Patent ID: 7677867

Claim:
A guide vane arrangement of a turbomachine, comprising: a casing; at least one guide vane carrier connected to the casing and having a first carrying portion and a second carrying portion spaced apart axially from the first carrying portion; a plurality of guide vanes connected to the guide vane carrier and arranged next to each other in a circumferential direction, each guide vane having a platform including a first locking portion and a second locking portion spaced apart axially from the first locking portion, wherein each of the first and second locking portions and the respective first and second carrying portion are configured to provide an axially pluggable and a radially positive fastening between the guide vane carrier and the respective guide vane; and at least one securing element connected to the guide vane carrier and configured to provide an axial fixing of at least one of the guide vanes, wherein the at least one securing element is axially removeable so as to enable each of the plurality of guide vanes to be individually mountable and demountable.