Patent ID: 8997351
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: B23Q,B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An assembly used in performing a manufacturing process on a turbine engine component, the assembly comprising: a turbine engine component; a fixture including a fixture opening, the fixture opening receives a portion of the turbine engine component, wherein the fixture includes an alignment feature; and a non-metallic cover positioned over at least a portion of an external surface of the fixture, wherein the non-metallic cover is visible when positioned over the at least a portion of the external surface of the fixture and is visible when the turbine engine component is received in the fixture opening of the fixture, and the non-metallic cover includes a hole, and the hole receives and aligns the alignment feature to position the non-metallic cover relative to the fixture, wherein the hole is located in a planar portion of the non-metallic cover.