# US 5,342,166 A · Ceramic gas-turbine nozzle with cooling fine holes and method for preparing the same

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- Number: US 5,342,166 A
- Document ID: US5342166A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/038,808
- Filed: 1993-03-29
- Granted: 1994-08-30
- Earliest claimed: 1992-04-06
- Assignees: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
- Inventors: Mitsuru Hattori
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5342166A

## CPC

- F01D 5/284: {Selection of ceramic materials}
- C04B 35/584: based on silicon nitride
- F01D 5/186: {Film cooling (F01D5/187 takes precedence)}
- A63F 9/0857: {with elements slidably connected to a visible central body, e.g. beads in grooves}
- F05D 2240/10: Stators
- Y10T 29/49323: Assembling fluid flow directing devices, e.g., stators, diaphragms, nozzles
- Y10T 29/49325: Shaping integrally bladed rotor
- Y10T 29/49989: Followed by cutting or removing material
- F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D)
- C04B: LIME, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE {(roofing granules E04D7/005)}; CERAMICS (devitrified glass-ceramics C03C10/00); REFRACTORIES; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE
- A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

To improve the precision of the cooling fine holes of a large-sized and complex-shaped ceramic gas-turbine nozzle with fine cooling holes, a ceramic gas-turbine nozzle with fine cooling holes has a profile degree of 1.0% or less relative to the blade length, a roundness of the fine cooling holes of 0.3 mm or less, and a straightness of the fine cooling fine holes of 1% or less relative to the blade length. This nozzle is prepared by a method in which two compacts of shroud portions and at least one compact of a blade portion and separately molded are joined by isotropic press molding to be calcined, and the predetermined positions of the resulting calcined compact are subjected to supersonic processing to bore cooling fine holes, the resulting compact is then fired.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A ceramic gas-turbine nozzle, comprising:
at least one blade portion defining a hollow cavity in an interior thereof, and fine cooling holes formed through said blade portion to communicate said hollow cavity with an exterior of said nozzle; and
shroud portions integrally joined with said at least one blade portion, each of said shroud portions having at least one through hole formed therethrough in communication with said hollow cavity;
said ceramic gas-turbine nozzle having a profile degree no greater than 1.0% relative to a length of said blade portion, said fine cooling holes having a roundness no greater than 0.3 mm and a straightness no greater than 1% relative to the length of said blade portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The ceramic gas-turbine nozzle of claim 1, wherein said blade and shroud portions consist essentially of a ceramic which has an initial JIS four-point flexural strength of at least 600 MPa, a fatigue parameter (N) of at least 50 at a temperature of 1400.degree. C., and an initial heat-resistant impact strength, and said ceramic retains a JIS four-point flexural strength of at least 50% relative to the initial JIS four-point flexural strength thereof and a heat-resistant impact strength of at least 70% relative to the initial heat-resistant impact strength thereof after said blade and shroud portions are maintained at 1400.degree. C. for 10,000 hours.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The ceramic gas-turbine nozzle of claim 1, wherein said blade and shroud portions comprise at least one ceramic selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon carbide, stabilized zirconia, partially stabilized zirconia and alumina.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The ceramic gas-turbine nozzle of claim 2, wherein said blade and shroud portions comprise at least one ceramic selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon carbide, stabilized zirconia, partially stabilized zirconia and alumina.