Invention Publication
- Patent Title: TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD WITH AXIALLY OFFSET CUTTER TEETH, AND RELATED SURFACE PROFILES AND METHOD
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Application No.: US18379433Application Date: 2023-10-12
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Publication No.: US20240159154A1Publication Date: 2024-05-16
- Inventor: Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana , Richard Ryan Pilson , William Scott Zemitis
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- The original application number of the division: US17691377 2022.03.10
- Main IPC: F01D5/22
- IPC: F01D5/22 ; F01D5/00 ; F01D5/14

Abstract:
A turbine blade tip shroud has a first cutter tooth extending from a tip rail from one of the upstream side and the downstream side of the tip rail and adjacent the leading edge of the body. The tip shroud also includes a second cutter tooth extending from the tip rail from the other side of the tip rail at a position axially distant from the first cutter tooth. The cutter teeth are thus axially offset. The tip shroud can be initially manufactured with this shape or may be modified from a used tip shroud having, for example, opposing cutter teeth near a leading edge of a body of the tip shroud. Various tip shroud surface profiles, which are expressed in terms of Cartesian coordinates, are also provided.
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