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US 2019/0093483 A1Published application
Systems and methods for producing one or more cooling holes in an airfoil for a gas turbine engine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAriel Caesar Prepena Jacala, Fred Thomas Willett, JR.
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Abstract
A method for producing one or more cooling holes in an airfoil for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The method includes casting one or more hole starter bosses on a suction side, a pressure side, or both of the airfoil, drilling the one or more cooling holes into the airfoil by way of the one or more hole starter bosses, and removing the one or more hole starter bosses after drilling the one or more cooling holes into the airfoil.
Claims6
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine, the airfoil comprising:
- a suction side;
- a pressure side opposite the suction side;
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- one or more hole starter bosses cast on the suction side, the pressure side, or both.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.