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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2003
James T. Beals, West Hartford, CT (US);
Dilip M. Shah, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Jacob Snyder, Southington, CT (US);
John Wiedemer, Glastonbury, CT (US);
James T. Beals, West Hartford, CT (US);
Dilip M. Shah, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Jacob Snyder, Southington, CT (US);
John Wiedemer, Glastonbury, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A casting system for forming a gas turbine engine component is provided. The casting system, in a first embodiment, comprises a shaped refractory metal sheet having a plurality of features for forming a plurality of film cooling passages, which features are formed from refractory metal material bent out of the sheet. The casting system for forming a gas turbine engine component in a second embodiment comprises a metal wall having an airfoil shape and a refractory metal core adjacent the metal wall and having a shape corresponding to the shape of the metal wall.