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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2012
Applicants:
Kin-leung Cheung, Toronto, CA;
Enzo Macchia, Kleinburg, CA;
Barry Bamett, Markham, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); B23P 17/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); F01D 25/02 (2006.01); F01D 25/16 (2006.01); F02C 7/047 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 17/00 (2013.01); F01D 5/147 (2013.01); F01D 5/288 (2013.01); F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F01D 25/02 (2013.01); F01D 25/162 (2013.01); F02C 7/047 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); F05D 2230/31 (2013.01); F05D 2250/28 (2013.01); F05D 2300/10 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49229 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49323 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49339 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a vane component of a gas turbine engine is described, and includes forming a core of the vane component using a rapid manufacturing process, and applying a coating of nanocrystalline metal onto the core, the nanocrystalline metal fully encapsulating the core and defining an outer structural surface of the vane component.