Mtu Aero Engines Ag

Helmut Eibl

Sergio Elorza Gomez

Axel Mattschas

Dirk Henrichs

A turbomachine, particularly an aircraft engine, having a rotor, which is mounted rotatably around its longitudinal axis in a stator, and which has at least one row of rotating blades, which is formed by a plurality of rotating blades, is disclosed, wherein the stator has at least one abradable layer, and wherein each rotating blade has a blade tip that is lowered radially inward, at least in sections, proceeding from a leading edge on the side of the rotating blades in the direction of a trailing edge on the side of the rotating blades, and with a blade tip region that extends downstream from the leading edge runs into the abradable layer during operation of the turbomachine.

Turbomachine with blades having blade tips lowering towards the trailing edge

The invention relates to a method for producing a cylindrical component, particularly of turbomachines. In the process, a heated blank is provided. The blank is then formed to create a flat blank (). The flat blank () is next bent and/or rolled to form a cylindrical half-shell ().

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Furstenfeldbruck, Germany

Helmut Eibl