Gas turbine engine vane and method of manufacture
First Claim
1. A gas turbine engine vane, comprising:
- an airfoil having an outer surface extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge and between a first end and an opposite other second end;
an endwall positioned proximate one of said ends; and
a retainer formed insitu and extending between said airfoil and said endwall for coupling said airfoil with said endwall, said retainer abutting but not bonded to said endwall and said airfoil.
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine vane and method of manufacture. In one form of the present invention a vane is non destructively removeable from a vane segment to allow individual components to be replaced. The vane and endwalls are coupled together by a retainer that is formed in place between the vane and the endwall and that can be removed by conventional techniques. In one form the retainer fills a pair of corresponding grooves in the vane and endwall member so as to mechanically couple the components together and minimize fluid leakage therebetween. The retainer being nonmetallurgically coupled to the vane and endwall member. A portion of the vane being allowed to move relative to the endwall in response to thermal conditions.
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53 Claims
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1. A gas turbine engine vane, comprising:
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an airfoil having an outer surface extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge and between a first end and an opposite other second end; an endwall positioned proximate one of said ends; and a retainer formed insitu and extending between said airfoil and said endwall for coupling said airfoil with said endwall, said retainer abutting but not bonded to said endwall and said airfoil. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A gas turbine engine vane, comprising:
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a wall member; and an airfoil having an outer surface extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge and between a first end and an opposite other second end, said airfoil having a first portion and a second portion along one of said ends, said first portion fixedly coupled by a retainer to said wall member and said second portion being moveable relative to said wall member. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A gas turbine engine vane, comprising:
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an airfoil having an outer surface extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge and between a first end and an opposite other second end, said airfoil having a first groove therein at one of said ends extending along at least a portion of said outer surface between said leading edge and said trailing edge; an endwall having a second groove therein, said endwall positioned proximate said airfoil so that said first and second grooves are substantially in registry; and a retainer filling said grooves and extending between said airfoil and said endwall for coupling but not bonding said airfoil with said endwall. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for assembling a vane segment, comprising:
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providing an airfoil having an outer surface extending between a first end and an opposite other second end and having a first groove therein at one of said ends, further providing a wall member having a second groove therein; positioning the wall member and one of the ends of the airfoil so that the first and second grooves are substantially in registry; and placing a retainer adaptable to the shape of the grooves within the grooves for coupling but not bonding the airfoil to the endwall. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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