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US 2014/0197143 A1Published application
Movement method for re-melting cracks
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsBernd BURBAUM, Torsten JOKISCH
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Abstract
Re-melting the material of a component transversely to the propagation direction of a crack in the component, providing a welding beam on the component and moving the welding beam at least transversely over the crack for re-melting the material, and more material is re-melted and increasing the strength of the re-melted crack.
Claims15
A method for re-melting at least one crack in a re-meltable metal component by means of a welding beam, wherein the crack has a longitudinal direction of propagation;
- at least locally over the component re-meltable metal, the method comprising moving the welding beam transversely to a direction of propagation of the at least one crack in the component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.