Captured radial key for steam turbine wheels
CA 1237370 A · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Emeterio, Eloy V.; Klufas, Oleg; Deallenbach, Robert E.
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Abstract of the Disclosure, In a steam turbine a device for keying, hubs of adjacent wheels together wherein the wheels are, not an integral part of the shaft of a rotor of the steam turbine and may be secured to the shaft by an interference shrink-fit at the surface of a bore through the hub of the wheel, comprises a substantially I-beam shaped key disposed in a keyway formed between adjacent hubs. A lip extends axially from the outer periphery of a pair of opposing end faces of adjacent hubs the, outboard surface of one lip of the pair of opposing end faces being in close proximity to the outboard lip of the other lip of the pair of opposing end faces. A respective pair of lands on each …
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- Granted May 31, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 31, 2005.
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