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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Schenectady, NY (US);
Peter George Frischmann, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for repairing turbine components. The system includes means for obtaining a rapidly solidified material having a means of forming a rapidly solidified repair material and a means for melting the rapidly solidified repair material at a repair site located in a region of the turbine component. The means for obtaining the rapidly solidified material include melt spinning, planar flow, and melt extraction systems. Means for melting the rapidly solidified repair material include a welding torch, an electron beam, a laser beam, a welding torch, a TIG welder, and a plasma torch. A method for using the repair system includes the steps of providing a molten repair material, contacting the molten repair material with a rotating drum, thereby rapidly solidifying the repair material, melting the rapidly solidified repair material and portion of the turbine component at a repair site, and resolidifying the molten repair material and turbine component portion, thereby repairing a defect located at the repair site.