Method for manufacturing a brush seal with inclined bristle

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United States of America

PATENT NO 10563769
APP PUB NO 20170204975A1
SERIAL NO

15400181

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The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a brush seal with inclined bristles. In order to be able to manufacture these brush seals in an especially cost-effective manner, at least the following steps are provided: provision of a brush blank with at least one metal thread or wire packing fastened at or in at least one wire core; local, at least partial heating of at least the wire core and/or a subregion of the thread or wire packing adjacent to the wire core, by a current flow through the wire core; bending of the thread or wire packing relative to the wire core for producing of the inclined position of the bristles of the brush seal. The invention further relates to an apparatus for manufacturing brush seals and a brush seal for a turbomachine, in particular for an aircraft engine.

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MTU AERO ENGINES AG80995 MÜNCHEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bamberg, Joachim Dachau, DE 50 330
Gindorf, Alexander Schwabhausen, DE 20 30
Zenzinger, Guenter Waakirchen, DE 10 43

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