Method and apparatus for damping a brush seal

Metal fusion bonding – Process – Plural joints

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228177, 228193, 228215, 298883, 4151742, 277 53, F16J 15447, B23K 3102

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ABSTRACT:
There is provided by the present invention method and apparatus for damping vibrations or other unwanted motions of a brush seal, the apparatus including a damper having a plurality of individual plates that are bonded directly to the inlet rows of bristles of the seal. Methods for producing a damped brush seal in accord with the present invention contemplate brazing damping plates to the bristles, absorbing a melting point suppressor into the surface of the damping plates and then heating the damping plates until the treated surface melts and bonds with the bristles, or sintering a braze alloy to the bristles such that the braze alloy functions as a damping plate.

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patent: 5114159 (1992-05-01), Baird et al.

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