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Rotor of a compressor, more particularly of an axial-flow compressor
Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
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Filing: 1985-01-17
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Granted: 1987-06-09
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Expires: 2005-01-17
Abstract
Abstract The rotor of an axial-flow compressor with means for sealing the rotor blade tips relative to a casing wall provided with a coating is to be capable of abrasion but at the same time also low in wear. The present invention resolves these contradicting requirements for the coating on the casing in that individual blades, arranged between normally contoured, unshrouded rotor blades, are widened at their tips and reinforced with a radially outer layer, the material of which is matched to that of the coating. This will enable the coating to be subjected to less wear and to offer more resistance to erosion than heretobefore.
Inventors
- 👤 Axel Rossmann
- 👤 Wilhelm Hoffmueller
- 👤 Josef Eichner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 07:14
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01D; F01D5/00; F01D5/12; F01D5/14; F01D5/20; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T50/00; Y02T50/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
A rotor of an axial-flow compressor, rotatable in a casing having an abradable coating, comprising a number of profiled shrouded and unshrouded rotor blades and means for minimizing the radial gap or clearance between the profiled, unshrouded rotor blades and the casing, the improvement wherein at least one of the shrouded blades has an end area facing the casing with a shroud-like shape, this shrouded end area carrying on its radially outer side a hardfacing of a material wear matched, with regard to wear, to the abradable coating.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
A rotor of an axial-flow compressor, rotatable in a casing having an abradable coating, comprising a number of profiled shrouded and unshrouded rotor blades and means for minimizing the radial gap or clearance between the profiled, unshrouded rotor blades and the casing, the improvement wherein at least one of the shrouded blades has an end area facing the casing with a shroud-like shape, this shrouded end area carrying on its radially outer side a hardfacing of a material wear matched, with regard to wear, to the abradable coating.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A rotor according to claim 1, wherein the hardfacing on the blade consists of a material that is harder than the abradable coating on the casing and is chemically non-reactive therewith.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A rotor according to claim 1, wherein the hardfacing consists of a hard material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A rotor according to claim 1, wherein the hardfacing is selected from the group essentially consisting of tungsten, silicon and chromium carbides.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A rotor according to claim 1, wherein the hardfacing is selected from the group essentially consisting of titanium carbide, titanium nitride and silicon nitride.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A rotor according to claim 1, wherein the hardfacing is deposited by detonation, plasma spray method or by physical or chemical separation from the gaseous phase.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A rotor according to claim 1, wherein the hardfacing layer is deposited on a metallic intermediate layer on the blade tip.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A rotor according to claim 1, wherein a shroud-like blade end area width is less than the spacing between compressor blades.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
A rotor according to claim 1, wherein a root end area of the shrouded hardfacing blade away from the abradable coating is stiffened with respect to like root end areas of other unfaced blades.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A rotor according to claim 1, wherein several blades having a hardfacing in the end areas thereof are provided on a respective rotor.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
A rotor according to claim 10, wherein the blades having a hardfacing are geometrically spaced around the circumference of the rotor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
A rotor according to claim 2, wherein the hardfacing is deposited by detonation, plasma spray method or by physical or chemical separation from the gaseous phase.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
20 words
A rotor according to claim 2, wherein shroud-like blade end area width is less than the spacing between compressor blades.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
A rotor according to claim 13, wherein a root end area of the shrouded hardfacing blades, pointing away from the abradable coating, is stiffened with respect to the root end areas of other unfaced blades.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
A rotor according to claim 14, wherein several blades having a hardfacing in the end areas thereof are provided on a respective rotor.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
21 words
A rotor according to claim 15, wherein the blades having a hardfacing are geometrically spaced around the circumference of the rotor.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
34 words
A rotor according to claim 11, wherein the geometric spacing is symmetrical with a blade having a hardfacing being opposed, at 180° around the circumference of the rotor, with another blade having a hardfacing.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
34 words
A rotor according to claim 16, wherein the geometric spacing is symmetrical with a blade having a hardfacing being opposed, at 180° around the circumference of the rotor, with another blade having a hardfacing.
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