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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Melvin Freling, West Hartford, CT (US);
Dinesh K. Gupta, South Windsor, CT (US);
Ken Lagueux, Berlin, CT (US);
Jeanine T. DeMasi-Marcin, Marlborough, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 ;
Abstract
A gas turbine engine seal system includes a rotating member having an abrasive tip disposed in rub relationship to a stationary, abradable seal surface. The abrasive tip comprises a zirconium oxide abrasive coat having a columnar structure that is harder than the abradable seal surface such that the abrasive tip can cut the abradable seal surface.