European Patent Application: A Seal in A Gas Turbine and A Method of Manufacturing A Seal
European Patent Application: A Seal in A Gas Turbine and A Method of Manufacturing A Seal
European Patent Application: A Seal in A Gas Turbine and A Method of Manufacturing A Seal
EP 2 196 632 A3
(12)
(88) Date of publication A3:
Pattinson, Glen
Melbourne,
Derby DE73 8LR (GB)
Gent, John Travis
Belper,
Derby DE56 2HU (GB)
(72) Inventors:
Sellars, Christopher
Allestree,
Derby DE22 2GD (GB)
(54)
EP 2 196 632 A3
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A seal (48) between a compressor rotor blade
(26) and compressor casing (28) comprises an abradable
structure (59) on the compressor casing (28). The abradable structure (59) comprises a metallic foam (60) having
pores (66, 68). The metallic foam (60) has a first a region
(62) and a second region (64). The first region (62) of the
metallic foam (60) is arranged adjacent to the compressor casing (28) and the second region (64) of the metallic
foam (60) is spaced from the compressor casing (28) by
the first region (62) of the metallic foam (60). The pores
(68) of the second region (64) of the metallic foam (60)
contain an abradable material (70) and the pores (66) of
the first region (62) of the metallic foam (60) do not contain
an abradable material.
EP 2 196 632 A3
EP 2 196 632 A3