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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Inventors:
Atul L. Navale, Houston, TX (US);
Ahmed Kamel, Orlando, FL (US);
Gerald J. Bruck, Oviedo, FL (US);
Ivan F. Oliver Vargas, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 5/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/02 (2006.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/005 (2013.01); B23P 6/002 (2013.01); F01D 5/027 (2013.01); F01D 5/20 (2013.01); F05D 2240/307 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, including: replacing an original blade shelf () of a gas turbine engine blade () with a new blade shelf () that is located closer to a base () of the blade than the original blade shelf; adding mass to the blade until a mass of the blade with the new blade shelf is greater than a mass of the blade with the original blade shelf in order to maintain a same contribution by the blade with the new blade shelf as a contribution by the blade with the original blade shelf to a dynamic balance of a rotor arrangement.