General Electric Company

Sujith Sathian

Ronald Ralph Cairo

Jason Robert Parolini

Daniel Anthony Nowak

Junyoung Park

Manu Mathai

Gary S Martin

Gregory Keith Bouse

Anjilivelil K Kuruvilla

Anjiliveltl K Kuruvilla

A method of fabricating a machine component is provided. The method includes preparing at least a portion of a surface of a machine component for receiving a sintered preform. The method also includes forming a pre-sintered preform hybrid hardface mixture that includes combining a predetermined portion of at least one hardfacing material with a predetermined portion of at least one brazing material. The method further includes forming a pre-sintered preform. The pre-sintered preform has predetermined dimensions. The method also includes forming the sintered preform and positioning the sintered preform on the machine component. The method further includes fixedly coupling the sintered preform to at least a portion of the machine component via brazing.

Machine components and methods of fabricating and repairing

A method for stiffening a wind turbine tower employing fingerplate assemblies on flangeless joints between adjacent tubular tower sections. The method includes limiting the intercan gap between adjacent end surfaces of the tower sections at the flangeless joints and selecting a number of fingerplates to fasten each flangeless joints to limit distortion. Establishing dimensions for the fingerplates may further minimize localized tower distortion. Selecting a material for the fingerplate with a lower Young's modulus than a material for the tubular section also results in reduced localized tower distortion. Attaching a coverplate to a top tubular section limits tip displacement for the tower.

Flangeless wind tower

Slip ring assemblies for controlling pitch of a wind driven blade such as those utilized in wind turbines can include a series of grooves disposed about an outer perimeter of a rotating portion, each one of the grooves comprising a first planar surface intersecting with a second planar surface at an angle of 75 to 105 degrees, and a concavely rounded bottom portion at the intersection of the first and planar surfaces. The rotating portion of the slip ring can be formed of a bronze material and may include a graphite coating. Also disclosed herein are wind turbine assemblies employing the slip ring assemblies.

Wind turbine assemblies and slip ring assemblies for wind blade pitch control motors

An article as disclosed herein comprises a steel comprising carbon in an amount greater than 0.18 weight percent and less than or equal to 0.23 weight percent by ladle analysis, wherein a test article consisting of the steel has a low temperature Charpy V-notch toughness of greater than or equal to 54 Joules when measured at &#x2212;40&#xb0; C. according to ASTM E23-01, and wherein a test article consisting of the steel further meets the other test requirements for S355NL steel according to European Norm EN 10 113-2:1993. In an embodiment, the article is a flange for a wind tower, and is suitable for use under extremely cold operating conditions (to &#x2212;30&#xb0; C.). A method for forming the flange is also disclosed.

Steel composition, articles prepared there from, and uses thereof

A process for repairing a turbine component of a turbomachine, as well as a sintered preform used in the process and a high gamma-prime nickel-base superalloy component repaired thereby. The sintered preform contains a sintered mixture of powders of a cobalt-base braze alloy and a cobalt-base wear-resistant alloy. The braze alloy constitutes at least about 10 up to about 35 weight percent of the sintered preform and contains a melting point depressant such as boron. The preform is formed by mixing powders of the braze and wear-resistant alloys to form a powder mixture, and then sintering the powder mixture. To use the preform, a surface portion of the turbine component is removed to expose a subsurface portion, followed by diffusion bonding of the preform to the subsurface portion to form a wear-resistant repair material containing the braze alloy dispersed in a matrix of the wear-resistant alloy.

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Greer, SC, United States of America

Sujith Sathian