STATOR ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE

摘要

A stator assembly for a gas turbine engine includes: (a) an outer shroud (38) having a circumferential array of outer slots (54); (b) an inner shroud (40) having a circumferential array of inner slots (66); (c) a plurality of airfoil-shaped vanes extending between the inner and outer shrouds (38), each vane (42) having inner and outer ends which are received in the inner and outer slots; and (d) an annular, resilient retention ring (44) which engages the inner ends of the vanes (42) and urges them in a radially inward direction.