VANE ASSEMBLY WITH OUTER GROMMETS

摘要

A compressor vane having a root, a tip and an airfoil portion extending between the root and the tip is disclosed. A grommet is used in conjunction with the vane and has a lip sealingly surrounding a portion of the vane root and a circumferential portion protruding around a perimeter of the lip in engagement with a surface of a platform of the vane root. The circumferential portion has a profile similar to that of the airfoil portion.