Patent ID: 8226357

Claim:
A turbomachine comprising: a variable-pitch stator vane stage, arranged circumferentially in a casing, each vane having a control pivot that projects radially outside said casing and each pivot being connected by an arm to a common control ring that is disposed coaxially around said casing and that is mounted to turn on the outside thereof, wherein said control ring comprises two ring segments that are assembled together by side connection straps fastened on an upstream side and a downstream side of said ring segments with mutual insetting, at least in the vicinity of circumferential end portions of the ring segments, the side connection straps being separable from said ring segments, wherein two connection straps are fastened to the upstream side of each ring segment and two connection straps are fastened to the downstream side of each ring segment, and wherein said side connection straps are bolted on upstream and downstream sides of adjacent circumferential end portions of said ring segments with at least one bolt arranged parallel to an axis of the turbomachine for each circumferential end portion.