General Electric Company

Stephen Michael Carter

Larisa Alexandra Elman

Michael Joseph Martini

Steven Michael Burgess

John Scott Graham

Michael Thomas Keating

A method for fabricating a component using a tool includes determining an actual property of a region of the component, comparing the actual property of the region of the component with an expected property of the region to determine a difference between the actual property and the expected property, and updating a path of the tool that is electronically stored in a memory and executable by a processor for fabricating the component based on the difference between the actual property and the expected property of the region.

Methods and systems for fabricating components

A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine operates with reduced circumferential rim stress. The rotor assembly includes a rotor including a plurality of rotor blades and a radially outer platform. The rotor blades extend radially outward from the platform. A root fillet extends circumferentially around each blade between the blades and platforms. The platforms include an outer surface including a plurality of indentations extending between adjacent rotor blades. Each indentation extends from a leading edge of the platform to a trailing edge of the platform with a depth that tapers to an approximate zero depth at the trailing edge.

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Bedford, NH, United States of America

Stephen Michael Carter