Method and device for repairing an aircraft and/or gas turbine component

A method for repairing an aircraft component or a gas turbine component, comprising:

• (a) checking a component for damage via an optical measurement system, so as to produce damage data, and storing the damage data in a component-specific manner, wherein the component is an aircraft component or a gas turbine component,
• (b) generating an adaptive repair strategy based on the damage data, wherein generating the adaptive repair strategy comprises processing the damage data via a data processing unit,
• (c) machining the component in accordance with the adaptive repair strategy,
• (d) gathering altered geometric data with respect to the component, wherein the altered geometric data with respect to the component is based on how the component was altered by machining the component, and
• (e) carrying out repair welding on the component.

A device for repairing an aircraft component or a gas turbine component, comprising:

• an optical measurement system;
• a machining system;
• a welding system, and a data processing unit;
• wherein the device is configured to receive a component and/or to receive a workpiece carrier that holds the component, wherein the component is an aircraft component or a gas turbine component,
• wherein the data processing unit contains a set of instructions that when executed cause the data processing unit to perform a method,
• wherein the method comprises:
• (a) checking the component for damage via the optical measurement system, so as to produce damage data, and storing the damage data in a component-specific manner,
• (b) generating an adaptive repair strategy based on the damage data, wherein generating the adaptive repair strategy comprises processing the damage data via the data processing unit,
• (c) machining the component via the machining system in accordance with the adaptive repair strategy,
• (d) gathering altered geometric data with respect to the component, wherein the altered geometric data with respect to the component is based on how the component was altered by machining the component, and
• (e) carrying out repair welding on the component via the welding system.