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US 2019/0376415 A1Published application
Casting plug with flow control features
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorJaime G. Ghigliotty
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Abstract
A casting plug for a vane of a gas turbine engine includes a plug body a flow control feature and a support that extends between the plug body and the flow control feature.
Claims20
A casting plug for a component of gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a plug body;
- a flow control feature;
- and
- a support that extends between the plug body and the flow control feature.
1 more element
A vane for a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- an outer platform;
- an inner platform;
- an airfoil between the outer platform and the inner platform with a plurality of flow passages within the airfoil;
- and
- a casting plug received into an aperture in the vane, the casting plug comprising a flow control feature to at least partially define at least one of the plurality of flow passages.
2 more elements
A method for manufacturing a component for a gas turbine engine, the method comprising:
- installing a casting plug into an aperture in the component, the casting plug comprising a flow control feature to at least partially define at least one of a plurality of flow passages within the vane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.