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US 2017/0370223 A1Published application
Blade shield removal and replacement
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorBrian K. Holland
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to milling a nose of a first shield of a blade to leave at least one strip of the first shield coupled to a blade body, subsequent to the milling, applying a cryogenic technique to the blade to weaken a bond between the first shield and the blade body, and subsequent to the applying of the cryogenic technique, removing the at least one strip of the first shield from the blade body.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- milling a nose of a first shield of a blade to leave at least one strip of the first shield coupled to a blade body;
- subsequent to the milling, applying a cryogenic technique to the blade to weaken a bond between the first shield and the blade body;
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- subsequent to the applying of the cryogenic technique, removing the at least one strip of the first shield from the blade body.
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