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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2009
Gitahi Charles Mukira, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Daniel Anthony Nowak, Greenville, SC (US);
Michael Douglas Arnett, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Gitahi Charles Mukira, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Daniel Anthony Nowak, Greenville, SC (US);
Michael Douglas Arnett, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine bucket that includes a pressure side, a suction side opposite the pressure side, and a rib extending between the pressure side and the suction side. A tip cap is attached to the pressure side and the suction side and covers the rib. The tip cap includes a precipitation hardened material and a passage aligned with the rib. A method for assembling a turbine bucket having a pressure side and a suction side and a rib extending between the pressure side and suction side. The method includes receiving a tip cap made from a precipitation hardened material and having a passage in the tip cap. The method further includes locating the rib visually through the passage and aligning the passage with the rib. The method also includes welding the tip cap to the turbine bucket and to the rib.