Design, Development and analysis of Outlet Guide Vane (OVG)

Abstract

Bharat Forge Limited (BFL), is a Pune-based Indian multinational company involved in manufacturing of automotive components, power sector, construction & mining, marine, oil & gas and aerospace industries. Design solutions for intermediate cases with integrated outlet guide vanes, which has the job to both carry load and direct the by-pass air, are considered competitive for the future. Critical factors when designing integrated outlet guide vanes are weight, cost, structural stiffness, sound damping and operating life. The project work was started with investigation of different configurations of integrated outlet guide vanes in different engines. A comparison between an IMC structure with only load carrying vanes and an IMC-structure with integrated outlet guide vanes was also studied. A thorough investigation of integrated OGV concepts was made to see what kind of demands a metallic OGV should withstand. This was made for example by studying design-, and load specifications for an IMC-structure with integrated outlet guide vanes. The modelling of Outlet Guide Vane and Dies are done using Catia software. The analysis is carried out by using FORGE NxT which showed that the there is no underfill present in profile also during process optimization the cycle time is reduced by 30 sec.