Methods for repairing a damaged component of an engine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorRonald Scott Bunker
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Abstract
Methods for repairing a component having a damaged region are provided. The method can include removing the damaged portion from the component to form an intermediate component, wherein the damaged portion has an original geometry; and applying using additive manufacturing a repaired portion onto the intermediate component to form a repaired component. The repaired portion can have a repaired geometry that includes at least one film hole absent in the original geometry, with the film holes being fluidly connected to a cooling supply of the repaired component.
Claims18
A method of repairing a component having a damaged region, the method comprising:
- removing the damaged portion from the component to form an intermediate component, wherein the damaged portion has an original geometry;
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- applying using additive manufacturing a repaired portion onto the intermediate component to form a repaired component, wherein the repaired portion has a repaired geometry that includes at least one film hole absent in the original geometry, and wherein the film holes are fluidly connected to a cooling supply of the repaired component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.