Gas turbine engine
AssigneesGeneral Electric Company, GE AEROSPACE POLAND sp. z o. o., GE Avio S.r.l.
InventorsArthur William Sibbach, Aleksandra Natalia Grzybowska, Brandon Wayne Miller, Dario Mantegazza
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine comprising a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a compressor, the turbine section having one or more turbines. The turbomachine includes one or more additively manufactured metal components, and a total mass of the one or more additively manufactured metal components is in a range from 1% to 50% of a total dry mass of the gas turbine engine.
Claims20
A gas turbine engine comprising:
- a turbomachine comprising a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a compressor, the turbine section having one or more turbines;
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- wherein the turbomachine comprise one or more additively manufactured metal components, and wherein a total mass of the one or more additively manufactured metal components is in a range from 1% to 50% of a total dry mass of the gas turbine engine.
A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a turbomachine comprising a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a compressor, the turbine section having one or more turbines;
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- wherein the turbomachine comprise one or more additively manufactured metal components, and wherein a total mass of the additively manufactured metal components is at least 1% or greater of a total dry mass of the gas turbine engine.
A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a turbomachine comprising a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a compressor, the turbine section having one or more turbines, the turbomachine further comprising at least one sump housing;
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- wherein the turbomachine comprise one or more additively manufactured metal components, and wherein the one or more additively manufactured metal components includes the at least one sump housing, and wherein a total mass of the at least one sump housing is in a range from 1% to 5% of a total dry mass of the gas turbine engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.