| 摘要 |
<p>A method of refurbishing a brush seal assembly including a brush seal assembly (10) including a pair of annular plates (11,12) defining an annular slot (14) between them and a radially outer chamber (15) opening into the slot (14); and an annular brush seal (13) having bristles (16) and an enlarged portion (17) at its outer periphery formed by welding the bristles (16) together, the brush seal (13) extending through the slot (14) with its enlarged portion (17) retained in the chamber wherein at least a portion (22) of one of the plates (11) has an extension (22a) thereof which is deformed over the other plate (12) to hold the plates (11, 12) together to form the assembly the method including;
(a) releasing the plates by removing or releasing the portion or portions
(b) inserting a new brush seal; and
(c) deforming at least one different portion of the one plate over the other plate to hold the plates together.</p> |
