine stator and rotor components, respectively, include a three hundred sixty degree wheel formed from a single piece of stock material. The nozzle wheels (10) include radially inner portions formed to include a plurality of airfoils (16), while the bucket wheels are each formed to include a plurality of buckets (54). The nozzle and bucket wheels may be split into plural arcuate segments.

IPC 8 full level

F01D 5/34 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

F01D 5/34 (2013.01 - EP US); F01D 9/041 (2013.01 - EP US); F05D 2230/10 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA HR MK YU

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1767745 A2 20070328; CN 1936276 A 20070328; JP 2007085351 A 20070405; US 2007071605 A1 20070329

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 06254839 A 20060918; CN 200610139535 A 20060922; JP 2006256901 A 20060922; US 23305705 A 20050923