General Electric Company

Hai Buu Sam

Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam

Yan Cui

Brian Lee Tollison

Robert Proctor

Dechao Lin

Michael J Epstein

Daniel James Dorriety

Julius John Montgomery

Roger Owen Barbe

Andrew David Kemp

Bryan Keith Doloresco

Gary Robert Peters

Michael Gary Krizansky

James Bernar Ogzewalla

A turbine component repair apparatus includes: a first die having male and female halves for clamping a first section of a turbine blade with a platform and a root portion of an airfoil, the first die having a recess shaped to receive the root portion and retain a faying surface thereof in predetermined alignment; and a second die having male and female halves for clamping a repair section which defines a tip portion of the airfoil, the second die having a second recess shaped to receive the tip portion and retain a faying surface of the tip portion in predetermined alignment. The first and second dies have mating front faces configured to align their bottom surfaces in a common plane. A alignment device is removably attached to the second die to temporarily align the repair section in the absence of the male half of the second die.

Repair alignment method and apparatus for turbine components

A method of fabricating a component and a fabricated component are disclosed. The method includes depositing a material to a component and manipulating the material to form a boundary region and a filler region for desired properties. The component includes the boundary region and the filler region, thereby having the desired properties.

Method of fabricating a component and a manufactured component

A gas turbine engine includes a compressor including a casing and a stator assembly. The casing extends around the stator assembly, the stator assembly including a plurality of stator vanes, and a plurality of bleed scoops. Adjacent stator vanes define a static high-pressure region, the bleed scoops formed at least partially within the high pressure region.

Gas turbine engine bleed scoops

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