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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Thomas Beyer, Hartland, WI (US);
Gregory Terrence Garay, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/02 (2006.01); B23P 15/02 (2006.01); F02C 6/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/023 (2013.01); B23P 15/02 (2013.01); F01D 9/026 (2013.01); F02C 6/12 (2013.01); F05D 2230/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for making a cooled component for a turbine engine includes casting an airfoil assembly having an airfoil with an airfoil cooling passage and extending from a platform with at least one platform cooling passage, and forming a connecting passage between the airfoil cooling air passage and the platform cooling air passage via a tool inserted into a breakout opening in a slashface of the platform.