FLEXIBLE HEAT SHIELDS AND METHOD

摘要

A heat shield (30) comprises a flexible inner jacket (32) configured and disposed to be fitted around at least a portion of a component, and an outer jacket (34) configured and disposed to be fitted around the inner jacket (32). The outer jacket (34) comprises at least one layer of meshed wires (36) intersected by braze wires (38). The outer jacket (34) is designed to be substantially flexible when fitted over the component during manufacturing to follow non-linear shapes. Once the heat shield (30) is in place, it is preferably heated so as to melt the braze wires (38) to form attachment points (40); upon cooling, the attachment points (40) cause the outer jacket (34) to become somewhat rigid.