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US 10,018,061 B2Granted
Vane tip machining fixture assembly
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsCarl S. Richardson, John A. Szymbor
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Abstract
A vane tip machining fixture assembly includes a first clamp ring mountable to a fixture, the first clamp ring includes a rigid back ring mounted to a resilient ring.
Claims11
An airfoil tip machining fixture assembly, comprising:
- a fixture;
- a first clamp ring mountable to the fixture with a first multiple of fasteners, the first clamp ring includes a rigid back ring mounted to a resilient ring;
- and
- a second clamp ring mountable to the first clamp ring with a second multiple of fasteners,
- wherein the first multiple of fasteners are angled with respect to an engine central longitudinal axis.
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A method of machining tips of a multiple of cantilevered mounted stator vane airfoils of a gas turbine engine comprising:
- resiliently biasing the multiple of cantilevered mounted stator vane airfoils with a first clamp ring;
- fastening the first clamp ring to a fixture with a first multiple of fasteners, the first multiple of fasteners angled with respect to an engine central longitudinal axis;
- and
- fastening a second clamp ring to the first clamp ring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.