Cap for ceramic blade tip shroud

• Main Authors: Danowski, Michael Joseph, Abbott, Michael George, Mook, Joshua Tyler, Kleinow, Chad Daniel, Heyward, John Peter
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.03.2019
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; STEAM ENGINES; WEAPONS

A ceramic shroud assembly (99) includes a tip shroud (88) having an outer platform (86) supporting at least one seal tooth (91), a shroud cap (96) less brittle than the outer platform (86) and including a shroud cap base (98) on the outer platform (86), and clockwise and counter-clockwise facing clo...