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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
May. 25, 2004
Thomas Froats Broderick, Springboro, OH (US);
Ronald Lance Galley, Mason, OH (US);
Clifford Earl Shamblen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David Edwin Budinger, Loveland, OH (US);
Reed Roy Oliver, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Roger Owen Barbe, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thomas Froats Broderick, Springboro, OH (US);
Ronald Lance Galley, Mason, OH (US);
Clifford Earl Shamblen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David Edwin Budinger, Loveland, OH (US);
Reed Roy Oliver, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Roger Owen Barbe, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for assembling a vane sector for a gas turbine engine, the vane sector including an airfoil vane and a platform includes depositing a wear coating material onto a selected area of the platform, positioning the platform adjacent to the airfoil vane, and executing a brazing operation such that the airfoil vane is permanently coupled to the platform portion and such that the wear coating material is bonded across a predefined area of the platform.