General Electric Company

Dana Leigh Ferguson

Michael Philip Hagle

Jeffrey J Reverman

Timothy Lee Siebert

Gregory Matthew Ford

Jeffrey John Reverman

A method is provided for making a repaired turbine engine stationary vane assembly including at least one airfoil bonded between spaced apart first and second platforms. The method comprises providing a first vane assembly member including at least a portion of the first platform, the airfoil, and a first segment of the second platform bonded with the airfoil. Also provided is a second vane assembly member including a second segment of the second platform with a recess of a shape and size sufficient to receive the first segment of the second platform. The first segment is placed in the recess after which the first and second segments are bonded, for example by brazing or welding. Provided is a more structurally sound repaired turbine engine stationary vane assembly including the first and second vane assembly members bonded together.

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Dana Leigh Ferguson