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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2010
Applicants:
Thomas Michael Moors, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Joseph Jay Jackson, Greer, SC (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Michael Moors, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Joseph Jay Jackson, Greer, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A shaped rotor wheel, a turbo machine including the rotor wheel, and a method for producing the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a rotor wheel is provided which includes at least one disk member and at least one spacer member, and is a capable of carrying and axially spacing one or more stages of blades. Also disclosed is a method for producing such a rotor wheel using metal powders as a starting material, and processing the metal powder using powder metallurgy techniques.