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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2005
Applicants:
John Francis Nolan, Cobleskill, NY (US);
Lawrence Michael Grycko, Lockport, IL (US);
John Matthew Sassatelli, Valley Falls, NY (US);
Inventors:
John Francis Nolan, Cobleskill, NY (US);
Lawrence Michael Grycko, Lockport, IL (US);
John Matthew Sassatelli, Valley Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for fabricating a rotor shaft using a welding process. The method includes positioning a first rotor shaft section adjacent a second rotor shaft section, and using a submerged arc welding process with an included weld preparation angle of between about 0° and about 30° to join the first and second rotor shaft sections together.