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US 2017/0356296 A1Published application
Gas turbine engine component
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsIan TIBBOTT, Dougal Richard JACKSON
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Abstract
Described is a gas turbine engine component (100), comprising a shell having an internal cavity for receiving a multi-part insert; a multi-part insert located within the cavity, wherein the multi-part insert comprises multiple separate parts assembled in an abutting relation with one another within the cavity to provide the multi-part insert; wherein the assembled insert includes at least one retention part, the retention part engaging with a wall of the cavity and at least one other insert part so as to retain the assembled insert within the cavity.
Claims18
A gas turbine engine component, comprising:
- a shell having a divider wall which divides an internal cavity of the shell into a front cavity at a leading edge region of the component and a rear cavity at a trailing edge region of the component;
- an insert located within the front cavity or rear cavity,
- wherein the divider wall includes at least one aperture which provides fluid communication between the front and rear cavity, and the insert includes a sealing plate to prevent the flow of cooling air across the divider wall through the at least one aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.