Patent ID: 8708682

Claim:
A process chamber for repairing a gas turbine component, which, following removal of a damaged portion, has a binding portion having a plane separation surface, the removed portion being built up anew by the deposition in layers of metal powder onto the separation surface and by the fusing together of the metal powder and the separation surface, the process chamber comprising: a receiving space; an infeed opening connected to the receiving space, the infeed opening configured and arranged to introduce into the receiving space a first portion of the binding portion, the first portion having the separation surface, a second portion of the binding portion remaining in the infeed opening; a sealing device located in the infeed opening, sealing a seal between the second portion of the binding portion and the infeed opening; and a movable slide projecting into the receiving space and movable in parallel to the separation surface to even out metal powder deposited on the separation surface and provide a defined, uniform metal powder layer on the separation surface prior to the fusing together of the metal powder with the material of the gas turbine component to be repaired.