An air seal may comprise an annular ring defined by at least a proximal surface, a distal surface, an aft side and a forward side. A channel may be disposed in the forward side of the air seal and/or the aft side of the air seal and may extend between the proximal surface and the distal surface. An additional channel extending from at least one of the forward side or the aft side may be disposed in the distal surface. The channel and the additional channel may be circumferentially in line. The channels may define a flow path for direction cooling air from a proximal side of the air seal to a distal side of the air seal.

A tooling fixture assembly for processing a component of a gas turbine engine is provided. The tooling fixture assembly includes a component nesting fixture for precisely positioning the component within the fixture using a plurality of datum locators. A transfer block is also positioned at a known location and orientation relative to the component and an adhesive is used to fix the relative position of the component and the transfer block. The component and the transfer block are then removed from the component nesting fixture and installed on a machine for drilling, machining, or otherwise processing the component. After the machining is complete, the adhesive may be removed, such that the component may be detached from the transfer block.

A method forming a metallic structure having two or more portions is provided. The method can include providing a first layer of metal-forming material and then applying energy of a first power level to a first area of the first layer of metal-forming material to form a first portion of the metallic structure having a first density. Energy of a second power level can then be applied to a second area of the first layer of metal-forming material to form a second portion of the metallic structure having a second density. A second layer of the metal-forming material can be applied on top of the first portion and the second portion. The energy of the first power level can be applied to a first area of the second layer of metal-forming material and the energy of the second power level can be applied to a second area of the second layer to form the metallic structure.

A process of preparing a blade tip for abrasive coating comprising: forming a hydroxide layer on a surface of the blade tip; ablating the hydroxide layer from the surface with a laser; and roughening the surface with the laser after the hydroxide layer ablation.

A method of flowing cooling fluid through a stator vane in a gas turbine engine includes the step of providing an airfoil that has an exterior wall that provides a cooling cavity. The exterior surface has an interior surface that has multiple pin fins that extend therefrom. A baffle is arranged in the cooling cavity and supported by the pin fins. A perimeter cavity is provided between the baffle and the exterior wall. The pin fins are arranged in the perimeter cavity. Cooling fluid flows through a region in the perimeter cavity. The pin fins are arranged in the region having a low Reynolds number and through which the cooling fluid

A method of injecting laser-blocking material into a workpiece includes communicating molten laser-blocking material through the workpiece as the workpiece is subjected to at least a partial vacuum within an enclosed environment such that the partial vacuum expands any air bubbles in the laser-blocking material and transports the air bubbles out of the workpiece.

A system optimizes data transmission along network paths includes a communications interface; a processor, and a non-transient computer-readable storage medium having machine instructions for path optimizing and sequencing data transmission. The processor is configured to receive a model of a utility of data transmission in the network, receive a job that includes a sequence of data transmission tasks that optimize the utility of the data transmission; determine that a sequencing process represents an intractable problem; identify a best task insertion order for inserting tasks into a sequence, retaining as a current best task insertion order, a task insertion order that produces a current best score of a general utility function, until a stopping condition is reached; and using the current best task insertion order, apply the tasks to optimize the sequence of tasks of the job.

A cooling jacket for a hollow airfoil of a turbine nozzle of a turbomachine, includes a main body including a central intake duct central defining a first ventilation air circulation area and connected to suction and pressure faces including at least two rows of drill holes by two separating walls defining second and third ventilation air circulation areas, an outer plate including first, second and third holes to allow the ventilation air respectively into the first, second and third ventilation air circulation areas, and an inner plate including a central opening to expel air from the first ventilation air circulation area, the outer and inner plates being secured by respectively soldering to the main body to form a one-piece unit with three ventilation air circulation areas, independent and airtight with respect to one another, before its installation in the hollow airfoil of the nozzle.

A method of forming a thermal barrier coating on a metal part includes laser cleaning a surface of the metal part to remove undesirable oxides and residues from the surface of the part. It further includes depositing an aluminum containing bondcoat on the part and thermally interdiffusing the bondcoat and the part with a heat treatment. Laser cleaning a surface of the bondcoat to remove oxides and debris from the surface forms an alpha aluminum oxide layer on the bondcoat. A ceramic topcoat is then deposited on the alpha aluminum oxide layer at a temperature above 1800 F. (982 C.).

An article may include a substrate comprising a matrix material and a reinforcement material, a layer formed on the substrate, an array of features formed on the layer, and a coating formed on the layer and the array of features. The article may have improved thermal and/or mechanical stress tolerance compared to an article not including the array of features formed on the layer.