US 2020/0047878 A1 · METHOD OF REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF A TIP SECTION OF A ROTOR BLADE

Abstract

A method of mounting a replacement tip section to an exposed end of a rotor blade includes removing an existing tip section from the rotor blade to create the exposed end of the rotor blade, installing the rotor blade having the exposed end onto a holding fixture, assembling the replacement tip section about the exposed end of the rotor blade, positioning a bonding fixture about the replacement tip section, and curing the replacement tip section to the exposed end of the rotor blade.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method of mounting a replacement tip section to an exposed end of a rotor blade, comprising:

removing an existing tip section from the rotor blade to create the exposed end of the rotor blade;
installing the rotor blade having the exposed end onto a holding fixture;
assembling the replacement tip section about the exposed end of the rotor blade;
positioning a bonding fixture about the replacement tip section;
and
curing the replacement tip section to the exposed end of the rotor blade.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/100,947Filed 10 Aug 2018

Published

13 Feb 2020

Term ends

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Classification19 codes

B64C 27/463
Blades: blade tips
B23P 6/002
Restoring or reconditioning objects: repairing turbine components, e.g. moving or stationary blades, rotors,
B23P 6/045
Repairing fractures or cracked metal parts or products, e.g. castings: of turbine components, e.g. moving or stationary blades, rotors, etc.
B23P 15/04
Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass: turbine or like blades from…

Method of removal and replacement of a tip section of a rotor blade

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Method of removal and replacement of a tip section of a rotor blade

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Abstract

Claims20