A method of manufacturing an impeller includes: providing a disc comprising a plurality of blades, casting a shroud to a first state in a mold, providing a mounting space in the mold, mounting the disc in the mounting space and casting the shroud to a second state with the mounted disc.

A thermally conductive lightweight elastomeric seal including a stator substrate having an external surface; a casing coupled to the external surface, the casing including radial walls extending orthogonal radially from the external surface; an abradable material disposed within the casing, the abradable material comprises an elastomer material with imbedded metal-coated hollow microspheres, wherein the abradable material comprises a density of 0.5 to 0.6 grams/cubic centimeter; the abradable material and the casing being coupled together.

A stator assembly for a rotary machine having a rotor arranged to rotate about an axis in use. The stator assembly has a circumferential support member or casing arranged about said axis and a plurality of elements extending in a substantially radial direction from the support. The elements have a platform at an end thereof for engagement within the support, wherein the elements each comprise a hollow internal cavity having an opening through the platform at the end of the element, wherein said internal cavity is filled with a vibration damping material. The elements may be filled vanes in a gas turbine engine compressor. The platforms may also be filled with the vibration damping material.

A silencer panel section may include an acoustic absorbing material, a first enclosure surrounding the acoustic absorbing material, and a first coupler configured to couple the first enclosure to a second enclosure of an adjacent silencer panel section. A silencer panel may employ a plurality of the sections coupled together to form a single silencer panel. A silencer duct may include a frame forming a working fluid flow path, and a plurality of silencer panel mounts positioned within the frame, each silencer panel mount configured to slidingly receive a silencer panel, such as the silencer panel described herein.

The present invention relates to a composition for producing a coating having antifouling properties on a component of a turbomachine. The composition comprises a binder comprising at least one silicon-organic constituent, ceramic particles and a solvent, the ceramic particles comprising at least silicon dioxide and the silicon-organic constituent comprising at least alkoxysilane. In addition, the present invention relates to a process for producing a coating using such a composition and also a correspondingly produced coating and a component provided therewith.