Patent classifications
B23P15/008
FABRICATED ARTICLE
A fabricated article includes a substrate and one or more turbulators formed on the substrate. Each of the one or more turbulators includes at least one root portion providing a concave transition between the substrate and the turbulator. In some embodiments, the fabricated article is formed by a turbulator fabrication process. The turbulator fabrication process includes concurrently directing the first fusion energy toward a first side of the turbulator material extending from the substrate and the second fusion energy toward a second side of the turbulator material opposite the first side and extending from the substrate. The directing of the first fusion energy and the second fusion energy shapes the first side of the turbulator material to have a first contour and the second side of the turbulator material to have a second contour, thereby forming the one or more turbulators on the substrate.
Additively Manufactured Combustion Chambers, Manifold Structures and Hybrid Additive Processes Related Thereto
- Van Earl Bishop Wright, JR. ,
- Erik Daniel Stengline ,
- Thomas Vaughn ,
- Fritz C. Gruber ,
- Vladislav Mogilevskiy ,
- Nazareth Ekmekjian ,
- Rocco DiVerdi ,
- Alyssa Ishigo ,
- Benjamin Stephen Waxman ,
- Jacob Shearman ,
- Allan Huang ,
- Samuel James Tonneslan ,
- Aaron Goldfogel ,
- John Charles Fuller ,
- Andrew Neil Osborn ,
- Chandler Aulick ,
- Alexander Weisfeld
Additively manufactured thrust chambers and thrust chambers with integral fluid manifolds, and hybrid additive manufacturing methods for their production, are provided. Hybrid additive manufacturing techniques may combine a variety of processes including, WAAM, PBF, cold spray and DED, for example, to produce objects with variant dimensional requirements, i.e., large overall size and small features. Hybrid additive manufacturing may be defined as provide various process layers within any manufactured object. These process layers in turn allow for the introduction of variable feature and size distribution throughout the manufactured object. Hybrid process layers according to aspects may also allow the use of a variety of materials or may use a single material across the various process layers.
Substrate edge configurations for ceramic coatings
An article has a body having: a first face; and a first bevel surface extending from the first face. A plurality of first channels along the first bevel surface extending from the first face. A ceramic coating is along the inner diameter surface and the first bevel surface.
Gapped attachment for ceramic matrix composite vane and method
An attachment assembly for a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) vane includes an inner diameter ring having a strut recess and a first flange on a downstream side configured for engaging an inner platform of the CMC vane, an outer diameter ring having a support structure disposed to form a gap relative to a portion of an outer platform of the CMC vane during a non-operating engine condition, and a strut cantilevered from an inner side of the outer diameter ring and disposed to pass through a hollow portion within an airfoil of the CMC vane to engage the strut recess in the inner diameter ring to support the inner diameter ring and the CMC vane. The inner and outer diameter rings and the strut may be metallic and carry the loads rather than the CMC carrying the loads.