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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2010
Herbert A. Chin, Portland, CT (US);
Robert P. Schaefer, Vernon Rockville, CT (US);
Eberhardt Privitzer, Los Lunas, NM (US);
Wangen Lin, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Billie W. Bunting, Colchester, CT (US);
James J. Moor, New Hartford, CT (US);
Vincent Nevins, Chester, CT (US);
Andrew L. Haynes, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Greg Czeladko, Avon, CT (US);
Kenneth T. Raczewski, Columbia, CT (US);
Herbert A. Chin, Portland, CT (US);
Robert P. Schaefer, Vernon Rockville, CT (US);
Eberhardt Privitzer, Los Lunas, NM (US);
Wangen Lin, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Billie W. Bunting, Colchester, CT (US);
James J. Moor, New Hartford, CT (US);
Vincent Nevins, Chester, CT (US);
Andrew L. Haynes, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Greg Czeladko, Avon, CT (US);
Kenneth T. Raczewski, Columbia, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for repairing a damaged rotor blade on an integrally bladed rotor by removing a damaged portion of a damaged blade leaving a blade stub extending outwardly from the disk and performing a linear friction welding operation to attach a replacement blade segment to the blade stub. The rotor may be disposed operation using a linear friction welding apparatus. The method includes disposing a support collar about the blade stub and securing the support collar to the linear friction welding apparatus prior to a commencement of the bonding operation. A lower surface of the support collar is contoured to mate with a portion of an outer circumference surface of the rotor disk.