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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2011
Junyoung Park, Greenville, SC (US);
Jason Robert Parolini, Greenville, SC (US);
Ibrahim Ucok, Greenville, SC (US);
Brian Lee Tollison, Greenville, SC (US);
Stephen Walcott, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jon Conrad Schaeffer, Greenville, SC (US);
Junyoung Park, Greenville, SC (US);
Jason Robert Parolini, Greenville, SC (US);
Ibrahim Ucok, Greenville, SC (US);
Brian Lee Tollison, Greenville, SC (US);
Stephen Walcott, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jon Conrad Schaeffer, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for brazing a component in a power generation system, the brazed power generation system component, and braze are provided to improve repairing power generation systems. The method includes providing the component having a feature in a surface of the component and coating a particulate material with a filler material to obtain a coated particulate material. The method includes preparing the feature to obtain a treatment area and filling the treatment area in the surface of the component with the coated particulate material. The method includes heating the treatment area and surrounding component to a brazing temperature and applying oxidation protection to the treatment area. After the brazing temperature is obtained, the method includes brazing the treatment area and the screen and cooling the component to obtain a brazed joint.