Method and apparatus for making components by direct laser processing

US6355086B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Rolls-Royce Corporation · US
• The Board of Regents of the University of Texas · US

Inventors

• Lawrence E. Brown · Indianapolis, US
• Timothy Paul Fuesting · Thorntown, US
• Joseph J. Beaman · Austin, US
• Suman Das · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 12, 1997
• Grant date: Mar 12, 2002
• Expiry date: Aug 12, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/12007
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method an apparatus for fabricating a component by a direct laser process. One form of the present invention contemplates a gas turbine engine blade having an abrasive tip formed directly thereon.