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Turbomachine seal arrangement

US10385783B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MTU Aero Engines AG · DE

Inventors

Andre Werner · Munich, DE
Steffen Schlothauer · Markt Indersdorf, DE
Franz Prieschl · Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, DE
Thomas Hess · Frankfurt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 22, 2013
Grant date	Aug 20, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 13, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF05D2260/6022
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a seal arrangement for a turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine, having a plurality of rows, arranged in succession in the axial direction (A), of shells (1-3) connected to one another in the circumferential direction (U), wherein shells adjacent in the axial direction have cross sections opened counter to a throughflow direction (A) and/or a thread axis inclined counter to the throughflow direction.

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