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US 10,472,981 B2Granted
Edge treatment for gas turbine engine component
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsJohn R. Farris, Christopher W. Strock, Paul M. Lutjen
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a body having a first outer face meeting a second outer face at an intersection, the body having a plurality of apertures extending from an opening in the first outer face to an opening on the second outer face; and a coating filling at least a portion of the plurality of apertures.
Claims19
A gas turbine engine assembly, comprising:
- a seal body having a first outer face meeting a second outer face at an intersection, the seal body having a plurality of apertures each opening out to the first outer face and further opening out to the second outer face, wherein the seal body is a seal body of a blade outer air seal segment, wherein the first outer face is a first mate face of the seal body, and the second outer face is a radially inner face of the seal body, the radially inner face having a length that extends circumferentially between the first mate face and a second mate face, the radially inner face extending axially between a leading edge face and a trailing edge face,
- wherein each aperture of the plurality of apertures extends along the radially inner face for only a portion of the length of the radially inner face between the first mate face and the second mate face,
- wherein the radially inner face of the seal body is a radially inner face with reference to an orientation of the seal body when installed within a gas turbine engine and a central axis of the gas turbine engine,
- wherein the radially inner face is extending circumferentially between the first mate face and the second mate face with reference to the central axis of the gas turbine engine when the seal body is installed within the gas turbine engine,
- wherein the radially inner face is extending axially between the leading edge face and the trailing edge face with reference to the central axis of the gas turbine engine when the seal body is installed within the gas turbine engine;
- and
- a coating filling at least a portion of the plurality of apertures.
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A blade outer air seal (BOAS) assembly, comprising:
- at least one BOAS segment including:
- a radially inner face, a first mate face, a second mate face, a leading edge face, and a trailing edge face, the radially inner face having a length that circumferentially extends between the first mate face and the second mate face and axially extends between the leading edge face and the trailing edge face,
- a first plurality of expansion slots defined in the at least one BOAS segment that each open to both the first mate face and the radially inner face,
- a second plurality of expansion slots defined in the at least one BOAS segment that are each open to both the second mate face and the radially inner face,
- wherein each slot of both the first plurality of expansion slots and the second plurality of expansion slots extends along the radially inner face for only a portion of the length of the radially inner face between the first mate face and the second mate face.
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A method of providing a Blade Outer Air Seal that resists wear, comprising:
- providing a Blade Outer Air Seal having a plurality of expansion slots at an intersection between a first outer face and a second outer face that is transverse to the first outer face, wherein the first outer face is a first mate face and the second outer face is a radially inner face of the Blade Outer Air Seal,
- wherein the radially inner face has a length that circumferentially extends from the first mate face to a second mate face of the Blade Outer Air Seal with reference to a central axis of gas turbine engine when the Blade Outer Air Seal is installed within the gas turbine engine,
- wherein the plurality of expansion slots is a first plurality of expansion slots the Blade Outer Air Seal further includes a second plurality of expansion slots that each open to both the second mate face and the radially inner face, wherein each expansion slot of the first plurality of expansion slots and second plurality of expansion slots extend along the radially inner face for only a portion of the length of the radially inner face between the first mate face and the second mate face.
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