The present application provides a gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine may include a compressor, a compressor wash system in communication with the compressor, a condensate or boiler feed water system in communication with the compressor, and a dosing system in communication with the condensate or boiler feed water system.

The invention relates to a turbomachine part comprising a substrate consisting of a metal material, or a composite material, and also comprising a layer of a coating for protection against the infiltration of CMAS-type compounds, at least partially covering the surface of the substrate, the protective coating layer comprising a plurality of elementary layers including elementary layers of a first assembly of elementary layers inserted between elementary layers of a second assembly of elementary layers, each elementary layer of the first assembly and each elementary layer of the second assembly comprising an anti-CMAS compound, and each contact zone between an elementary layer of the first assembly and an elementary layer of the second assembly forming an interface conducive to the spreading of cracks along said interface.

Methods for repairing flange bolt holes and the resulting flange bolt holes are provided. The methods and products include the incorporation of a coating system comprising a corrosion resistant layer, which can be formed by resistance plug welding, slurry or sol-gel processing, or thermal/cold spray processing. The corrosion resistant layer can be a super alloy or ceramic material and is different than the base material of the flange bolt hole. Corrosion of the flange bolt hole can be reduced or prevented from occurring with the use of the coating system.

A thrust reverser system for a gas turbine engine includes at least one hinge coupled to the thrust reverser system so as to be adjacent to at least one opening defined in the thrust reverser system. The thrust reverser system includes at least one body coupled to the at least one hinge. The at least one body has a first body end and an opposing second body end. The body pivotally coupled to the hinge such that a portion of the body is positionable within the at least one opening and the body includes at least one counterweight at the first body end or the second body end. The body is positioned within the at least one opening based on an operating condition of the gas turbine engine.

A system is provided for performing an operation on a component of an engine. The component includes a first side positioned within an interior of the engine. The system includes a first robotic arm defining a first distal end and including a first utility member positioned at the first distal end, the first robotic arm moveable to the interior of the engine to a location operably adjacent to the first side of the component; and a second robotic arm defining a second distal end and including a second utility member positioned at the second distal end, the second robotic arm also moveable to the interior of the engine to facilitate the first and second utility members performing the operation on the component of the engine.

Disclosed is an austenitic stainless steel alloy that includes or consists of, by weight, about 20.0% to about 21.5% chromium, about 8.5% to about 10.0% nickel, about 4.0% to about 5.0% manganese, about 0.5% to about 2.0% silicon, about 0.4% to about 0.5% carbon, about 0.2% to about 0.3% nitrogen, and a balance of iron with inevitable/unavoidable impurities. The elements niobium, tungsten, and molybdenum are excluded beyond impurity levels. Turbocharger turbine housings made of the stainless steel alloy, and methods of making the same, are also disclosed. The stainless steel alloy is suitable for use in turbocharger turbine applications for temperatures up to about 1020° C.

Nickel based super alloy, which includes at least, (in wt %): Iron (Fe) 1.5%-6.5% especially 3.5%-5.5%; Chrome (Cr) 12.0%-14.0%; Molybdenum (Mo) 1.0%-2.0%; Wolfram (W) 2.0%-5.0%; Aluminum (Al) 5.2%-5.8%; Tantalum (Ta) 5.0%-7.0%; Hafnium (Hf) 1.2%-1.8%; Silicon (Si) 0.005%-0.4%; Carbon (C) 0.005%-0.1%; Nickel (Ni), optionally Cobalt (Co) 0.0%-5.0%; especially at least 1.0 wt % Cobalt (CO); Boron (B) >0.0%-0.02%; especially maximum 0.005%; Zirconium (Zr) >0.0%-0.05%; especially maximum 0.01% 0-0.05%; reactive element(s), especially Yttrium (Y), Cerium (Ce), Dysprosium (Dy), and/or Lanthanum (La).

The thermal barrier coating includes reactive gadolinia in its microstructures and the embedded gadolinia effectively reacts with CMAS contaminant reducing the damage from CMAS. Moreover, a method to produce a CMAS resistant thermal barrier coating can include a post-treatment to the thermal barrier coating with the reactive gadolinia suspension in sol-gel state.

A composite blade includes a composite blade body including reinforced fibers and resin; a metal layer provided on an outer side of a leading edge section including a leading edge that is a part of the composite blade body on an upstream side of an air stream, the metal layer having a thickness of equal to or larger than 5 micrometers and equal to or smaller than 100 micrometers; an adhesive layer provided between the composite blade body and the metal layer to bond the metal layer to the composite blade body; and an electric insulating layer provided in contact with a surface of the leading edge section of the composite blade body, the surface being on the side on which the metal layer is provided, the electric insulating layer having an electric insulating property.

A robot for heat exchanger inspection is provided including a mobility system configured to move the robot in reference to the heat exchanger, a camera configured to capture image data including at least a portion of the heat exchanger, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive the image data from the camera, determine a plurality of heat exchanger characteristics in the image data, compare the heat exchanger characteristics to heat exchanger data, determine a current location and an orientation angle of the robot based on the comparison of the one or more heat exchanger characteristics to the heat exchanger data, identify the heat exchanger characteristic based on the current location, determine an orientation angle of the robot, and determine an end effector position based on the current location and the orientation angle.