Patent classifications
F01D5/00
Device and method for analyzing the surface of parts having cooling fluid openings
A method for coating a part having a surface that has cooling fluid openings that adjoin cooling fluid ducts inside the part. A device analyzes the surface of a part having a surface that has cooling fluid openings which adjoin cooling fluid ducts inside the part, the device being usable in the aforementioned method. The disclosed device and/or the disclosed method is used during the manufacturing and/or overhauling of parts of a turbomachine.
Turbine blade maintenance method
A cleaning process (blasted-particles cleaning process) includes performing, a plural number of consecutive cycles, an ultrasonic cleaning treatment including immersing a turbine rotor blade in a water basin and conducting an ultrasonic wave into the water basin to clean the turbine rotor blade, and a pressurized-water cleaning treatment including spraying pressurized water into an internal cooling flow channel after the ultrasonic cleaning treatment is performed. The cleaning process is performed after a bonding coat layer removing process of removing a bonding coat layer (first coating layer) by chemical treatment, and a cleaning process of cleaning the turbine blade by blast treatment. Heat tinging process is then performed.
Methods for health monitoring of ceramic matrix composite components in gas turbine engines
A method comprises inspecting a ceramic matrix composite component assembled in a gas turbine engine to determine an extent of damage to the ceramic matrix composite component, determining a repair technique to repair the damage to the ceramic matrix composite component based on the extent of damage to the ceramic matrix composite component, and repairing the ceramic matrix composite component using the repair technique.
Rotor balancing method and apparatus
A rotor balancing method for a gas turbine having a rotor with a first correction plane and a second correction plane, wherein a first balancing weight is attached to the first correction plane. The method includes performing a first influence run wherein first balancing weight remains fitted for the subsequent second influence run; fitting a first calibration weight to the second correction plane using a reference influence vector; performing a second influence run; removing the first calibration weight from the rotor and calculating an influence vector of the second correction plane using a first set of vibration measurements and a second set of vibration measurements taken during the first influence run and the second influence run, respectively; and carrying out balancing of the rotor by fitting a final balancing weight to the first correction plane and a second balancing weight to the second correction plane using the calculated influence vectors.
METHOD OF METAL WORK REPAIR IN HYBRID COMPOSITE BLADES
A method of repairing a composite blade. The composite blade includes a metal work bonded to a composite part through an adhesive layer. The method includes determining a locally damaged portion of the metal work, and removing a bullet portion corresponding to the locally damaged portion. The method further includes detaching, debonding, and removing a first wing portion from the composite part to obtain a first exposed surface portion. The method further includes detaching, debonding, and removing a second wing portion from the composite part to obtain a second exposed surface portion. The method further includes reconditioning the first and second exposed surface portions to obtain first and second reconditioned surface portions, respectively, and applying first and second adhesive layers to the first and second reconditioned surface portions respectively. The method further includes bonding a metal work patch to the first and second adhesive layers.
TECHNIQUES AND ASSEMBLIES FOR JOINING COMPONENTS
The disclosure describes example techniques and assemblies for joining a first component and a second component. The techniques may include positioning the first and second component adjacent to each other to define a joint region between adjacent portions of the first component and the second component, the joint region being coated with an adhesion resistant coating. The techniques may also include positioning a braze material in the joint region, heating the braze material to form an at least softened material, and cooling the at least softened material to form a mechanical interlock including the braze material in the joint region joining the first and second components. The braze material does not metallurgically bond to the joint surface.
Blade of a turbo machine
A blade of a turbo machine, having a blade leaf, with a flow leading edge, a flow trailing edge, and flow conducting surfaces, and a cooling passage integrated in the blade leaf. In the region of the blade leaf cooling passage portions extend substantially in the radial direction. Adjacent cooling passage portions merge into one another via a diversion passage portion having a material web extending between the adjacent cooling passage portions. The respective material web ends in the region of the respective diversion passage portion. The respective material web has a defined axial width between the respective adjacent cooling passage portions and the respective material web in the region of the respective diversion passage portion has a material thickening enlarging the axial width by at least 20%.
EJECTION CONE HAVING A FLEXIBLE AERODYNAMIC ATTACHMENT
The invention relates to an assembly for an aircraft turbomachine, comprising a central element (1) for the ejection of gas, and a connecting flange (9) interposed between, upstream, a gas outlet (22a) made of metal for a turbomachine, and, at the downstream end, the central element (1). The connecting flange comprises an annular portion (9a) and flexible tabs (11) having axially: a first end (111a) where the tab is connected to the said annular portion, and a second free end (111b), projecting radially inwardly with respect to the first end and to which said tab is attached with the central element (1).
METHOD FOR THE REPAIR WELDING OF AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE BLADE
A method repairs welding of an aircraft turbine engine blade that has a lower surface and an upper surface connected by a leading edge and a trailing edge The blade further includes a free end referred to as the tip. The method includes the repair welding of the tip and including the steps of: securing a first stop to the leading edge at the tip and a second stop to the trailing edge at the tip, depositing a repair weld bead on the tip, from the first stop to the second stop, and removing the first and second stops. The first and second stops are secured solely by squeezing same on the leading and trailing edges.
TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD WITH AXIALLY OFFSET CUTTER TEETH, AND RELATED SURFACE PROFILES AND METHOD
A turbine blade tip shroud has a first cutter tooth extending from a tip rail from one of the upstream side and the downstream side of the tip rail and adjacent the leading edge of the body. The tip shroud also includes a second cutter tooth extending from the tip rail from the other side of the tip rail at a position axially distant from the first cutter tooth. The cutter teeth are thus axially offset. The tip shroud can be initially manufactured with this shape or may be modified from a used tip shroud having, for example, opposing cutter teeth near a leading edge of a body of the tip shroud. Various tip shroud surface profiles, which are expressed in terms of Cartesian coordinates, are also provided.