Airfoil with cover for gas turbine engine

    公开(公告)号:US11174737B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-16

    申请号:US16828056

    申请日:2020-03-24

    Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an airfoil body defining a recessed region and including at least one rib dimensioned to loop about a respective pocket within a perimeter of the recessed region. At least one cover skin is welded to the airfoil body along the at least one rib to enclose the recessed region. The at least one cover skin is welded to the at least one rib along a respective weld path. The weld path defines a weld width, the at least one rib defines a rib width, and a ratio of the weld width to the rib width is equal to or greater than 3:1 for each position along the weld path. A method of forming a gas turbine engine component is also disclosed.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING BACK STRIKES WHEN LASER DRILLING HOLLOW PARTS

    公开(公告)号:US20210220950A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-22

    申请号:US16746246

    申请日:2020-01-17

    Abstract: A method for forming a hollow component includes injecting a fluid into an internal cavity of the hollow component to achieve a pressure of the fluid within the internal cavity that is greater than an ambient pressure. The method further includes drilling at least one hole through the hollow component from an external surface of the hollow component to the internal cavity by applying a laser beam to the hollow component with a laser generator. The method further includes directing the fluid from the internal cavity and through the at least one hole so as to exit the hollow component via the at least one hole.

    LASER CLEANING PRIOR TO METALLIC COATING OF A SUBSTRATE

    公开(公告)号:US20200318227A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-08

    申请号:US16375147

    申请日:2019-04-04

    Abstract: A method for treating a substrate prior to metallic coating includes the steps of providing a substrate having a surface to be coated and at least one contaminant selected from as-delivered organics and post-burn out oxides on the surface; treating the surface with a laser to remove the at least one contaminant to produce a cleaned surface on the substrate; and applying a metallic coating to the cleaned surface. Grit blasting can be avoided, and reverse arc transfer cleaning is avoided or minimized, resulting in time savings and less stress on the substrate.

    LASER ROUGH DRILL AND FULL EDM FINISH FOR SHAPED COOLING HOLES

    公开(公告)号:US20210060709A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US16550807

    申请日:2019-08-26

    Abstract: A process of forming a shaped cooling passage in an article comprising positioning the article within a laser drilling apparatus; laser ablating a near net-shaped cooling passage having a meter section and a diffuser section; forming a re-recast on an interior wall of said cooling passage in both the meter section and the diffuser section; positioning the article within an electric discharge machining apparatus; and electric discharge machining said re-cast from said interior wall at both the meter section and diffusor section with the same electric discharge machine electrode to form a finished shaped cooling passage.

    Pressure modulated coating
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09885110B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-06

    申请号:US14810767

    申请日:2015-07-28

    CPC classification number: C23C14/54 C23C14/228 C23C14/243 F01D25/005

    Abstract: A method or control strategy in a coating apparatus for use in a coating process can include controlling differential gas pressures among multiple selected localized zones in a coating chamber with respect to each other. The controlled differential gas pressure of the multiple selected localized zones is used to influence how a coating deposits on at least one component. The localized zones can be selected from a first localized zone around the component, a second localized zone adjacent the source of coating material, a third localized zone that diverges from the second localized zone toward the first localized zone, and a fourth localized zone that circumscribes at least the third localized zone.

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