Method of balancing a spool of a gas turbine engine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9932832
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14289898

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A method of balancing a spool of a gas turbine engine, the spool including a forward rotor assembly and an aft rotor assembly separated by a spacer, the method comprising: balancing the forward rotor assembly and the aft rotor assembly independently from one another using conventional balancing techniques; and mathematically modeling the spool; applying a modeled axial load to the modeled spool to determine a trim weight which would balance the spool when subjected to the modeled axial load; and physically placing the trim weight to one of the forward rotor assembly and the aft rotor assembly.

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PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORPLONGUEUIL QUÉBEC J4G 1A1

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Beamish, David Mississauga, CA 10 26
Heyerman, Jeffrey Bernard Oakville, CA 10 117
Robinson, Ron Brampton, CA 25 772
Walters, Cameron Newmarket, CA 7 119
Wang, Jiemin Mississauga, CA 8 36

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