Sheet metal turbine or compressor static shroud
US6918743B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 28, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T50/60
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A static shroud for ducting an axial gas flow past an array of blades rotating about an axis, made of a sheet of metal bent to form a contiguous shroud body having a substantially uniform sheet thickness and a uniform axial profile, initiating with an upstream flange flowing into a tip clearance portion and terminating in a downstream flange.
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