US Patent Issued to TURBO POWERTECH on Jan. 28 for "Method for manufacturing turbine labyrinth seal using wire arc additive manufacturing" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,500, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to TURBO POWERTECH Co. LTD. (Busan, South Korea).

"Method for manufacturing turbine labyrinth seal using wire arc additive manufacturing" was invented by Hyun Ki Kang (Busan, South Korea), Sam Sub Byun (Busan, South Korea), Jong Yeob Lee (Busan, South Korea), Jae Wha Son (Busan, South Korea) and Taek Ho Chung (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a labyrinth seal using wire arc additive manufacturing, which is mounted between a diaphragm of a turbine and a turbine rotor to induce a smooth rotation of the turbine rotor and pre...