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US 8,366,983 B2Granted
Method of manufacturing a thermal insulation article
AssigneeSiemens Energy, Inc.
InventorsJay E. Lane, Gary B. Merrill
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a thermal insulation article may include positioning, between opposing mold walls, a first layer comprising a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material and a second layer comprising a plurality of tiles. The method may further include moving the opposing mold walls together to compress together the first and second layers, and curing the compressed together first and second layers to produce the thermal insulation article.
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A method of manufacturing a thermal insulation article comprising:
- positioning, between opposing mold walls, a first layer comprising a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material and a second layer comprising a plurality of tiles;
- moving the opposing mold walls together to compress together the first and second layers to control pressure and placement of the second layer upon the first layer so as to set spacing between adjacent tiles;
- and
- curing the compressed together first and second layers to produce the thermal insulation article with the set spacing between adjacent tiles.
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A method of manufacturing a thermal insulation article comprising:
- positioning, between an expandable inner mold wall and an opposing stationary outer mold wall, a first layer comprising a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material and a second layer comprising a plurality of friable grade insulative (FGI) tiles;
- moving the first expandable mold wall toward the second mold wall to compress together the first and second layers to control pressure and placement of the second layer upon the first layer so as to set spacing between adjacent tiles;
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- curing the compressed together first and second layers to produce the thermal insulation article with the set spacing between adjacent tiles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.