United Technologies Corporation

Raytheon Technologies Corporation

Rtx Corporation

Eric A Hudson

Michael G McCaffrey

Tracy A Propheter-Hinckley

Raymond C Surace

John R Farris

San Quach

Matthew A Devore

Dominic J Mongillo, Jr

Gary D Roberge

Alan David Cetel

Ronald R Gagnon, Jr

Paul M Lutjen

Dilip M Shah

James Tilsley Auxier

Scott Daniel Virkler

Susan M Tholen

Keith A Santeler

Christopher R Joe

Jonathan J Earl

James N Knapp

Eric L Couch

Virginia L Ross

Benjamin R Harding

Frank J Cunha

James Thompson Beals

James D Hill

Stephen Karl Kramer

Joel H Wagner

David Wasserman

Thomas J Praisner

Edwin Otero

Shankar S Magge

Andrew S Aggarwala

Stanley J Funk

Alan C Barron

Joseph T Caprario

Blake J Luczak

Andrew D Burdick

George T Suljak, Jr

Scott W Gayman

Eric P Letizia

Dilip N Shah

Tracy A Propheter-hinckley

Ryan W Brandt

Richard A Carlton

David J Wasserman

Jr George T Suljak

Christopher Joe

Shankar S Maggee

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a seal configured to interface with at least a first component and a second component of a gas turbine engine. A method for forming the seal includes obtaining an ingot of a fine grained, or a coarse grained, or a columnar grained or a single crystal material from a precipitation hardened nickel base superalloy containing at least 40% by volume of the precipitate of the form Ni3(Al, X), where X is a metallic or refractory element, and processing the ingot to generate a sheet of the material, where the sheet has a thickness within a range of 0.010 inches and 0.050 inches inclusive.

Thin seal for an engine

A core assembly for a casting system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a core that includes a body and at least one hole formed through the body and a spacer that extends through the at least one hole. The spacer includes a stud portion and a chaplet portion configured to abut a surface of the body that circumscribes the at least one hole.

Core assembly including studded spacer

A variable area turbine arrangement according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a variable vane assembly and a secondary flow system associated with the variable vane assembly. Flow modulation of a cooling fluid through the secondary flow system is changed simultaneously with actuation of the variable vane assembly.

Variable area turbine arrangement with secondary flow modulation

An airfoil includes leading and trailing edges; first and second sides extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, each side having an exterior surface; a core passage located between the first and second sides and the leading and trailing edges; and a wall structure located between the core passage and the exterior surface of the first side. The wall structure includes a plurality of cooling fluid inlets communicating with the core passage for receiving cooling fluid from the core passage, a plurality of cooling fluid outlets on the exterior surface of the first side for expelling cooling fluid and forming a cooling film along the exterior surface of the first side, and a plurality of cooling passages communicating with the plurality of cooling fluid inlets and the plurality of cooling fluid outlets. At least a portion of one cooling passage extends between adjacent cooling fluid outlets.

Airfoil cooling circuits

A cooling scheme for a blade outer air seal includes a perimeter cooling arrangement configured to convectively cool a perimeter of the blade outer air seal, and a core cooling arrangement configured to cool a central portion of the blade outer air seal through impingement cooling and to provide film cooling to an inner diameter face of the blade outer air seal.

Blade outer air seal cooling scheme

A gas turbine engine component includes a passage and a wall adjacent the passage. The wall includes a first side bordering the passage and a second side opposite the first side. The second side includes an array of cells. The wall also includes an array of channels. Each of the channels is located proximate a corresponding one of the cells. A coating is disposed over the cells. When the coating degrades the channels open to permit impingement air flow through the channel onto sidewalls of the cells.

Gas turbine engine component with degradation cooling scheme

An airfoil includes an airfoil section that defines an airfoil profile. The airfoil section includes a distinct panel that forms a portion of the airfoil profile. The panel has a geometrically segmented coating section. The geometrically segmented coating section includes a wall that has an outer side. The outer side includes an array of cells, and there is a coating disposed in the array of cells.

Airfoil having panel with geometrically segmented coating

An airfoil includes an airfoil body that has a geometrically segmented coating section. The geometrically segmented coating section includes a wall having an outer side. The outer side has an array of cells, and there is a coating disposed in the array of cells.

Airfoil with geometrically segmented coating section

Thermal lifting members for blade outer air seal supports of gas turbine engines include a hollow body defining a thermal cavity therein, at least one inlet fluid connector fluidly connected to the thermal cavity configured to supply hot fluid to the thermal cavity from a fluid source, at least one outlet fluid connector fluidly connected to the thermal cavity configured to allow the hot fluid to exit the thermal cavity, and at least one lifting hook configured to engage with a blade outer air seal support, wherein the thermal lifting member is configured to thermally expand outward when hot fluid is passed through the thermal cavity such that during thermal expansion the at least one lifting hook forces the blade outer air seal support to move outward.

Thermal lifting member for blade outer air seal support

A method of manufacturing an airfoil. The method includes fixing the airfoil in a workpiece space, detecting a position of the airfoil in the workpiece space using a force-sensing element, and removing material from the airfoil to reduce a dimension of the airfoil. In various embodiments, detecting the position of the airfoil includes moving the force-sensing element across a surface of the airfoil. For example, the surface of the airfoil may be a first surface, wherein removing material from the airfoil to reduce the dimension of the airfoil comprises removing material from a second surface of the airfoil opposite the first surface. Removing material from the second surface of the airfoil may be performed without moving the force-sensing element across the second surface of the airfoil.

Airfoil aerodynamics

A section of a gas turbine engine includes a rotor blade designed to rotate about an axis. The section also includes a case positioned radially outward from the rotor blade and extending circumferentially about the axis. The section also includes a control ring being annular, positioned radially inward from the case and designed to move radially relative to the case. The section also includes a segmented blade outer air seal (BOAS) including a plurality of BOAS segments each being positioned radially outward from the rotor blade, movably coupled to the control ring, and designed to move circumferentially relative to each other such that a circumferential gap between each of the plurality of BOAS segments changes in size in response to a temperature change in the section of the gas turbine engine.

Compact advanced passive tip clearance control

An actuation system according to various embodiments can include an actuation ring having a first end and a second end separated by a gap, the actuation ring being configured to be coupled to a blade outer air seal (BOAS). The actuation system can also include an actuator coupled to at least one of the first end or the second end and configured to adjust a size of the gap such that a tip clearance between the BOAS and a blade tip is reduced in response to the size of the gap being reduced.

High response turbine tip clearance control system

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Eric A Hudson