Method for repairing a damaged blade of a Blisk
US7249412B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 25, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 31, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49746
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A BLISK having a damaged blade, with a repair region that has a thickness less than a specified thickness as a result of damage during manufacture or prior service, is repaired by depositing repair metal onto the repair region to increase its thickness to greater than its specified thickness dimension. Only the repair region is stress relieved by heating the repair region to a stress-relieving temperature of from about 1150° F. to about 1250° F. for a time of at least about 1 hour. The intentional manipulation of microstructure in only the thinner airfoil sections allows multiple repairs, which are not possible in the thicker sections of the BLISK. An alpha-case thickness of repair metal, preferably of at least about 0.0002 inches of repair metal, is removed from a surface of the repair region.
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