General Electric Company

Timothy Mark Heitzman

Michael Evans Graham

Arvind Rangarajan

R David Hemmerle

William D Rouse

Michelle René Bezdecny

Charles W Muchmore

A method of repair includes removing a deformed portion of a component to define a native component portion and adding a replacement portion to the native component portion. The replacement portion is adaptively machined based on one or more parameters of the native component portion and based on one or more original design parameters of the component.

System and method for adaptive machining

A datuming device is provided for use with a machine tool having a movable member which is guided under computer numerical control. The datuming device permits measurement of displacements in a direction not parallel with a displacement probe's line of travel. The device includes a non-sensitive surface which, when probed by the displacement probe, does not indicate a changing displacement when the movable member is moved from a first position to a second position. The nonsensitive surface serves as a reference surface. The device further includes a sensitive surface which, when probed by the displacement probe, exhibits a changing displacement when the movable member is moved from the first position to the second position. The sensitive surface is generally configured as an inclined surface on the datuming device.

Datuming device for measuring displacements not parallel with a

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Maineville, OH, United States of America

Timothy Mark Heitzman