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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2019
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventor:
Eric W. Malmborg, Amston, CT (US);
Assignee:
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/02 (2006.01); B21D 11/14 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01); B23K 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/023 (2013.01); B21D 11/14 (2013.01); F01D 5/18 (2013.01); B23K 20/002 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49336 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49339 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, attaching a first skin to a main body to enclose at least one internal channel, the first skin and the main body cooperating to define pressure and suction sides of an airfoil, holding the first skin and the main body between first and second dies, and pressurizing the at least one internal channel such that walls of the first skin and the main body move outwardly toward surface contours of the first and second dies. A gas turbine engine component is also disclosed.