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Turbine vane with dusting hole at the base of the blade

US8864444B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 2010
Grant dateOct 21, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T50/60
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cooled turbine vane for a turbine engine, that includes a blade mounted on a platform carried by a base, the blade including one or more cavities formed therein for cooling air circulation, the cavity extending along the trailing edge and being supplied with cooling air by a supply duct connecting an air intake located in a lower portion of the base and the cavity of the trailing edge by defining a bend within the base. The duct includes, on an axis substantially radial relative to the air intake a bell-shaped niche located under the platform, the niche being open at a top thereof via a dusting hole extending through the platform and being defined at a foot of the base by walls extending substantially radially from the platform to close the platform laterally.

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