Siemens Energy Global Gmbh & Co. Kg

David Monk

Ali Akturk

Krishan Mohan

Jose L Rodriguez

Andrew Miller

Taylor Hynds

A turbine blade tip includes a tip cap disposed over a blade airfoil and having a pressure side edge and a suction side edge. A notch is formed by a radially inward step adjacent to the suction side edge of the tip cap. The notch is defined by a radially extending step wall and a radially outward facing land. The step wall extends radially inward from the suction side edge of the tip cap to the land, whereby the land is positioned radially inward in relation to a radially outer surface of the tip cap. The notch extends along at least a portion of the suction sidewall in a direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge. In a further aspect, a method is provided for servicing a blade that includes machining a suction side notch as described above.

Turbine blade and corresponding servicing method

A turbine blade includes a tip cap disposed over an outer wall of a blade airfoil. A trench is defined on a radially outer side of the tip cap facing a hot gas path fluid. The trench is formed by a trench floor flanked on laterally opposite sides by first and second trench side faces such that the trench floor is located radially inwardly in relation to a radially outer surface of the tip cap. The trench extends from a trench inlet located at or proximal to an airfoil leading edge to a trench outlet located at or proximal to an airfoil trailing edge. The trench is configured to entrain a tip leakage flow from the trench inlet to the trench outlet.

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David Monk