Turbines TRIZ Cases

Combined resistance, temperature, debris, and capacitance sensing improves turbine engine oil level, quality, contamination, and remaining time estimates.

Digital imaging guides water jet cleaning of deep turbine gaps to remove oxides and debris before sealing without weakening the base material.

A squeeze-supported container dispenser speeds wind turbine lubricant refills while avoiding pump complexity, manual effort, and contamination.

Laser cladding adds a wear-resistant alloy to turbocharger vane shafts, improving high-temperature durability while limiting specialty material cost.

A clamped processing head with onboard media reservoirs and guided energy paths improves deposition accuracy while simplifying tool changes.

Centrifugal de-aeration removes air from scavenged turbine oil before tank residence, cutting oil consumption and stabilizing pressure.

Laser powder deposition fills casting cavities in nickel turbine parts, cutting repair time while improving alloy compatibility and service life.

Oxide dispersoids are added to high-stress AM turbine regions to improve creep resistance, crack control, and high-temperature stability.

Adjusting scan pitch, powder feed rate, and laser energy in LMD creates realistic poor fusion defects for AM reliability evaluation.

Deep cooling during laser metal deposition shortens solidification and suppresses hot cracking in high gamma prime superalloy repair.

High-entropy alloy seals withstand gas turbine temperatures above 700°C while reducing friction, wear, and creep under pressure.

A wrought hub bonded to a cast nickel rim lets turbine disks handle hot rim creep while preserving hub strength and fatigue resistance.

Single-pass laser ablation forms precise through-holes in porous acoustic layers faster while preserving sound absorption and low drag.

Braze filling and remachining create variable-diameter turbine blade cooling passages to improve tip shroud cooling and wall strength.

Braze tape protects a brazed turbine wear component during thermal cycling and HIP, avoiding machining and re-brazing while preserving hardface integrity.

Localized heating and pressure diffusion bond an airfoil tip cap to the base, improving joint strength while limiting stress and microstructural change.

In-situ antioxidant sensing automates turbine lube oil replacement, reducing varnish risk, manual sampling, and unnecessary oil waste.

A buoyant hinged flap drains excess oil from a pressurized APU gearbox sump while preserving airtightness and running pressure.

Integrated sensors in an aircraft engine drainage tank monitor drained fluid quality and level in flight without disrupting the lubrication circuit.

Local surface treatment alters weld-zone microstructure so friction welding can join flow-resistant components with less energy and lower speeds.

A heat-absorbing receiving portion lets weld-bead lamination continue without side surface sagging, improving 3D shape accuracy.

A borescope-guided plug and braze process repairs EDM backwall strike voids in hot gas path components, reducing stress concentrations.

A water-guided laser roughing step plus mechanical finishing cuts deep blind holes and slots in CMCs with better surface integrity and lower tool wear.

A vacuum-assisted container routes engine leakage fluid through an upper bifurcation, avoiding lower-bifurcation seals and airflow disruption.

Laser or plasma remelting smooths metal-matrix abrasive coatings, better encapsulates ceramic particles, and supports high-temperature alloys.

Vertically staged oil receiving parts speed gravity degassing of recycled lubricating oil, cutting tank size without harming lubrication.

Circumferential case segments form overlapping engine walls, simplifying assembly while improving joint sealing and rotor diameter capacity.

Integral molding of hub, shroud, and twisted blades cuts impeller cost while preserving strength under high temperature and load.

A pressure-reduced, piston-driven oil supply keeps gas turbine bearing lubrication steady despite compressor air pressure fluctuations.

A hydrostatic bearing, linear guide, and low-mounted oscillation cylinder improve pressure sensing and reduce moment loads in large-part welding.

A Ni- or Co-alloy braze-sintered preform matches through-hole geometry, then brazes and diffuses into superalloy repairs for strength.

Mechanical compression empties a lubricant container into a wind turbine reservoir faster than pump-based refilling while reducing handling and dirt contamination.

A presintered braze preform enables turbine airfoil section replacement while avoiding grain boundary melting and cracking in superalloys.

A separate high-pressure gas source keeps oil mist flowing to gas turbine bearings during startup, avoiding unstable lubrication and manual grease filling.

A slip-joint shield and cone-sealed tube let fluid transfer parts be serviced without disassembling the engine core.

A balanced nickel-based filler transforms hard-to-weld superalloys into crack-free weld zones while preserving mechanical properties.

A miniature laser end effector uses beam diversion, focusing, and debris-clearing gas jets to ablate internal parts through small ports.

A porous mesh liner spreads cooling air more uniformly than discrete film holes, cutting cooling air demand and improving turbine heat transfer.

Varying weld force across two stages cuts friction welding energy and limits bond-line defects when joining flow-resistant materials.

A 3D contoured, fluid-cooled bonding probe enables localized resistance welding on dual-wall turbine surfaces while limiting deformation and overheating.

Vacuum-sealed HIP gap filling repairs turbine superalloy defects without melting, avoiding heat-affected zones while preserving strength.

Electroforming a leading edge sheath onto an additively made core improves core retention and blade durability under turbine heat and pressure.

A unitary mini-core insert improves cooling airflow in gas turbine hot gas path components, cutting core cost while protecting hot spots.

A bypass passage, holding chamber, and switching control keep bearing oil mist supply stable despite compressor pressure variation.

A split wiper follows different protrusion contours to spread powder and enable laser repair of parts partially submerged in a powder bed.

A collimated laser beam with X-Y dithering keeps power density stable on 3D surfaces, enabling more uniform cladding on turbine blades.

An anamorphic laser beam with cylindrical and offset spherical lenses drills teardrop cooling holes at lower cost than EDM.

Sealed inlet and outlet paths keep pitch bearing lubricant in a closed volume, using gravity and centrifugal flow to prevent leakage and simplify maintenance.

A multiplexer routes lubricant samples from multiple consumers to one measurement device, cutting particle counter cost and system complexity.

Material is deposited onto tube stock, then machined and brazed into gas turbine injector parts to cut waste and long machining time.