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US 2016/0327059 A1Published application
Max Phase Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composite Abradables with Enhanced Thermal Conductivity
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsShahram Amini, Christopher W. Strock, Changsheng Guo
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Abstract
A turbine engine system comprising a turbine engine component, such as a fan includes a fan casing and a fan blade rotatable within the fan casing. An abradable seal coupled to the fan casing proximate the fan blade. The abradable seal comprising an abradable composite layer including a MAX phase solid and a polymer based abradable composition.
Claims20
A turbine engine system comprising:
- a turbine engine fan section;
- said fan section including a fan casing and a fan blade rotatable within said fan casing;
- an abradable seal coupled to said fan casing between said fan casing and said fan blade, said abradable seal comprising an abradable composite layer including MAX phase solids and a polymer based abradable composition.
A turbine engine abradable outer air seal comprising:
- a casing substrate;
- an abradable composite layer coupled to said substrate;
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- said abradable composite layer comprising MAX phase solids and a polymer based abradable composition.
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A process for manufacturing a turbine engine abradable outer air seal component, said process comprising the steps of:
- combining MAX phase solids and a polymer based abradable material into an abradable composition;
- applying said abradable composition to a fan casing substrate in the form of an outer air seal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.