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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Randall Richard Good, Acton, ME (US);
George Everett Foster, Dudley, MA (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 1/100 ; F03B 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 1/100 ; F03B 1/100 ;
Abstract
An air seal is illustrated as used in a gas turbine engine. The seal includes at least a seal substrate, a relatively dense, erosion resistant ceramic layer applied over the bond coat, and an abradable ceramic layer applied in a local area over the dense ceramic layer. The abradable ceramic interacts with a component moving relative to the seal, such as a turbine blade that moves relative to the seal, and cooperates with the moving component to provide sealing and thermal insulation.