Patent ID: 9018560
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B23K,B23P,F01D,F05D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A turbine component repair apparatus, comprising: a first die having male and female halves configured to cooperatively clamp a first section of a turbine blade which includes an arcuate platform and a root portion of an airfoil extending from the platform, the first die having a first recess shaped to receive a curved surface of the root portion and configured so as to retain a faying surface of the root portion in a first predetermined alignment relative to a first bottom surface of the first die; a second die having male and female halves configured to cooperatively clamp a repair section which defines a tip portion of the airfoil, the second die having a second recess shaped to receive a curved surface of the tip portion and configured so as to retain a faying surface of the tip portion in a second predetermined alignment relative to a second bottom surface of the second die; the first and second die having mating front faces configured to align the first and second bottom surfaces in a common plane; and an alignment device removably attached to the front face of the second die and configured to temporarily retain the repair section in the second predetermined alignment in the absence of the male half of the second die.