SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEEP TIP CRACK REPAIR

• Main Authors: CONNOR, James Ryan, COOK, Paul A, WHIMS, Lawrence James, DORRIETY, Daniel James, KRETSCHMAR, Andrea Booher, HENDERSON, Brian Leslie
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.03.2024
• Subjects: BLASTING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; COMBINED OPERATIONS; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; OTHER WORKING OF METAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; STEAM ENGINES; TRANSPORTING; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS; WEAPONS; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

The present application provides a method of repairing a turbine blade (100). The method may include the steps of removing an existing tip cap (190) from the turbine blade (100) in whole or in part, machining the turbine blade (100) to form a machined groove (220), positioning an insert (230) in the...