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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2006
Applicants:
Jeffrey L. Myers, Madison Township, OH (US);
Thomas F. Broderick, Springboro, OH (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey L. Myers, Madison Township, OH (US);
Thomas F. Broderick, Springboro, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/44 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is a BLISK airfoil heat treating apparatus and method for heat treating the leading and/or trailing edge section(s) of a BLISK airfoil using the BLISK airfoil heat treating apparatus. The apparatus comprises a pair of hingedly connected heat treating shells, each shell having a cavity for receiving an airfoil edge section requiring heat treatment. A resistive heating element is positioned with the shells to heat the cavities.