A compressor blade of a gas turbine includes an airfoil made of a fiber-reinforced plastic and a leading-edge element connected to said airfoil. The leading-edge element includes two partial elements, which are fabricated as separate elements and connected to one another, with the leading-edge element being connected to the airfoil essentially using the clamping effect of the two partial elements.

A method for joining two structural elements by welding, in particular by butt welding comprises forming a weld line joining the two structural elements; and adding material across the weld line, thereby forming one or more crack stoppers for limiting crack propagation along the weld line. The one or more crack stoppers each have a limited extension along the weld line as seen in relation to a length of the weld line. A structural system comprising two structural elements joined by the method is disclosed. The method may be applied, e.g., to components of aircraft engines.

A turbine vane and a gas turbine including the same are provided. The turbine vane includes an airfoil having a pressure side and a suction side, at least one cooling channel formed radially in the airfoil, and an insert inserted into the at least one cooling channel to divide the cooling channel into a pressure side passage and a suction side passage.

A method for manufacturing a casing, for example, an exhaust casing, for a turbomachine. The method generally includes: (a) producing casing sectors, each casing sector having a hub sector, a ferrule sector, and at least one arm linking the hub and ferrule sectors, (b) arranging the casing sectors adjacently and circumferentially, such that each hub sector has longitudinal edges facing longitudinal edges of adjacent hub sectors, (c) welding the longitudinal edges facing the hub sectors, and (d) adding and welding at least a second part of the ferrule to the casing sectors.

A panel for attenuating noise is disclosed comprising a face skin having a first inner surface, a base skin having a second inner surface, a cellular core connected to and forming a plurality of cells between the face skin and the base skin, wherein the cellular core is defined by a cell structure having a plurality of cell walls extending between the face skin and the base skin defining each of the plurality of cells and a septum disposed within each of the plurality of cells, the septum defining an upper chamber proximate the face skin and a lower chamber proximate the base skin, wherein the face skin comprises a plurality of perforations fully through the face skin and in fluid communication with the upper chamber.

A method for manufacturing a thrust reverser blocker door may comprise thermoforming a sandwich panel comprising a facesheet, a backsheet, and a honeycomb core. The method may further comprising overmolding a mounting structure onto the backsheet. The first thermoplastic material may comprise a continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite material. The second thermoplastic material may comprise a discontinuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite material.

A system is for bonding a cover sheet to a core to form or repair a dual wall structure. The system includes a cover sheet probe and an inner pedestal probe. A three dimensional contoured tip of the cover sheet probe abuts against a three dimensional contoured outer surface of the cover sheet opposite a pedestal of the core. The pedestal abuts the inner surface of the cover sheet. The inner pedestal probe may be coupled to the core to create a conductive electrical path from the cover sheet probe through at least part of the structure. A flow of electric power is controlled and supplied to the cover sheet probe to heat a junction between the area of the cover sheet abutting the pedestal and the pedestal. A heated area is created in the junction and fixedly couples the coversheet and the pedestal.

Disclosed is a method for producing a blade for a turbomachine, in particular for an aero engine. The method comprises providing at least one blade airfoil with a first platform region and at least one blade root with a second platform region and joining the blade airfoil and the blade root at the respective platform regions by a friction welding method at a common joint region of the platform regions, the blade airfoil and the blade root being made of materials which are different from each other. Also disclosed is a blade which is and/or can be obtained by such a method.

The invention concerns a method for manufacturing of a gas turbine engine component (37) comprising an outer ring structure (42, 47), an inner ring structure (41), and a plurality of circumferentially spaced elements (46, 46a, 46b) extending between the inner ring structure (41) and the outer ring structure (42), wherein a primary gas channel for axial gas flow is defined between the elements (46, 46a, 46b), and wherein the component (37) has an inlet side for gas entrance and an outlet side for gas outflow. The invention is characterized in that the method comprises the step of machining a one-piece metal blank as to form a one-piece part (47) comprising: a portion (46b) of each of said elements (46), wherein said portion (46b) relates to a portion of an extension length of the elements (46) between said ring structures (41, 42); and a ring-shaped member (42) that connects said element portions (46b) and that is intended to form part of one of the ring structures. The invention also concerns a gas turbine engine (1) comprising a component (37) manufactured according to the above method.

A rotor for at least one of a turbine and a compressor of a supercharging device may include a shaft defining an axis of rotation and at least one impeller. The at least one impeller may have a thread which is arranged coaxially to the axis of rotation. The shaft may include a complementary thread which is arranged coaxially to the axis of rotation. The shaft and the at least one impeller may be secured together via the respective threads. The shaft and the at least one impeller may be fixed with respect to one another via at least one of a soldered connection, a welded connection, an adhesive bond, a clamped connection and a crystallization connection.