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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Andrzej Jacek Radlicz, Warsaw, PL;
Kamil Bazyli Kaczorowski, Warsaw, PL;
Mariusz Grzegorz Karpinski, Warsaw, PL;
Damian Strzelec, Grodzisk Mazowiecki, PL;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments include methods of reinforcing apertures in turbomachine combustors, and related combustors. In various particular embodiments, a method of reinforcing an existing turbomachine combustor aperture includes: broaching the existing aperture to modify an initial profile of the existing aperture and form a modified profile, where the modified profile protrudes radially outwardly from an outer surface of the turbomachine combustor; and welding a combustor ring along an inner surface of the modified profile, where the modified profile enhances bonding between the existing aperture and the combustor ring.