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Turbine blade fabrication

US8510947B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

13Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Bowden Kirkpatrick · Niskayuna, US
Peggy Lynn Baehmann · Glenville, US
Shu Ching Quek · Clifton Park, US
Grama Praveen · Clifton Park, US
Youdong Zhou · Mont-Laurier, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 14, 2008
Grant date	Aug 20, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 24, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/53648
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method includes joining an integral bulkhead and a blade shell to form a blade and separating the blade into two blade segments at a location including the integral bulkhead such that each blade segment comprises a portion of the integral bulkhead and a portion of the blade shell.

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