Porous metal coupon with low porosity region for repairing component, component with same and related method
AssigneeGE Infrastructure Technology LLC
InventorsStanley Frank Simpson, Mark Lawrence Hunt, Jacob Andrew Salm, James Warren Pemrick, Nathan Nicholas Ostrout
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Abstract
A metal coupon for repairing a component includes an additively manufactured (AM) metal member having a low porosity region in an interior of the AM metal member, and a porous region around the low porosity region. The low porosity region may have a porosity in a range of 0% to 5%, so is solid or nearly solid. The porous metal coupon with low porosity region allows braze material to be directed based on characteristics of the porous region.
Claims22
A metal coupon for repairing a component, the metal coupon comprising:
- an additively manufactured (AM) metal member having a low porosity region in an interior of the AM body and a porous region around the low porosity region, wherein the low porosity region has a porosity lower than the porous region.
A component, comprising:
- a body;
- an additively manufactured (AM) metal coupon having a low porosity region in an interior of the AM metal coupon and a porous region around the low porosity region, wherein the low porosity region has a porosity lower than the porous region;
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- a braze material coupling the AM metal coupon in a coupon opening in the body, the braze material infiltrated into the porous region.
A method of repairing a component, the method comprising:
- additively manufacturing a metal coupon having a low porosity region in an interior thereof and a porous region around the low porosity region, wherein the low porosity region has a porosity lower than the porous region;
- positioning the metal coupon in a coupon opening in a body of the component;
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- infiltrating the metal coupon with a braze material to couple the metal coupon in the coupon opening to the body with the low porosity region therein, the braze material infiltrated into the porous region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.