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US 2009/0269208 A1Published application
Repair method and repaired article
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsEdward R. Szela, Michael A. Joy, Daniel A. Bales, Bradford A. Cowles, David A. Rutz
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Abstract
A method of repairing an article includes removing an undesirable section of the article, attaching a repair section to the article at a location from which the undesirable section has been removed, and mechanically working the repair section to achieve a reduction in a cross-sectional area of the repair section.
Claims20
A method of repairing an article, comprising:
- removing an undesirable section of an article comprised of a metallic alloy;
- attaching a repair section to the article at a location from which the undesirable section has been removed;
- and
- mechanically working the repair section to thereby achieve a reduction in a cross-sectional area of the repair section.
1 more element
A method of repairing an article, comprising:
- removing an undesirable section of an article comprised of a metallic alloy;
- welding a repair section to the article at a location from which the undesirable section has been removed;
- and
- mechanically cold working the repair section at a temperature below a heat treating temperature of the metallic alloy to reduce a cross-sectional area of the repair section by 10%-50%.
1 more element
A repaired article comprising:
- a body extending between a first side and a second side, the body including a repair section having an associated thickness between the first side and the second side, and the repair section includes regions of plastic deformation distributed through the thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.