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US 2019/0160623 A1Published application
Integral part wear indicator system, method and apparatus
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsMicah Beckman, David Masiukiewicz, Edward Marchitto, Daniel Livchitz
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Abstract
A part comprising a one or more removable wear indicators is provided. The part may be a stator segment comprising a plurality of airfoils. The stator segment may also comprise one or more mock airfoils at each end of the stator segment. Each of the mock airfoils may comprise an indicator configured to wear during a polishing process.
Claims7
A stator segment comprising:
- a plurality of airfoils;
- a first mock airfoil formed on a first end of the stator;
- a second mock airfoil formed on a second end of the stator, wherein the first mock airfoil and the second mock airfoil are removed in response to the completion of a polishing process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.