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TURBINE SHROUD WITH ABRADABLE LAYER HAVING DIMPLED FORWARD ZONE
20170370241 · 2017-12-28 ·

Turbine and compressor casing abradable components for turbine engines include abradable surfaces with a zonal system of forward (zone A) and rear or aft sections (zone B) surface features. The zone A surface profile comprises an array pattern of non-directional depression dimples, or upwardly projecting dimples, or both, in the abradable surface. The dimpled forward zone A surface features reduce surface solidity in a controlled manner, to help increase abradability during blade tip rubbing incidents, yet they provide sufficient material to resist incoming hot working fluid erosion of the abradable surface. In addition, the dimples provide generic forward section aerodynamic profiling to the abradable surface, compatible with different blade airfoil-camber profiles. The aft zone B surface features comprise an array pattern of ridges and grooves.

COLD SPRAY METHOD TO JOIN OR IN CERTAIN CASES STRENGTHEN METALS

A method of repairing or, in certain cases, strengthening a metallic substrate at a damage site is provided and includes removing material from the substrate around the damage site to form a recess, and cold spraying particulate material into the recess to form a bead of deposited material.

METHODS FOR REPAIRING A DAMAGED COMPONENT OF AN ENGINE
20170370221 · 2017-12-28 ·

Methods for repairing a component having a damaged region are provided. The method can include removing the damaged portion from the component to form an intermediate component, wherein the damaged portion has an original geometry; and applying using additive manufacturing a repaired portion onto the intermediate component to form a repaired component. The repaired portion can have a repaired geometry that includes at least one film hole absent in the original geometry, with the film holes being fluidly connected to a cooling supply of the repaired component.

METHODS FOR REPAIRING AIRFOIL TRAILING EDGES TO INCLUDE EJECTION SLOTS THEREIN
20170370222 · 2017-12-28 ·

Methods for repairing a trailing edge of an airfoil are provided. The method can include removing a portion of the trailing edge of the airfoil to form an intermediate component, and then applying using additive manufacturing a replacement portion on the intermediate component to form a repaired airfoil. The replacement portion defines at least one trailing edge ejection slot.

Turbomachine output bearing support

Turbomachine output bearing support extending according to an axial direction, said support being formed by one and the same piece and comprising an annular inner wall having an inner side and an outer side, an annular outer wall and a twist support.

GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT WITH PROTECTIVE COATING
20170362944 · 2017-12-21 · ·

A gas turbine engine component made of a nickel-based superalloy, the gas turbine engine component comprising a protective coating. The protective coating includes an inner diffusion barrier layer including any one or any combination of elements selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, tantalum, tungsten, hafnium and iridium, and an outer layer of hard material formed of hard particles embedded in a matrix.

TURBINE CASE BOSS

A stiffness boss for a turbine case of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The stiffness boss includes a head portion disposed on an outer case surface of the turbine case, the head portion configured to provide rigidity in response to a transverse load being applied to the turbine case in a transverse direction. The stiffness boss also includes a leg portion disposed on the outer case surface of the turbine case and connected to the head portion, the leg portion configured to provide rigidity in response to an axial load being applied to the turbine case in an axial direction, such that deformation of the turbine case is resisted.

SEMI-ANNULAR COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
20170356308 · 2017-12-14 · ·

There is disclosed a method of manufacturing a semi-annular component 60 for a casing arrangement of a gas turbine by additive manufacture, the component having a lattice structure 84 and extending circumferentially about a central axis 11 so that a radial direction extends towards the central axis 11. The method comprises: fusing material at successive build locations along a build direction 98 to progressively form the component 60 so that members 86 of the lattice structure 84 have an elongate direction having a circumferential component; wherein the build direction 98 lies in a plane substantially normal to the central axis; and wherein the build direction 98 is inclined with respect to the radial direction at each build location so that members 86 of the lattice structure 84 are progressively formed along their elongate direction. A semi-annular component including a seal carrier is also disclosed.

PART OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURING THE PART

The invention relates to a component of a gas turbine engine which has a fiber-composite material having a multiplicity of rovings, wherein at least one roving of the fiber-composite material along the spatial extent thereof has a variable cross section, at least two rovings have in each case a dissimilar cross section and/or the at least one roving follows a variable direction and the at least one roving is deposited by means of tailored fiber placement. The invention also relates to a method of a component.

Method for localised repair of a damaged thermal barrier

A method of localized repair to a damaged thermal barrier, the method including subjecting a part coated in a damaged thermal barrier to electrophoresis treatment, the part being made of an electrically conductive material, the damaged thermal barrier including a ceramic material and presenting at least one damaged zone that is to be repaired, the part being present in an electrolyte including a suspension of particles in a liquid medium, the ceramic coating being deposited by electrophoresis in the damaged zone in order to obtain a repaired thermal barrier for use at temperatures higher than or equal to 1000° C., the particles being made of a material different from the ceramic material present in the damaged thermal barrier.