IP Library Granted Patent US 7,094,035
Granted Patent B2
US 7,094,035 · App. 10/775,139 · Granted Aug 22, 2006

Hybrid blade for thermal turbomachines

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Patent No.
US 7,094,035
App. No.
10/775,139
Granted
Aug 22, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a hybrid blade ( 1 ) for thermal turbomachines, having an airfoil ( 2 ) made of a metallic material of a certain density, and having a blade root ( 3 ). It is characterized in that the blade root ( 3 ), compared with the airfoil ( 2 ), is made of a different metallic material having a lower density, and in that the airfoil ( 20 ) is connected to the blade root ( 3 ) in a positive-locking manner. The blade in this case is advantageously a compressor blade, in particular a high-pressure compressor blade, in which the airfoil ( 2 ) is made of a stainless CrNi steel and the blade root ( 3 ) is made of a high-temperature titanium alloy or an intermetallic gamma titanium aluminide alloy or an intermetallic orthorhombic titanium aluminide alloy.

Claims (16)

1. A hybrid blade for thermal turbomachines, the blade comprising:

an airfoil made of a stainless CrNi steel material of a first density;

a blade root made of a second metallic material having a second density lower than the first density;

wherein the airfoil is connected to the blade root in a positive-locking manner;

wherein the blade comprises a compressor blade; and

wherein the blade root second metallic material is selected from the group consisting of a high-temperature titanium alloy, an intermetallic gamma titanium aluminide alloy, and an intermetallic orthorhombic titanium aluminide alloy.

2. A hybrid blade for thermal turbomachines, the blade comprising:

an airfoil made of a superalloy metallic material of a first density;

a blade root made of a second metallic material having a second density lower than the first density;

wherein the airfoil is connected to the blade root in a positive-locking manner;

wherein the blade comprises a turbine blade; and

wherein the blade root second metallic material is selected from the group consisting of a high-temperature titanium alloy, an intermetallic gamma titanium aluminide alloy, and an intermetallic orthorhombic titanium aluminide alloy.

3. The hybrid blade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the blade comprises a moving blade.

4. The hybrid blade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the compressor blade comprises a high-pressure compressor blade.

5. The hybrid blade as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the superalloy comprises a nickel-based superalloy.

6. The hybrid blade as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the blade comprises a moving blade.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2017
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: ANSALDO ENERGIA IP UK LIMITED
Reel/Frame 041731/0626 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 22, 2016
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 038216/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2004
From: KRAMER, THOMAS; KUENZLER, ANDREAS; NAZMY, MOHAMED YOUSEF; STAUBLI, MARKUS
To: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
Reel/Frame 015171/0871 →