Reduced cross flow linking cavities and method of casting

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11408290-B2
Application number	US-202117314530-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 7, 2021
Priority date	Nov 19, 2018
Publication date	Aug 9, 2022
Grant date	Aug 9, 2022

Abstract

A cast component having reduced cross flow linking cavities and method of casting may include a body. The body may define a plurality of internal flow channels. The plurality of internal flow channels may include a first internal flow channel and a second internal flow channel. The cast component may also include a plurality of linking cavities obstructing unintended fluid communication between the first internal flow channel and the second internal flow channel through the plurality of linking cavities.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. An intermediate cast component comprising:
a cast body comprising a first material; and
a core within the cast body and comprising a first core material that is susceptible to a leaching process, the core further comprising:
a plurality of legs oriented to form a plurality of internal flow channels within the cast component; and
a plurality of tie bars having a first tie bar end and a second tie bar end, the plurality of tie bars being coupled to at least two of the plurality of legs, at least one of the plurality of tie bars oriented to form a linking cavity, the configuration of the linking cavity being an obstruction to fluid communication between the plurality of internal flow channels, and wherein the linking cavity serves as an obstruction to fluid communication through the linking cavity, wherein at least one of:
the plurality of legs further comprises at least two cavity obstructions, the at least two cavity obstructions having an upstream face and a downstream face opposite thereof, and wherein the first tie bar end confronts a first downstream face and the second tie bar end confronts a second downstream face or a second upstream face;
at least one tie bar of the plurality of tie bars is formed as a coil; or
the core further comprises a second core material which is resistant to the leaching process, and wherein at least a portion of the at least one tie bar of the plurality of tie bars includes the second core material.

2. The intermediate cast component of claim 1 , wherein the core is produced by additive manufacturing.

3. The intermediate cast component of claim 1 , wherein the cast component is a component of a gas turbine aviation engine.

4. The intermediate cast component of claim 3 , wherein the component is a turbine blade and the plurality of internal flow channels are a plurality of serpentine cooling passages.

5. The intermediate cast component of claim 1 , wherein the core is a ceramic.

6. The intermediate cast component of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tie bar comprises a plurality of bends that position the at least one tie bar of the plurality of tie bars in a “W”, “U”, or “S” configuration.

7. The intermediate cast component of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tie bar comprises a plurality of bends that are asymmetrical both in amplitude and in distribution along the at least one tie bar of the plurality of tie bars.

8. An intermediate cast component comprising:
a cast body comprising a first material; and
a core within the cast body and comprising a first core material that is susceptible to a leaching process, the core further comprising:
a plurality of legs oriented to form a plurality of internal flow channels within the cast component; and
a plurality of tie bars having a first tie bar end and a second tie bar end opposite thereof, the plurality of tie bars being coupled to at least two of the plurality of legs, wherein at least one of the plurality of tie bars is oriented to form a linking cavity within the cast component between the plurality of internal flow channels, and wherein a configuration of the linking cavity serves as an obstruction to fluid communication through the linking cavity, wherein the linking cavity having a first diameter and a second diameter, the first diameter being greater than the second diameter, the second diameter establishing a restriction point within the linking cavity, the restriction point being located along the linking cavity at a point calculated to equalize a pressure at a first end of the linking cavity with a pressure at a second end of the linking cavity.

9. The intermediate cast component of claim 8 , wherein the core is produced by additive manufacturing.

10. The intermediate cast component of claim 8 , wherein the cast component is a component of a gas turbine aviation engine.

11. The intermediate cast component of claim 10 , wherein the component is a turbine blade and the plurality of internal flow channels are a plurality of serpentine cooling passages.

12. The intermediate cast component of claim 8 , wherein the core is a ceramic.

13. The intermediate cast component of claim 8 , wherein at least one tie bar of the plurality of tie bars comprises a plurality of bends that position the at least one tie bar in a “W”, “U”, or “S” configuration.

14. The intermediate cast component of claim 8 , wherein at least one tie bar of the plurality of tie bars comprises a plurality of bends that are asymmetrical both in amplitude and in distribution along the at least one tie bar.

15. An intermediate cast component comprising:
a cast body; and
a core within the cast body, the core comprising:
a plurality of legs oriented to form a plurality of internal flow channels within the cast component; and
a plurality of tie bars having a first tie bar end and a second tie bar end opposite thereof, the plurality of tie bars being coupled to at least two of the plurality of legs, wherein at least one of the plurality of tie bars is oriented to form a linking cavity within the cast component between the plurality of internal flow channels, and wherein a configuration of the linking cavity serves as an obstruction to fluid communication through the linking cavity, wherein at least one tie bar of the plurality of tie bars is coupled to a first leg at an acute angle and is coupled to a second leg at an acute angle, the at least one tie bar comprises a plurality of bends including two or more convolutions formed within the linking cavity.

16. The intermediate cast component of claim 15 , wherein the core is produced by additive manufacturing.

17. The intermediate cast component of claim 15 , wherein the cast component is a component of a gas turbine aviation engine, and wherein the component is a turbine blade and the plurality of internal flow channels are a plurality of serpentine cooling passages.

18. The intermediate cast component of claim 15 , wherein the core is a ceramic.

19. The intermediate cast component of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of bends position the at least one tie bar of the plurality of tie bars in a “W”, or “S” configuration.

20. The intermediate cast component of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of bends are asymmetrical both in amplitude and in distribution along the at least one tie bar of the plurality of tie bars.

Assignees

• Gen Electric

Inventors

• Osgood Daniel Endecott
• Pang Tingfan
• Garay Gregory Terrence
• Webster Zachary Daniel
• Jones Ryan Christopher

Classifications

• B22C9/26 Primary

  for ribbed tubes; for radiators · CPC title

• B22F10/25

  Direct deposition of metal particles, e.g. direct metal deposition [DMD] or laser engineered net shaping [LENS] · CPC title

• B22F10/38

  to achieve specific product aspects, e.g. surface smoothness, density, porosity or hollow structures · CPC title

• B22F10/28

  Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM] · CPC title

• F01D5/187 Primary

  Convection cooling · CPC title