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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2012
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Allister W. James, Chuluota, FL (US);
Zafir A. M. Abdo, Orlando, FL (US);
Ahmed Kamel, Orlando, FL (US);
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A removed damaged portion of a fully consolidated turbine engine component is replaced with a powder coupon that includes powder particles that are at most partially sintered or are bonded together with a binder. A bonding agent is applied to the component and/or the powder coupon. The powder coupon is then positioned over the component and heat is applied to fully sinter the powder particles, thus causing the powder coupon to shrink onto the component. The heat also activates the bonding agent to bond the shrunken powder coupon to the component, but the heat does not sinter the material forming the fully consolidated component.