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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2011
Jose Abiel Garza, McAllen, TX (US);
Wayne Ray Grady, Fairfield, OH (US);
Pawel Mankowski, Warsaw, PL;
Marcin Zak, Warsaw, PL;
Marcin Trajer, Warsaw, PL;
Jose Abiel Garza, McAllen, TX (US);
Wayne Ray Grady, Fairfield, OH (US);
Pawel Mankowski, Warsaw, PL;
Marcin Zak, Warsaw, PL;
Marcin Trajer, Warsaw, PL;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for repairing a metallic turbine component which includes at least two airfoils interconnected by a mid-span shroud. The method includes: (a) applying a reinforcement plate to the mid-span shroud; (b) applying braze material to at least a portion of a perimeter of the reinforcement plate; (c) heating the component to melt and flow the braze material between the reinforcement plate and the mid-span shroud; and (d) allowing the braze material to cool and solidify so as to bond the reinforcement plate to the mid-span shroud.