Process for manufacturing a ceramic turbine blade
AssigneeSafran Power Units
InventorsEmilie HERNY, Jean-Francois RIDEAU, Moataz ATTALLAH, Gang LIU, Tim BUTTON, Yun JIANG
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Abstract
A method of fabricating a ceramic turbine blade, the method includes selective melting on a powder bed in order to obtain a blade mold cavity in a mold, a ceramic-based suspension is provided, the suspension is introduced into the blade mold cavity, the suspension is subjected to a gelation step in the mold cavity in order to obtain a blade suitable for being extracted from the mold cavity, and the blade is extracted from the mold cavity.
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A method of fabricating a ceramic turbine blade, the method comprising selective melting on a powder bed in order to obtain a blade mold cavity in a mold, a ceramic-based suspension is provided, wherein the suspension is introduced into the blade mold cavity, the suspension is subjected to a gelation step in the mold cavity in order to obtain a blade suitable for being extracted from the mold cavity, and said blade is extracted from the mold cavity.
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