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METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A GAS TURBINE CASING OUT OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND A CASING AS OBTAINED THEREBY

  • US 20080206048A1
  • Filed: 02/19/2008
  • Published: 08/28/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of manufacturing a composite material casing of varying thickness for a gas turbine, the method comprising forming fiber reinforcement as superposed layers of a fiber texture and densifying the fiber reinforcement with a matrix, and wherein the fiber texture is made by three-dimensional weaving with varying thickness, which texture is wound as a plurality of superposed layers on a mandrel of profile corresponding to the profile of the casing that is to be made, so as to obtain a fiber preform of varying thickness and of shape corresponding to the shape of the casing to be made.

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