General Electric Company

Ian Craig Linscott

David Edwin Budinger

Wayne Ray Grady

Robert Ingram Ackerman

Matthew Nicklus Miller

Marek M Steplewski

Cary Michael Kinder

A turbine nozzle may be repaired by severing the inner band from the vanes and outer band, which may then be discarded. A replacement nozzle is cast to include replacement vanes extending between a replacement outer band and an inner web, with the replacement outer band and vanes conforming with the original outer band and vanes. The new web is configured differently than the old inner band and includes a tie bar. The inner band is machined to form vane seats. The web is machined to form plinths atop the tie bar at each of the replacement vanes. The plinths and tie bar are assembled through the vane seats and bonded to the machined inner band to collectively form the repaired turbine nozzle.

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Hamilton, OH, United States of America

Ian Craig Linscott