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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1999
Jurgen Wortmann, Weichs, DE;
Mtu Motoren-und Turbinen-Union Munchen GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A hollow structural part having an internal hollow space, preferably a blade for a turbodrive, is made of a metal alloy with a columnar structure solidified in an oriented manner with longitudinally extending grain boundaries. A series of holes are laser drilled in the blade to connect the outer surface of the blade with the hollow space. The blade is formed with a single crystal column in the region where the series of holes are formed so that the holes are away from the grain boundaries. Such structural parts are preferably used as the blade of a rotor and the laser drilled holes serve for supply of cooling air to the leading edge or pressure region of the blade or for influencing the position of the boundary layer on the suction side of the blade, or the laser-drilled holes are shaped as outflow openings for air to intensify a cooling film for increasing the blade efficiency.