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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2011
Applicants:
Manu Mathai, Chennai, IN;
Raymond Stonitsch, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Guven Yucesan, Greenville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Manu Mathai, Chennai, IN;
Raymond Stonitsch, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Guven Yucesan, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 22/00 (2006.01); B21K 25/00 (2006.01); B23P 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A forging method including extruding a billet to form a ring shaped hollow workpiece; reducing a cross section of the workpiece; and forging the workpiece in a closed die having a first split die including a plurality of first die segments and a second split die including a plurality of second die segments by sequentially advancing pairs of opposing die segments from the first split die and second split die towards each other.