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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Philip Harold Monaghan, Hockessin, DE (US);
John McConnell Delvaux, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
Glenn Curtis Taxacher, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29C 70/44 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 99/0028 (2013.01); F01D 5/282 (2013.01); F01D 5/284 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4998 (2015.01);
Abstract
A pre-form CMC cavity and method of forming pre-form CMC cavity for a ceramic matrix component includes providing a mandrel, applying a base ply to the mandrel, laying-up at least one CMC ply on the base ply, removing the mandrel, and densifying the base ply and the at least one CMC ply. The remaining densified base ply and at least one CMC ply form a ceramic matrix component having a desired geometry and a cavity formed therein. Also provided is a method of forming a CMC component.