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US 2010/0011774 A1Published application
Method of refurbishing a seal land on a turbomachine transition piece and a refurbished transition piece
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJere Allen Johnson, Prahlad Kalidas
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Abstract
A method of refurbishing a seal land on a transition piece of a turbomachine includes applying a wear strip to a wall surface of the seal land, and covering the wear strip with a slot protector.
Claims20
A method of refurbishing a seal land comprising:
- applying a wear strip to a wall surface of the seal land;
- and
- covering the wear strip with a slot protector.
A refurbished transition piece for a turbomachine comprising:
- a main body having a first end that extends to a second end through an intermediate portion;
- a seal land extending about a portion of at least one of the first and second ends, the seal land including first and second opposing side walls joined by a third wall that collectively define a slot;
- a wear strip bonded to at least one of the first, second and third walls;
- and
- a slot protector bonded to the wear strip, the slot protector providing abrasion resistance to the seal land.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.