A pulsation dampener and a method of manufacturing a pulsation dampener

摘要

A pulsation dampener 218, for a fluid conduit (Fig 4, 206) the pulsation dampener 218 comprising a receptacle 220, a neck 222, a first tube 224 and a second tube 226, wherein a downstream end of the first tube 224 is fluidically connected to an upstream end of the second tube 226, wherein a first end of the neck 222, is fluidically connected to the downstream end of the first tube 224 and the upstream end of the second tube 226, wherein a second end of the neck 222 is fluidically connected to the receptacle 220, wherein the first tube 224, the second tube 226, the neck 222 and the receptacle 220 are formed as a single unitary component (e.g. by an additive manufacturing process). Embodiments include: a gas turbine engine for an aircraft comprising a pulsation dampener; and method of manufacturing a pulsation dampener.