Patent ID: 11927348
Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A method of manufacturing an aerodynamic component to be fittable to a shell in a gas turbine engine, method comprising:
forming materials of the aerodynamic component into a body having an initial shape that deviates from a shape of the shell; and
deforming the body to assume a second shape that corresponds to the shape of the shell,
the forming of the materials of the aerodynamic component into the body having the initial shape being executed such that deviation of the initial shape from the shape of the shell aids in an assumption of the second shape by the body,
wherein one of:
the forming comprises casting the materials of the aerodynamic component into the body having the second shape and cold working the body from the second shape into the initial shape and the deforming comprises securing the body having the initial shape in a fixture and coating and/or laser drilling the body from the initial shape into the second shape, and
the forming comprises casting the materials of the aerodynamic component into the body having the second shape and securing the body in a deformed fixture such that the body assumes the initial shape and the deforming comprises coating and/or laser drilling the body from the initial shape into the second shape.