Rolls-Royce Corporation

Samantha Helen Davies

James Kell

Dragos Aurelian Axinte

Mark Daine

Mark Hugh Raffles

Graeme Eric Rigg

Iulian Marinescu

Ming Chu Kong

Ian J McGill

Christopher R J Herbert

A repair method for repairing a component () of a gas turbine engine (). The method comprises first and second steps. The first step comprises directing an energy beam toward the component () to ablate a first region () of material to form a gap extending through the component () between a repair region () a base region () of the component, wherein subsequent to the first step the repair region () and base region () are joined by a connecting portion (). In the second step, an energy beam is direct toward the component () to ablate the repair region () to remove the repair region () from the component ().

Material removal method

A flexible tool comprises stiffening means switchable in use from a first state of relatively low stiffness to a second state of relatively high stiffness, and subsequently switchable from the second state back to the first state.

Flexible tool

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Manchester, United Kingdom

Samantha Helen Davies