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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Melvin Robert Jackson, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Aaron Todd Frost, Lewisville, TX (US);
Shyh-chin Huang, Latham, NY (US);
Charles Gitahi Mukira, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Thomas Robert Raber, Schenectady, NY (US);
Raymond Alan White, Schenectady, NY (US);
Melvin Robert Jackson, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Aaron Todd Frost, Lewisville, TX (US);
Shyh-Chin Huang, Latham, NY (US);
Charles Gitahi Mukira, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Thomas Robert Raber, Schenectady, NY (US);
Raymond Alan White, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods for repairing and manufacturing a gas turbine blade, and the gas turbine blade repaired and manufactured with such methods are presented with, for example, the repair method comprising providing a gas turbine blade, the blade comprising a blade tip and a blade body; removing at least one portion of the blade tip; providing at least one freestanding tip insert; and disposing the at least one tip insert onto the gas turbine blade body such that the at least one tip insert replaces the at least one removed portion of the blade tip.