Porous metal coupon with thermal transfer structure for component and related component
AssigneeGE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC
InventorsMark Lawrence Hunt, Nathan Nicholas Ostrout, Jacob Andrew Salm
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Abstract
A component includes a body and an additively manufactured (AM) metal coupon that includes a primary member having a member porosity between 2% to 50% open space volume to total volume of the primary member. The primary member includes a first portion distanced from a second portion by a gap. At least one thermal transfer structure extends between the first portion and the second portion across the gap and a portion has a thermal transfer structure porosity. A braze material couples the AM metal coupon in a coupon opening in the body and infiltrates the primary member based at least on a characteristic of the member porosity.
Claims20
An additively manufactured (AM) metal coupon for insertion in a component, the AM metal coupon comprising:
- a primary member having a member porosity between 2% to 50% open space volume to total volume of the primary member, wherein the primary member has a first portion distanced from a second portion by a gap;
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- at least one thermal transfer structure extending between the first portion and the second portion across the gap and wherein a portion of the at least one thermal transfer structure has a thermal transfer structure porosity.
A component, comprising:
- a body;
- an additively manufactured (AM) metal coupon including:
- a primary member having a member porosity between 2% to 50% open space volume to total volume of the primary member, wherein the primary member has a first portion distanced from a second portion by a gap;
- and
- at least one thermal transfer structure extending between the first portion and the second portion across the gap, wherein a portion of the at least one thermal transfer structure has a thermal transfer structure porosity;
- and
- a braze material coupling the AM metal coupon in a coupon opening in the body, the braze material infiltrated into the primary member based at least on a characteristic of the member porosity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.