Method for repairing a turbine engine vane segment

In a method for repairing a turbine engine vane segment comprising at least one airfoil member carried between spaced apart first and second band members which include cooperating first and second airfoil shaped openings, respectively, in each of the first and second band members, the first and second band members and the airfoil member being positioned axially, radially and circumferentially in respect to a gas turbine engine and to each other in a designed relationship, each band member including a plurality of locating features integral with the band member and designed for use in positioning and aligning a plurality of vane segments in respect to each other in assembly of a turbine engine vane assembly, the steps of:

• separating the airfoil member and the band members to provide separated segment members while preserving a plurality of the locating features as preserved locating features;
• selecting for reassembly at least one separated segment member;
• providing for reassembly with the selected separated segment member at least one replacement member selected from the group consisting of:
• a) an airfoil replacement member having a first end shaped to cooperate with the first airfoil shaped opening in the first band member and a second end shaped to cooperate with the second airfoil shaped opening in the second band member, and
• b) a band replacement member having a replacement first or second airfoil shaped opening and a plurality of locating features;
• and, assembling the selected separated and the replacement members by:
• a) holding the first and second band members in a spaced apart relationship by at least a part of the preserved locating features with the airfoil member disposed between the band members so that the first end is at the first airfoil shaped opening and the second end is at the second airfoil shaped opening,
• b) moving the band members and the airfoil member, by means of the locating features, into the designed relationship, and
• c) while holding in the designed relationship, securing, respectively, the first and second ends of the airfoil member to the first and second band members at the first and second airfoil shaped openings.