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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2002
Minoru Ohara, Takasago, JP;
Nobuhiro Kunitake, Takasago, JP;
Minoru Ohara, Takasago, JP;
Nobuhiro Kunitake, Takasago, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tip of rotor blade which rotates is an abradable surface. An inner wall of a shroud as a jacket for the rotor blade is an abrasive surface. A part of an abrasive particle protrudes from the abradable surface. When the tip of the rotor blade which rotates contacts the inner wall of the shroud, the protruding section of the abrasive particle slides with the abrasive surface so as to be ground. By doing this, a turbine which can maintain an appropriate clearance between the rotor blade and the shroud and can be used for a long period under high-temperature conditions with easy restoration and remaking thereof.