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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 1989
Filed:
May. 25, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard L Mehan, Scotia, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7610 / ; 427190 ; 4273981 ;
Abstract
A method of embedding an oxidation resistant abrasive material in the tip of a turbine blade is taught. The oxidation resistant abrasive may be aluminum oxide. Its low density is increased by coating fine particles with platinum metal to achieve a density greater than that of the metal of the blade tip. The blade tip is then melted locally to provide a pool of melt into which the high density aluminum oxide can be inserted. Freezing the melt embeds the aluminum oxide in the blade tip.