Patent ID: 9638051
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B23P,F01D,F05D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A turbomachine bucket comprising: an airfoil; a shank coupled to the airfoil; and an angel wing, the angel wing having a base portion, a body portion, and an axially extending tip, the angel wing coupled to the shank by the base portion, the body portion connecting the base portion with the axially extending tip, the axially extending tip having a foundation tip, a sealing surface, and an attached material section, the axially extending tip sized to seal with a plurality of discouragers, each discourager having a different axial extent, the foundation tip and the sealing surface having an initial axial extent, the axially extending tip being parallel to an axis of rotation of the turbomachine bucket, the attached material section extending the initial axial extent of the foundation tip and the sealing surface.